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Colombo City Half-Day Tour: Exploring Sri Lanka's Administrative Capital
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Colombo
Embark on a half-day tour of Colombo, Sri Lanka’s administrative capital, and explore its bustling cities, historical landmarks, and local way of life. Trustworthy drivers ensure a memorable experience!
Embark on a half-day tour of Colombo, Sri Lanka’s administrative capital, and explore its bustling cities, historical landmarks, and local way of life. Trustworthy drivers ensure a memorable experience!
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Gangarama Temple - Colombo is the most famous in Sri Lanka. It was built just over 120 years ago and is dedicated to Buddhism. The temple is celebrated for its lavish architecture and statues showcasing Sri Lankan, Chinese, Thai, Burmese and other artistic styles.
- Gangarama Temple - Colombo is the most famous in Sri Lanka. It was built just over 120 years ago and is dedicated to Buddhism. The temple is celebrated for its lavish architecture and statues showcasing Sri Lankan, Chinese, Thai, Burmese and other artistic styles.
What's Included
- King coconut
- Water Bottle
- Seasonal Fruits
- Hotel pickup and drop-off Service by Air conditioned vehicle
- Professional & Expert English Speaking Driver
- King coconut
- Water Bottle
- Seasonal Fruits
- Hotel pickup and drop-off Service by Air conditioned vehicle
- Professional & Expert English Speaking Driver
What's Not Included
- Gratuity For Driver
- Food & Drinks Other than Specified
- Optional Activities
- Entrance to sights
- Gratuity For Driver
- Food & Drinks Other than Specified
- Optional Activities
- Entrance to sights
Additional Information
Experience Colombo through a new perspective. Colombo, the capital city of Sri Lanka, is also its administrative and judicial hub. As a significant port of the Indian Ocean, it’s nestled on the island’s western shoreline, just below the Kelani River. A large portion of Sri Lanka’s international trade happens here, courtesy its vast artificial port,…
Experience Colombo through a new perspective. Colombo, the capital city of Sri Lanka, is also its administrative and judicial hub. As a significant port of the Indian Ocean, it’s nestled on the island’s western shoreline, just below the Kelani River. A large portion of Sri Lanka’s international trade happens here, courtesy its vast artificial port, among the largest worldwide. Explore the city’s renowned landmarks on this tour and learn more about the capital city of Sri Lanka. It’s highly endorsed for those visiting for the first time.
• Explore the energetic and populous cities of Colombo to witness local
marketplaces, historical monuments, and the lifestyle of its inhabitants.
• Ensure an unforgettable trip with our polite and reliable drivers.
- Comfortable walking shoes recommended for this tour.
- Littering & smoking is prohibited inside the vehicle.
- Please observe proper dress code when visiting the temples as a form of respect. The basic rule is to wear clothing that covers the shoulders, and knees (Participants are advised dress appropriately for this activity (long pants, long-sleeved shirt or scarf to cover shoulders, and closed shoes)
- Re-entry is not allowed after you leave the venue
- The exact duration will depend on the time of day and traffic conditions
- Subject to favorable weather conditions. If cancelled due to poor weather, you will be given the option of an alternative date.
- We request all customers carry the Vaccination card while traveling (Digitally or Physically)
- Pickup will be commenced prior to start the tour time; you must contact us to verify your exact pickup time.
- Deposit trash in designated receptacles
- What to Bring - Sunscreen, Caps or hats, , Camera, Sunglasses
- When you entering to Hindu temple or Buddha temple, shoes and slippers must removed
Location
Gangarama Temple
Sri Jinarathana Road
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Lalit_s
Nov 14, 2024
Wonderful experience - Friendly humble well mannered driver/guide.
Knowledgeable about history of places to be visited.Delivered whatever promised.
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Blswarnkar58
Oct 14, 2024
Our Recent Sri Lanka Visit of October 2024 - We did it our own. It was a 6 nights and 7 days family tour of Sri Lanka. We were 5 (4 adults and 1 baby<2). Airport to airport taxi for the whole journey was amazing! The spacious taxi was full of comfort and convenience. It was dedicated to us 24x7 with an English speaking guide cum driver! We covered Colombo, Trincomalee, Sigiriya, Kandy, Nuwara Elia, Ella, Yala, Bentota with comfortable stay at different places managed by our own. The guide facilitated us with best of Indian food at various places of stay. The beaches, the mountains, the places of religious importance and the visit of Yala National Park were superb.
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Jith_j
Jun 20, 2023
Good tour - Our guide, Keerthi, took the initiative to get us into my old school to reacquaint myself with it. Much appreciated. He is also very friendly and accessible. The tour covered the key locations of the city.
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Mary_g
Feb 27, 2023
Interesting and informative - My husband had difficulties walking due to back problems and the tour guide was very supportive of this only making a few stops where we had to climb steps. We were shown and given the history of many old colonial buildings which were of particular interest to us. We were also made aware of the changing face of Colombo with land reclamation and new buildings to support the arts and sport.
The company added promptly after I sent them a message to say I had left a bag of souvenirs in the car. They were delivered to the hotel very promptly.
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Balivilla4u1
Dec 2, 2024
Its Good Value. - We saw a lot of Colombo in a few hours in a late
model mini bus with air con.
Driver was very good and with good English.
However at end it was a bit difficult to get to any markets for shopping so we just visited one Brand shop as a friend wanted Ceylon Tea.
All in all great value.
They met us at the ship. Dropped us
off at Port gate on return and we took shuttle buses from there to the ship
The hlghlight was the Buddhist temple and also
Colombo was very very tidy and all be it a lot of old infrastructure littering was not evident. Most
surprising and impressive.
Sri Lanka is definitely worth a visit. Our trip was too short. Plenty more to see for sure.
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Jimmy
Mar 12, 2024
Colombo surprises! - Navi and Bala - our guide and driver - were very friendly and helpful. They took us to see many of the wonderful sights in central Colombo and responded to all our questions.
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Emma_l
Jul 29, 2023
Great tour, worth the money to see Colombo! - Apple Vacations went the extra mile to ensure I saw everything I wanted to of Colombo. My guide was very friendly and knowledgeable of all the sights. Overall, a great tour worth the money - especially for those travelling solo (I felt comfortable the entire time). Would recommend to anyone, travelling solo or in a group!
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Colin_r
Oct 10, 2023
I’d not bother - join a group tour - I guess I was expecting a tour with a guide who explained the history of Colombo. I had a driver who pointed out buildings, many which had the use on a sign. I visited an interesting temple but the driver didn’t compute to explain the significance so I am still unaware of its significance. Visiting a park was of little value when the explanation was this is where families come on the weekends.
The three hour “tour” was completed in under two hours including the late arrival of the driver. I noted that other tourists had their guide explaining the places where we stopped.
It was poor value for what I received.
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Yunhui_s
Aug 23, 2023
Worst city tour ever for $60 in Colombo, Sri Lanka - Hi Viator, now we are back from our vacation in Sri Lanka, I can write about our Half Day City Tour experience in Colombo on 8/12/2023 in the afternoon. The “tour guide” is not a professional tour guide at all. He did come to pick us up at the hotel at 2:30pm, he basically ended up driving us around to a few tourist spots and that’s it. We each paid $30 (total of $60), which is a lot of money in Sri Lanka, but we got no tour in terms of explanation of the sites or culture or history at all. His English was terrible, when he dropped us off at a site, he left us alone and then he talked on his cell phone. At one point he drove us to a big souvenir shop as a tour site and I had to told him that we did not want to shop, we wanted city site-seeing and a tour. He did not deliver the tour at all, he just drove us to sites and that’s it. At one point, he even drove to a car repair shop and had a mechanic to look at one of his tires. He also talked on his cell phone while he was driving. The whole half day city tour was ridiculous. We have done many Viator programs in various cities and countries, this one does not live up to the Viator standards at all. We suggest that you stop using that tour company period!!!
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Yousifcom
Jan 13, 2020
Not that great at all! - The tour bus was old, the tour guide did not talk or share any information about the places we have visited.
We (a family of five) visited Kandy for three night, and wanted a tour that can summarize Colombo's main attractions in a day. Our three tour guides did a great job driving us around the city.
One final commnet: to enter a Buddhist Temple listed in our tour, all women need to remove their headcovers, As a muslim family, that was not convenient, and we decided to skip that Buddhist Temple all together. The tour company had no clue about this fact!
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