Full-Day Sigiriya Fortress & Dambulla Cave Temple Tour

Climb Sigiriya Rock

Visit the Dambulla Cave Temple

Admire the Dambulla Cave Temple

Climb Sigiriya Rock

View Buddha Statues in Dambulla Cave Temple

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Highlights

Visit and climb the Sigiriya Rock Fortress

Experience the serenity of the Dambulla cave temple complex

Savour delicious Sri Lankan lunch in a local restaurant

Colombo, Sigiriya, Dambulla

cultural, historical, sightseeing

Private Tour

1 Day

Easy

English

Description

Explore the culture and history of Sri Lanka like never before on this full-day journey. Marvel at the 6th-century Sigiriya Rock Fortress and admire the fascinating architecture and technology at the site. See beautiful Buddha statues and paintings in the famous Dambulla Cave Temple Complex.

Itinerary

Sigiriya & Dambulla Tour
- Meet your tour guide at 6:00 AM at your hotel in Colombo, Negombo or Mount Lavinia and drive to Sigiriya.
- Arrive at Sigiriya at 10:30 AM and start climbing the rock fortress. Sigiriya is famous for its toadstool of golden-hued granite, protruding into the searing blue sky from a hot, flat wilderness of scrubland, which transforms into a water garden in the monsoon.
- Enjoy your lunch at Oakray Inamaluwa Restaurant at 1:30 PM.
- Make your way to Dambulla Cave Temple that was built by King Walagambahu in the 1st century BCE. It is the most impressive of Sri Lanka's cave temples. The complex of five caves with over 2000 sq. meters of painted walls and ceilings is the largest area of paintings found in the world. It contains over 150 images of the Buddha, and the largest is the colossal figure of the Buddha carved out of rock and spanning 14 meters.
- Leave Dambulla at 4:30 PM and proceed back to your hotel. Reach by 9:00 PM.

What's Included

Hotel pick-up and drop-off from Negombo, Colombo, Mount Lavinia or Kalutara

Transfers by an air-conditioned vehicle

English-speaking Sri Lankan guide and driver

Entrance fees to the sites

Mineral water during the tour

Lunch at Oakray Inamaluwa Restaurant

All government taxes

What's Excluded

Personal expenses

Tips and gratuities (recommended)

Know Before You Go

Please be ready and waiting in your hotel lobby 15 minutes before your scheduled pick-up time.

Roundtrip transportation is available from most centrally located Negombo, Colombo, Mount Lavinia or Kalutara hotels. Please arrange pick-up from your hotel or a nearby location when you call to confirm your reservation. Pick-up time and the time duration will be changed according to the pickup location.

You must wear clothing that covers your shoulders and knees for visiting sacred or holy places.

You must bring a valid passport for entering the sites.

Meeting Point

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Cancellation Policy

For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -

Refund of 80% of the tour price.

Price

Adult
1 to 1	/person
2 to 2	/person
3 to 3	/person
4 to 4	/person
5 to 5	/person
6 to 6	/person
7 to 7	/person
8 to 8	/person
9 to 9	/person
Child
1 to 9	/person
This is a private tour