🏨 Private Sigiriya Day Tour with Friendly Chauffeur + Vehicle Activity

Private Sigiriya Day Tour with Friendly Chauffeur + Vehicle

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From $27.21

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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 12 hours

Departs: Colombo, Colombo

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

This private tour makes it easy: with a personal driver-guide to explain the sights and scenery, and comfortable private minivan /Car transport. Explore Dambulla’s icon-filled caves, view Sigiriya rocktop ruins, and enjoy a 4x4 safari to see Minneriya’s elephants or a local village tour. Sigiriya, Dambulla, and Minneriya National Park private day trip from Kandy or Colombo Travel to all three sites with ease, with a driver-guide for extra insight Experience Sigiriya, Dambulla, and an elephant-spotting safari at Minneriya Return hotel transfers
included, plus option to swap safari for village tour.

What's Included

All taxes and fees for the vehicle and chauffeur

Assistance of Chauffeur

Bottled water

Fuel surcharge

Hotel pickup and drop-off

Transport by private Air-conditioned vehicle

What's Not Included

Cost for the off-road Jeep for the safari

Entrance fees for Sigirya, Minneriya National Park, Dambulla Cave Temple

Optional activity cost , Guide Service Fee Tips & Gratuities Any Private Expenses

Traveler Information

ADULT: Age: 8 - 60

Additional Info

Face masks provided for travellers
Face masks required for travellers in public areas
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Specialized infant seats are available
Temperature checks for travellers upon arrival

COVID-19 vaccination required for guides
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Gear/equipment sanitised between use
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Public transportation options are available nearby
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

What To Expect

Sigiriya The Ancient Rock Fortress

A UNESCO World Heritage Site. Tour this ancient rock fortress, sometimes referred to as the “eighth wonder of the world.” Sigiriya is renowned for its amazing frescoes and a polished rock face that reflects like a mirror.

4 hours • Admission Ticket Not Included

Dambulla Royal Cave Temple

　　　　　　　The Rock Temple of Dambulla (Dambulla Cave Temple) in the principal Pali Chronicle of Sri Lanka, is situated about forty seven miles north west of Kandy, the last capital of the Sinhalese kings, on the main road to Anuradhupura. It is home to the Worlds most acclaimed Cave complex of magnificent Buddha Images and Rock Paintings of vivid colours and shapes constructed and painted from around 2nd Century BC (Anuradhapura era ) and continued up to the Kandyan era of the 18th Century. Sinhalese people call it as ' Dambulu Gala' ( Dambulla Rock) and the Temple is called as the ' Rangiri Dambulu Viharaya' (Golden Rock Dambulla Temple).

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Sigiriya Craft Village

Join this 3 hour tour for lifetime opportunity to be emerged in the nature and culture of real Sri Lanka Village. Your Guide cum driver will pick up from centrally located Habarana / Sigiriya / Dambulla drive by a Safari jeep to hiriwadunna village, a beautiful rural area in Habarana city. Tour start with a Bullock cart ride near to the village pond & at there you will experience a boat ride to the next side of the rural village. After short walk within the paddy fields & vegetable cultivation you can reach village house. At the village house you can relax & taste a delicious Sri Lankan Lunch. Then take a Tuk Tuk ride to tour start location.

3 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Matale Herbal and Spice Garden

Well known as the best place to grow Sri Lankan spices. This will be a guided tour to see all the spices
/ plants available here. They will explain about each species. Will be a good opportunity for you to get
insight of this industry. This is an optional visit and you can avoid if you do not like to do.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Aluvihara Rock Cave Temple

Surrounded by hills, the famous Aluvihara cave temple 30 km south of Kandy on the Matale-Dambulla road is of great historic importance. The history of Aluvihara is traced back to the 3rd Century B.C in the reign of King Devanampiyatissa. It is believed that the King built the dagoba and planted the Bo sapling.

Ven. Dr. Inamaluwe Nandarathana Thera, the trustee of the Viharaya said that this June 1, 2012 Department of Agriculture, Peradeniya had inspected the tree and shifted a root to grow in another direction, avoiding a section of a rock. The Ven. Thera says that it started to grow thereafter and is fairly tall now.

There is a belief that the rock caves are the result of a massive landslide in the hill country. At present there are 13 rock caves. The Ven. Dr. Inamaluwe Nandarathana Thera had cleared three caves that were overgrown with shrubs and buried under soil just three years ago. He remembered seeing these buried rocks as a young child when he came to the temple premises.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Nalanda Gedige

Nalanda Gedige is an ancient and mysterious edifice near Matale that has confounded researchers with its strange mix of Hindu and Buddhist architecture. Believed to be at least a thousand years old the structure; the structure was rediscovered in 1893 by the Archaeological Commissioner of Sri Lanka at the time, H. C. P. Bell.According to what historians and archaeologists have discovered about Nalanda Gedige; the structure was created between the 8th and 10th century AD. This was a turbulent period for olden day Ceylon, with South Indian kings establishing themselves in the wake of the declining Sinhalese monarchy. Some historians conjecture that Nalanda Gedige was a bold attempt at a fusion of Tamil and Sinhalese cultures; while others say the structure started out as a Hindu Temple constructed in the Pallava style, which was later used by Buddhists. Either way, at an unknown point in time, Nalanda Gedige was abandoned and forgotten; its mystery.

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Minneriya National Park

Duration: 3 hours
One of the main national parks in Sri Lanka. Located close to the Sigiriya rock fortress. An ideal place to see hundreds of Elephants in their natural behavior. Get a thrilling look at the elephants of Minneriya National Park during this 3-hour private Jeep safari. Travel to a wilderness refuge known for hosting one of the largest gatherings of Asian elephants on earth (each June through September), observing these giant creatures as they drink, feed, and congregate. The chance to observe numerous species of birds, amphibians, and fish is an added bonus.

3 hours • Admission Ticket Not Included

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