I'm not sure why this has such high reviews. The tour was not at all as described. I signed up for the all inclusive tour, for a solo traveler it was quite expensive so I was expecting a guide who was going to go into the sites with me and explain cultural significance and history.
I did not receive a guided tour of any of the sites. My driver was very friendly but not too communicative. When we got to the rock fortress, I should have known something was wrong when my driver said "if anyone asks, tell them I'm your friend and not a guide because I don't have a license." He purchased the ticket, then told me he'd park the car in the carpark. I waited for like 20 min as I thought he'd lead me into the site, but turns out he was staying in the car and not going inside. The same thing happened for the rest of the sites.
Very disappointing!
Also, we never made a stop for lunch.
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Venture52944342715
November 3, 2024 · via Tripadvisor
beautiful sites, guide quality was ok.
We had Maheth (maybe this is misspelled) as our guide. He was a nice person and accommodating to our needs, but we felt that his level of expertise was not exactly what we hoped to have had. First, he was late for the pick up. He asked us to guide him within Negombo on the way our and on the way back into town, because his Google Map was not working (he was still speaking on the phone, using his phone during the trip, so I was not sure what was not working...). He did not provide us with an in-depth information about the sites we visited- just something on a surface level. All the sites visited were wonderful though.
Depending on who you have as a guide on that day, I think the quality of experience could differ quite greatly. It could be a very much hit-and-miss.
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royalg880
October 12, 2024 · via Tripadvisor
Best guide
Dimuth Sanjeewa was out tour guide I would like to take a moment to appreciate him a very good person he guided us the whole tour in the manner which was scheduled a very good person would recommend to anyone who’s coming to Sri Lanka
Please visit this country a beautiful country
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Lisa_M
October 9, 2024 · via Viator
Excellent day trip
Excellent experience. Driver was helpful and informative and very flexible regarding our day. Would highly recommend this jam packed full day experience
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720iisam
October 7, 2024 · via Tripadvisor
Excellent day trip and transport
This was an excellent trip. We were collected by our driver (Dimuth) in a privare car. Our driver was helpful, informative and extremely flexible allowing us to spend time im the places we were most intereted in. We even had coffee and vomfort breaks. Sigarya is stunning and well worth the climb. We even had photos and videos taken by our driver who gave lots of factual information. Would highly recommend this trip
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Joanne_J
June 22, 2024 · via Viator
Fabulous day trip
Our driver very, Shammi was a very good driver and gave us useful information throughout our journey. It was the start of the full moon festival for Buddhists so was very busy but a beautiful cultural experience to witness.
Sigirya rock was fantastic and very busy, we should have arrived earlier to be able to make it to the top maybe. The guide at there was very informative.
The village tour was fabulous, the guide there made it very special by making a necklace, flower bouquet and and hat from water lilies whilst we were on the boat. The lady was excellent and showing us how some of the food was made. We had a plentiful and tasty lunch.
My favourite was Dambulla rock temple, the statutes and paintings are so beautiful.
Thank you to the tour company and all involved, we loved it
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Joanne Marie J
June 21, 2024 · via Tripadvisor
Sigirya, Dambulla and Village tour
What a fabulous day we had today with our guide, Shammi.
We went on a full moon day, the start of a three day Buddhist celebration. The roads were busy, especially where they were giving our free food and drink. It was great to see the culture. Shammi stopped so we could join in, thank you.
Sigirya was extremely busy but our guide there was excellent and talked to us all about the site.
The village tour was very special, a ride on a tractor, boat and tuk tuk. Then a freshly prepared meal, the lady was lovely and we joined in helping prepare some parts of the lunch.
Dambulla caves are stunning.
Would highly recommend Negombo transfers, thank you.
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Anonymous
May 7, 2024 · via Viator
Super recommended Siguriya day trip
Super recommended ! Right after booking, got an email from the local tour company and confirmed the pickup time etc. which was very convenient. Our guide of the day was Pashindu and he was so friendly and professional. Even there was another local guide at Sigiriya, Pashindu explained more about the site. We also went to Sigiriya village and took various kinds of transportation there, like cow carriage and boat, tuktuk. Tasted local foods as lunch and boat rider gave us hand crafted gift made by lotus flower. After that we went to some local shops like spice garden and gem museum. For the last spot, we visited the Dambulla cape temple which was very holy place. The whole day trip took almost 15hrs. We really had so great time and worth the money for 100% !! Super super recommended.
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Andrea_B
May 5, 2024 · via Viator
Absolutely excellent!
Really enjoyed the trip - our Guide (Dimuth) was very amazing, and clearly passionate about his job. I would definitely recommend this tour. When I was looking for a Sri Lanka in 1 day tour, I’d like to find one, like this.
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sanjed2024
January 15, 2024 · via Tripadvisor
Excellent way to go a day trip to Sigiriya
Excellent day trip to Sigiriya. on our visit to srilanka booked few day trips from colombo and negombo, this person gave us a excekkent service.
Sigiriya and dambulla are must visit paces in Srilanka, if any one go sigiriya from Negombo best waY GO WITH SANJEEWA
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