Day Trips from Kandy to Sigiriya with Village Experiences | La Vacanza Travel

Day Trips from Kandy to Sigiriya with Village Experiences

Duration: 8 to 10 hours
Destination: Sri Lanka, Central Province, Kandy
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  • 8 to 10 hours
  • Kandy
  • E-Voucher
  • Lowest Price
  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

Enjoy a relaxing, and comfortable private transfer, both professional English guiding & safe driving by Buddhika

Highlights

• Visit Sigiriya rock fortress with king palace, a UNESCO world heritage site
• Village tour with lunch
• Explore the most impressive cave temple in Sri Lanka

What Can You Expect?

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Sigiriya The Ancient Rock Fortress, Sigiriya 21120 Sri Lanka

You are picked up at 6.00 a.m. from your residence in Kandy and drives straight away to the Lion Rock. You will visit the eight wonder of the world, which contains huge walls, water canals, security guard rooms, natural stoned arches, mirror stone and world famous Sigiri paintings. It is an isolated rock, Kingdom more than 200m in height. You have to spend more than two and half hours.

Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes

Stop At: Sigiriya Village Tours B, 4th Mils post, Sigiriya Rd, Sigiriya 21121, Sri Lanka

Then your second destination is village tour to experience ancient village life with their day today activities including catamaran rides, bullock carriage ride, walk towards paddy fields, cookery demonstration on traditional Sri Lankan foods and enjoy a traditional meal.

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Dambulla Royal Cave Temple, Kandy - Jaffna Highway, Dambulla 21100 Sri Lanka

Final stop is Dambulla cave temple, which is the largest and the best preserved cave temple in Sri Lanka. The caves were converted in to a temple complex by king Walagamba during the 1st century. There are about 153 Buddha status and murals, which covers 2100 square meters. You have to spend around one and half hours to cover entire temple complex.
You are dropped back to your hotel in Kandy by the evening.

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Inclusions & Exclusions

Inclusions
  • Air-conditioned vehicle
  • Private transportation
  • English speaking driver
  • All parking, Fuel, taxes and all other expenses related to transfer / vehicle / driver

Exclusions
  • Lunch
  • All the entrance fees & activity package charges are exclusive according to the above itinerary.

Additional Info

  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Stroller accessible
  • Near public transportation
  • Infants must sit on laps
  • No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
  • Most travelers can participate
  • Tourists are able to include or exclude one or more options from the set tour according to their requirements.
  • Please wear clothes to cover from your knees up to shoulders when visiting temples
  • This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking

Departure Point

Departure Point

Traveler pickup is offered
Pick up & drop off to the hotels in and around Kandy

Airports

  • Bandaranayake Intl Airport, Colombo Sri Lanka

Duration & Voucher Info

Voucher info

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

Duration

8 to 10 hours

Cancellation Policy

User's Reviews

jacobmW4199OB

18 Apr, 2024

We had a lovely day trip to Sigiriya followed by a Sri Lankan traditional tour and lunch. Our guide picked us up from our hotel at Kandy right on time and drove us to Lions Rock. He was very knowledgeable about all of the history and details of Lions Rock and surrounding location. He's an experienced tour guide with knowledge of many other landmarks and tourist destinations (not just Kandy/Sigiriya) and studied it in university. He made all the details of where to go and what costs there would be clear ahead of time and was very professional. Afterwards, he joined us for the tour experience where we road in a traditional boat and bull cart, then ate (and helped a bit to prepare) a traditional meal with curries, sweets, and tea. It was one of the tastiest meals we've had in Sri Lanka! The next day he offered us to go white water rafting and canyoning, and we decided to go. It was a lovely time and again he informed us of the costs and schedule ahead of time. Buddhika was very punctual and professional, and answered all of our questions along the way. Would definitely recommend a tour with Buddhika!

Z6305WQryanm

12 Apr, 2024

We booked a last minute tour to Sigiriya with Buddhika. I was under the impression that Buddhika would have been our tour guide (and was hoping so because of all the glowing reviews). We also booked due to the very reasonable price. We did not get Buddhika but another driver (Poltee - spelling?). Our driver was very kind, professional, welcoming and patient, catering to what we wanted to do for the day. There was a language barrier though which prevented us from learning much about Sri Lanka and the places we were visiting. This is not meant to be a knock on our driver as he was excellent, just didn’t have the experience we believe we could have considering the amazing reviews of Buddhika as not only a driver but a guide as well. We opted to go to the spice garden, climb Sigiriya, do the village tour and visit the Dambulla cave temple before returning to Kandy. When you go to Sigiriya, there will be freelance guides (have certification) that offer to be your guide for the climb. If you opt for this, negotiate a price beforehand. When we asked our guide how much, he replied “as much as you want” and we left it at that. Our guide was very good and we learned a lot. At the end of the climb we gave him 5,000 LKR, which we believed was reasonable (hopefully this was reasonable and we’re not completely off base here). He said “other people give more” and then acted like he was angry for the walk back to the car. Bottom line, just lock in a price beforehand to avoid these awkward situations. The spice garden was a good experience with no obligation to buy anything. The village tour isn’t really a tour, you take an old village buggy towed by a cow, then a nice ride around a lake on a boat. The highlight was a private lunch which we were able to help prepare and learned a ton about traditional Sri Lankan dishes. The tour ends with a tuk tuk ride back to the start. $20USD per person, which we thought was worth it due to the lunch portion. The Dambulla cave temples were also very interesting. Hope this helps!

lisabM8291AE

10 Apr, 2024

We did a private tour from Kandy to Nuwara Eliya, to avoid a 4h train ride. A friend of mine highly recommended Buddhika, and now we totally agree! He is a safe driver and told us a lot of interesting things about the island. He managed do pick us up and drop off everywhere we wanted. So we visited for example the royal botanical garden, the ambuluwawa tower and a tea factory. He also offered us a stop at a local restaurant for lunch and it was delicious! After a long but exciting day he drove us to our next accommodation in Nanu Oya. Thanks for the great day!

christianedT4920WB

02 Apr, 2024

We had a great day with Buddhika! He was flexible to our wishes. We visited Sigirya, did the village tour with a very tasty lunch and visited Dambulla Temple, where Buddhika gave us a tour. He also drove along a road where we could see elephants. Buddhika told us lots of interesting things about the culture, country and people. A great tour and definitely recommended!

932andriit

26 Mar, 2024

Great service. We went to Sigiriya from Kandy for one day tour and it was great, we had few additional stops in-between. Driver was waiting us all the time and was very kind and professional. I definitely recommend his service.

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