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Home3-Day Sigiriya, Anuradhapura & Polonnaruwa Tour From Kandy
Description
Take this 3-day tour from Kandy to explore the vast riches of the nearby cities of Sigiriya and Anuradhapura: visit the Dambulla Temple, explore the Sigiri paintings and visit one of the famous wildlife reserves in the region. Also explore the ancient kingdom of Polonnaruwa on this tour.
Highlights
- Visit the Minneriya Wildlife Reserve
- Explore the Dambulla Cave Temple
- Walk around Polonnaruwa
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Day 1: Pick up from Kandy- Dambulla Cave Temple-Lion Rock- Sigiriya- Minneriya National Park-Wildlife Safari expand_more
- The tour begins before 7.00 a.m. from the hotel in Kandy.
- The first stop of the day is the Dambulla cave temple, which is the largest and the best-preserved cave temple in Sri Lanka. The caves were converted into a temple complex by king Walagamba during the 1st century. There are about 153 buddha statues and murals, which covers 2100 square meters. You have to spend around one and a half hours to cover the entire temple complex.
- Visit next the eighth 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 a half hours.
- Final destination would be one of the wildlife reservoir national parks among Minneriya, Kaudulla or Eco to see giants of the jungle wild elephants.
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Day 2: Visit the kingdom of Anuradhapura expand_more
- Drive straight to Anuradhapura. Once, Anuradhapura was the capital of Sri Lanka from 5 B.C. to 1017 A.D. The most sacred “Bo Tree” which was sheltered to the lord buddha during his enlightenment and lord buddha hast retreated by gazing at the bo tree for seven weeks, is grown in Anuradhapura.
- Explore the Jethewanarama Pagoda, known to be the world’s largest and the oldest human-made brick building. Also including an archaeological museum, ruvanvelisaya dagoba, abhayagiri dagoba, brazen palace, royal palace, samadhi buddha statue, kuttam pokuna, moonstone, tanks etc. are some of the remarkable ancient creations which exhibit the proud history of the Anuradhapura kingdom.
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Day 3: Kingdom of Polonnaruwa - Drop in Kandy expand_more
- You are taken to Polonnaruwa, the capital of Sri Lanka for about 200 years. Finally, the kingdom was transferred to Dambadeniya and Polonnaruwa was concored by Indian king Kalinga Magha. You can visit the archaeological museum, royal palace, audience hall, swimming pool, sacred quadrangle, shiva devale, pabalu vehera, rankot vihara, Kiri vihara, buddha statue at lankatilaka, buddha figures at gal vihara etc. It usually takes 05 to 06 hours to visit the entire kingdom in Polonnaruwa.
- After seeing Polonnaruwa, you will be dropped back to Kandy.
What's Included
Professional English-speaking driver-guide
Pick up & drop off to the hotel in and around Kandy
Transportation in a Comfortable A/C Car
Driver Accommodations & Meals
Fuel and local insurance
What's Excluded
Accommodation
Entrance fee of visiting sites and any cost related to the activities
Personal nature expenses
Know before you go
Not wheelchair accessible
Not stroller accessible
Not suitable for pets
Infants must not sit on laps.
Tourists can include or exclude one or more options from the set tour according to their requirements.
You can adjust tour activities and the itinerary according to your requirements.
Minimum 02 Passengers
Cancellation Policy
For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -
Refund of 80% of the tour price.Price Details
| Adult | |
| 1 To 4 | USD 83 Per Person |
This is a private tour | |