Grand Ramayana Trail of Sri Lanka-9 Nights & 10 Days

Overnight: Mannar

• Breakfast at hotel
• Drive to Mannar Island
• Visit Thiruketheeswaram Temple, one of the Pancha Ishwarams connected to the Ramayana
• Visit Adam’s Bridge (Rama Setu) viewpoint, believed to be part of the bridge built by the Vanara Sena
• Evening at leisure
• Overnight stay in Mannar

Overnight: Trincomalee

• Breakfast at hotel
• Drive across Sri Lanka’s northern and eastern plains
• Visit Koneswaram Temple, a sacred Shiva temple linked to the Ramayana
• Visit Swami Rock and coastal viewpoints
• Evening free by the beach
• Overnight stay in Trincomalee

Overnight: Kandy

• Breakfast at hotel
• Drive to Kandy via scenic interior routes
• En route spiritual narration on Ramayana legends
• Visit Sri Dalada Maligawa (Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic)
• Walk around Kandy Lake
• Overnight stay

Overnight: Nuwara Eliya

• Breakfast at hotel
• Drive through scenic hill country and tea plantations
• Visit Sri Bhakta Hanuman Temple, believed to be visited by Hanuman while searching for Sita Devi
• Stop at Ramboda Falls
• Visit a tea plantation and factory
• Overnight stay in Nuwara Eliya

Overnight: Ella

• Breakfast at hotel
• Visit Seetha Amman Temple, believed to be the site of Sita Devi’s captivity
• Visit Hakgala Botanical Garden, associated with Ashoka Vatika
• Drive to Ella
• Enjoy views at Ella Gap
• Overnight stay

Overnight: Kataragama

• Breakfast at hotel
• Visit Ravana Cave, believed to be part of King Ravana’s underground tunnel network
• Visit Ravana Falls
• Continue to Kataragama
• Visit Kataragama Temple, a sacred pilgrimage site linked to Ramayana folklore
• Overnight stay

Overnight: Hambantota / Tissamaharama

• Breakfast at hotel
• Optional visit to Yala area (non-safari focus)
• Visit Ussangoda, believed to be a landing site of Hanuman when carrying the Sanjeevani mountain
• Evening at leisure
• Overnight stay

Overnight: Colombo

• Breakfast at hotel
• Drive along Sri Lanka’s southern coastline
• Optional stops at temples or viewpoints
• Colombo city orientation tour (time permitting)
• Overnight stay in Colombo

• Breakfast at hotel
• Transfer to Bandaranaike International Airport
• Departure from Sri Lanka with spiritual fulfillment