Sigiriya, Dambulla & Polonnaruwa Day Tour

Sri Lanka

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Full Day Heritage & Cultural Tour from Kandy

Duration

1 day

Max People

Min Age

12+

Pickup

Kandy

Sigiriya, Dambulla & Polonnaruwa Day Tour

Visit the World Heritage UNESCO sites Sigiriya, Dambulla & Polonnaruwa Day Tour from Kandy. This heritage & cultural tour is for the travellers to enjoy the history of these sites, natural value, cultural value and also adventure hike up to these amazing places with panoramic views around.

Tour Highlights

Dambulla Golden Temple	Herbs and Spice Garden Visit
Sigiriya Rock Fortress	Polonnaruwa ancient city

DEPARTURE/RETURN LOCATION	Kandy
DEPARTURE TIME	Departure at 7:00 AM.
RETURN TIME	At approximately 6:00 PM.
WEAR	Comfortable clothing, Dress to the temple, hat, jacket, and sunscreen.

Group Size	1 Pax, 2 Pax, 3 Pax, 4 and above

Included/Excluded

Experienced Driver
Transport Up & Down
Mineral water

Entrance Tickets to the mentioned sites
Tips and other expenses of a personal nature

Tour Plan

01 Day

1:
7.00 AM – 9.00 AM: Hotel pick up and Transport

After breakfast scenic drive from Kandy

Herbs & Spice Garden Visit

Visit an exotic Spice Garden in Matale where that you can enjoy the Spice & herbal garden tour with a guide to understand the taste and the aroma of the world-famous spices and learn about the therapeutic uses of local spices and also to see their store.

Visit Dambulla Golden Temple (Duration – 1 Hour)

Visit Dambulla Rock Cave Temple (Duration: 1 Hour) situated at the edge of the town. It is one of the eight UNESCO world heritage sites in the country and you may find Buddhist arts with hundreds of statues, 5 major caves decorated with fine murals in the country.

2:
10.30 AM – 1.00 AM: climbing up to Sigiriya

climb up to the UNESCO World Heritage Site the Sigiriya rock fortress this morning (Duration: 3 Hours). This ancient rock fortress is the most remarkable royal capital and palace in Sri Lanka from the 3rd century BC. This rock outcrop of Sigiriya is with Amazing water gardens, Paintings, Damsels, Mirror walls and Caves.

things to do in Sigiriya

Bullock cart riding
village tour

3:
1.00 PM – 4.00 PM: Lunch at a recommended restaurant, Transfer & Visit Polonnaruwa Ancient City.

Polonnaruwa (UNESCO world heritage site) is one major highlight of the cultural triangle and enjoyed a brief century of Sinhalese kingdom, 12th century.

4:
4.00 PM – 6.00 PM: Drive Back

Tour Map

Sigiriya Rock Fortress

Horton Plains form an undulating plateau that is at 2200 m above the sea level. The world’s end is the most stunning feature of Horton plains where the plateau comes to a sudden end drops down almost 880 m.The beautiful calm nature consisting of lush grasslands in Horton Plains is just perfect for a walk passing by the baker’s falls, mini-worlds end, worlds end alone with humming and sight of endemic birds. Also, the sight of elegant and endemic flora & fauna will give you an amazing intuition that you will never forget.

Dambulla Cave Temple

The Golden Temple of Dambulla has five caves and 157 statues of the Lord Buddha. Through the many paintings on the ceilings and walls, indicate the artistic talent of ancient days. The Rock and temple and the caves date from the first century B.C. The premises were declared by UNESCO as one of the UNESCO World Heritage sites in 1991 because of the history, archaeological and artistic implications. This temple has a history of over 22 centuries and it holds a sense of benevolence and spirituality. Delicate paintings that cover the ceiling and walls, created with indigenous traditional paints give the beauty and visitors may climb up steps to the temple and the view from the top of the rock is as inspiring as the temple’s golden interior.

Polonnaruwa Ancient City

Polonnaruwa (UNESCO world heritage site) is one major highlight of the cultural triangle and enjoyed a brief century of the Sinhalese kingdom, the 12th century.