Tours of the City
There are a number of operators offering full and half day tours of Colombo, which should show you all of the main sights.
Try ASEATICA Tours & Services (Pvt) Ltd, Royal Park, 115 Lake Drive, Rajagiriya (tel: (011) 288 4433; website: www.aseatica-tours.com) or Ceylon Tours, 8A, Sir Ernest De Silva Avenue, Colombo 7 (tel: (011) 2574 589; website: www.ceylontours.com).
Further afield, a tour to the Kelaniya Rajamaha Vihare, 11km (7 miles) away can also be done in half a day. At this Buddhist temple you can see the chair where the Buddha reputedly sat as he preached a sermon for peace.
More of a slog is the famous Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage, where a herd of 60 elephants roam free. The sanctuary covers 25 acres of forest, but every day, baby elephants are brought through the town to bathes. The sanctuary is near Kegalle Town, 77km (48 miles) from Colombo, and can be visited in a day.
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