Private Kandy Day Tour: Explore Sri Lanka's UNESCO-listed Old Hill Capital from Colombo
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Kandy
Embark on a private day tour from Colombo to Kandy, Sri Lanka's old hill capital. Visit the Peradeniya Royal Botanical Gardens, the Temple of the Tooth, and experience a cultural show.
Duration:
12 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic - The golden-roofed Temple of the Sacred Tooth houses Sri Lanka’s most important Buddhist relic – a tooth of the Buddha. During puja(offerings or prayers), the heavily guarded room housing the tooth is open to devotees and tourists. However, you don’t actually see the tooth. It’s kept in a gold casket shaped like a dagoba (stupa), which contains a series of six dagoba caskets of diminishing size. As well as the revered main temple, the complex includes a series of smaller temples, shrines, and museums.
What's Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Bottled water
- Transport by air-conditioned vehicle
- Complimentary WiFi access during travel (subject to availability)
- English-speaking guide/driver
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Experience Sri Lanka’s old hill capital of Kandy on a privately full-day trip from Colombo. Explore the Peradeniya Royal Botanical Gardens to see giant palms, orchids, and exotic flora. After free time for lunch (own expense), spend the afternoon in enchanting, UNESCO-listed Kandy, with visits to the gold-roofed, UNESCO-listed Temple of the Tooth, Kandy market, and a cultural show. Finish with a stop for dinner (own expense) on your return journey to Colombo.
- Comfortable walking shoes recommended for this tour.
- All visitors to Buddhist and Hindu temples are expected to remove footwear and hats. Also shoulders and knees should be covered
- The duration of transfers are approximate, the exact duration will depend on the time of day and traffic conditions
- A current valid passport is required on the day of travel
- Subject to favorable weather conditions. If canceled due to poor weather, you will be given the option of an alternative date
- Mandatory to complete 14 days of quarantine for unvaccinated passengers before starting the tour.
- Vaccinated passengers should stay in Level 1 hotel once arrived in Sri Lanka and obtain negative PCR report, in order to start the tour. (14 Days of quarantine is not required).
Location
Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic
Sri Dalada Veediya
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Christin_geman
Feb 4, 2020
Amazing Kandy Day Tour - First I weren't sure, if I should do a private tour as a women. But I wrote to the guide office in Sri Lanka an they were friendly and I had a good feeling.....and yes I felt save and it was a amazing day.My guide Aaron picked me up at my hotel in time.
My stations: Pinnawella,Tooth Temple,Tea Factory,Botanical Garden.
Every station I were allowed to stay how long I wanted.Aaron answered me every question and was a safe driver I really can recommend this Tour.Thanks for everything!!!
Christin
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Abijith3
Feb 27, 2019
Don't understimate when see the price ; - This is a full on day tour which started with collection at 6.00 and finished being dropped off 2000hrs only. It is a long day but if like us you have limited time in kandy then it is ideal.
Our tour guide was funny, friendly, professional and gave us a lot of engaging explanation to make the experience come to life, especially around the temple tea plantation, Elephant orphanage and many more . He was always happy to answer questions and has a lot of knowledge around the places you visit.
The time spend at pinnawala was the best part of the day by far, and it is an experience not to be missed.
The stops at the craft workshop, tea Factory, herble Garden are useful to break up the journey and there is no pressure to buy anything from anyone.
The Axio car is brilliant, really The driver is really good considering the traffic they had to contend with and whilst you spend about 4 hours on the car, it is comfortable and as pleasant as it can be.
Tour Cradits to Nalin our driver & guide
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