Day tour to Sigiriya & Dambulla from Kandy
Description
Discovering the two UNESCO World Heritage sites Sigiriya and Dambulla with ease on this day tour from Kandy with a round-trip transfer. Depart from your Kandy hotel in a private vehicle with a driver-guide. Explore the Matale Hindu temples and statues at Sigiriya. Next, continue to Dambulla, where you can admire the large ancient cave temple complex
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Itinerary
A complex masterpiece of irrigation engineering design, Sigiriya's artfully designed water gardens required structural planning way ahead of its time.
A sacred pilgrimage site for 22 centuries, this cave monastery, with its five sanctuaries, is the largest, best-preserved cave-temple complex in Sri Lanka. The Buddhist mural paintings (covering an area of 2,100 m2 ) are of particular importance, as are the 157 statues.
Near to the main road through Matale, the Muthumariamman Hindu temple is a tall, exuberantly decorated structure that can be easily seen from afar. The prominent towers, called Gopurams, boast hundreds of detailed sculptures, in a rich mosaic of colour. These Gopurams structures can be seen in other Hindu temples across the island, as well as in Southern India.
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What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We provide complimentary pickup from hotels within a 5 km radius of Kandy city center. For hotels outside this range, additional charges may apply. Please contact us in advance for pricing and arrangements.
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have a high level of physical fitness
- Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
- A minimum of X people per booking is required
Reviews(268)
Our experience was way beyond our expectations. Guide Irfan was perfectly on time and drove very well and safely. He was very informative and his English excellent. Every part of the tour was first class. We saw over 40 elephants including babies and tusked males. Sigiriya rock was challenging but so rewarding. Bambulla Temple was also very interesting. Lunch was delicious local food. I’m looking for something I didn’t like but am unable. Also the guides for each sight were terrific, particularly the elephant park guide as he was so successful at finding so many wonderful animals.
Ifran picked us up as planned in a clean, comfy car. Knowledgeable, Ifran shared local knowledge on the journey and at the different sites. He always checked if we needed anything or want to stop at other locations. I highly recommend this trip and company.
Irfan was such a great guy and fantastic tour guide. He really knew so much history about Sri Lanka. Irfan was also on time to pick us up and drop us off and also made sure we always had enough water & offered to stop whenever we needed to. Sigiriya rock was amazing and absolutely beautiful, along with Dambula cave temples. I highly recommend this tour and Irfan as your guide!
Irfan was such a great guy and fantastic tour guide. He really knew so much history about Sri Lanka. Ifran was also on time to pick us up and drop us off and also made sure we always had enough water & offered to stop whenever we needed to. Sigiriya rock was amazing and absolutely beautiful, along with Dambula cave temples. I highly recommend this tour and Ifran as your guide!
The guide, IRFAN, was very courteous and enthusiastic and very helpful in understanding English. I was tired after climbing Sigiriya Rock, so it was great to be able to skip places to go according to our request and be flexible! There are many places to go and the time is just in time, so you need to be physically strong enough to climb Sigiriya Rock crisply. It's better to find out how much cash you need before you go, as admission is not included.
Highly recommend Irfan and this tour. He was punctual, friendly, respectful and very informative with teaching us about Sri Lankan culture, religion and various cites on the way to each site. Thoroughly enjoyed Lion Rock, Dambulla Cave Temples and the Spice Garden (amazing). A must see when in Kandy
Beautiful esperienze, careful, polite, thank you infan and chami!!!
We have done this amazing day tour with Irfan and it was much better than we had expected. Not only were we impressed by the sights, also Irfan shared a lot of information and we got lucky to see a lot of different animals. All in all, we had an unforgettable experience. We can highly recommend this tour and our tour guide! Thank you Irfan!
We had a great day with Irfan He picked us up at our hotel on time and drove us to the right places we want to visit. He was always explaining things to us and made our trip even more insightful. Highly recommended. Thanks Irfan for the great experience
Indika was very good and knowledgeable. We skipped the safari but everything else was great.
