Sigilia Rock - The guide (Aashik) was very precise and provided us with information and it was a good tour. If I ever go on a tour in Colombo again, I would love to.

Amazing adventure&leisure, Unesco Heritage site in Sri Lanka - Our trip to Sigiriya included an amazing Safari trip in the National Park Uda Walawe, where you can see very closely a wide range of animals, mostly elephants but also peacocks, buffalo, mongoose and different types of lizards, then the wonderful Sigiriya fortress, including the rock climbing of close to 1500 steps to reach the top, and finally we finished with admiring the buddist Dambulla Cave Temple, where the monks were cherishing the existence of Buddha, shaped in different huge stone statues. It is a must-see Unesco World Heritace Site, when in Sri Lanka- amazing experience, both adventure &soul enchanting!

Must-do tour in Sri Lanka – amazing guide! - This is a must-do tour in Sri Lanka. We visited Sigiriya Rock Fortress, had a great farmer experience with a unique local lunch, and also went to the Dambulla Golden Temple. What truly made this day exceptional was our tour guide, Ferose (the guy in the pink shirt). He’s one of a kind – incredibly kind, professional, and genuinely hospitable. More than a guide, he felt like a friend. I would recommend him a thousand times over.

Absolutely amazing but do your homework before you go. - Sigiriya is one of the finest cultural highlights in Sri Lanka. The climb is steady but manageable, and the views from the top are spectacular. The ancient frescoes, gardens, and engineering behind the site are remarkable. Early morning is the best time to visit for cooler weather and softer light for photography. A great addition to any itinerary. Beware of crowds. We did the trip as soon as the ticket counter opened. No queues, no rush but on our way back we noticed that the line was stationary. Not a great place to be in the hot sun. We also ended up taking the wrong way down I believe and ended up quite far from the entrance. Not sure if this is the norm. But worth checking out. I tuk offered my wife a private sight seen trip for 2500. Bit of a scam. Plenty to explore around the rock including Pidurangala. Fantastic photos opertunities over the lake to capture both mountains.

Great and hospitable tour operator - A beautiful experience with a professional and caring chauffeur Ferose Lovely interaction while booking with Kingfisher tours, very smooth and wonderful response Anyone visiting Sri Lanka can definitely avail their services as they are knowledgeable and hospitable

Our Guide Abdul was very... - Our Guide Abdul was very helpful and accommodating. Private transfer and the day trip was tailored to our requests, got to see the places we wanted and skipped ones we didn't.

Excellence experience - The driver Mr. Mohamed Aswer completed his work perfectly and supported us warmly. We are appreciated his professionalism and guidance. We prefer to have his support next time too if possible. Once again l, thank you very much!

Peaceful day - A good day out. We had two drivers with us so we both had someone to ask questions to. The lads were patient and aloffered plenty of things to do. We picked and chose what we wanted to do and didn't feel rushed for time. Would gladly use them again.

Bad experience of private tour - I booked this tour because the description said it was 10-12 hours long, while most others said 15-16 hours. Unfortunately once we got to Colombo it became clear that the 4.5 hours driving time to Sigiriya meant it would clearly be impossible to do everything on the itinerary in 10-12 hours, but we had paid so we decided to go anyway. Our first contact with Aashik Aswar was a message asking us to pay in cash on the day. I had already paid Tripadvisor by card and he said he would refund my credit card so I could pay in cash, but I declined to do that. Next he sent me an itinerary for a completely different tour with pickup from the cruise port at 8 am. I messaged him about the itinerary and I also told him that we had booked the 7am pick up at our hotel, so that we could be at Sigiriya before the hottest part of the day. He confirmed that was correct, but on the day of the tour he did not arrive until almost 7.30. I immediately clarified that we wanted to go straight to Sigiriya and also to Pidurangala. We said we didn’t want to go to the herbal spice garden or the village tour, but Aashik said we had to go to the village for lunch around 3pm. We said that was too late for us to eat, and we would want lunch at the after Sigiriya. We set off and after half an hour he stopped the car and picked up another man with no explanation, which set alarm bells ringing for us two women. I had to ask who he was and I was told he was Iman, a “trainee”. Despite knowing that we wanted to get to Sigiriya, Aashik stopped at a roadside stall where we were given a coconut drink while he and his “trainee” had a smoke! When we eventually reached Sigiriya around noon, he told us we would have to pay 35 USD each entrance fee. We knew the fee was not included but feel that the amount should have been mentioned on Tripadvisor, as this is an unusually high fee in South east Asia. Aashik did not accompany us at Sigiriya, so we had no guide on the Lion Rock. He also said the cost of the “optional” village tour was 20USD each so we said we would skip that and go straight to lunch, as we would be hungry after the climb. When we came down from the rock we were hungry and we asked again to skip the village tour and to go straight to lunch, but Aashik said we would have to buy our own lunch if we didn’t go to the village. When I pointed out the lunch was supposed to be included in the tour he said he would reimburse the cost of lunch for us. He then said if we wanted to go to Pidurangala we would have to go straight there and have lunch afterwards as it was “in the wrong direction!” So off we went on the condition that we would go for food immediately after. We had to pay an admission fee at Pidurangala too, which the description says is included, but Aashik did climb up with us this time. After Pidurangala we once again asked to get taken to lunch at the Oakray restaurant, as it was already 3.30pm, but instead he drove us to an office where another man said we had to take the village tour to get to the place where we could have lunch. Aashik said we would be eating in 20 minutes, so since we were famished, we paid up and were taken on an uncomfortable ox cart ride, which lasted twenty minutes, to a dock where we had to get on a catamaran across a lake- another thirty minutes- to the village. We finally got food at 5pm! Then after the food a tuktuk returned us to our car in 15minutes, so we obviously could have gone to the village that way! Aashik said there was no washroom in the village but that he would stop at one nearby. So he then took us to the Herbal Garden where we had said we didn’t want to go, to use the washroom. Of course we were then handed over to a “doctor” for a garden tour, which again we had said we did not want, and where we acquired many mosquito bites, followed by a “complimentary “ massage, which we were obliged to tip for, then directed into a shop where the “doctor” pestered us to buy something. Finally after 6pm we headed back to Colombo. En route we were stopped by police - scary again- and had to ask what was happening. Aashik also stopped again for another smoke break. Around 10 pm we reached the Colombo port area and Aashik stopped again and his “trainee” got out of the car. After sitting for ten minutes, when we questioned why we were stopped, Aashik started the car again and took us to our hotel, leaving the “trainee”behind! By the time we got back we had been out for 15 hours! I asked Aashik if that was the normal time for the tour and he said yes it was! If we had insisted on visiting Dambulla it would have been even longer. We did get to climb both Sigiriya and Pidurangala which were fantastic, but as two women in a car in a foreign country with two men, we felt at the mercy of the driver and his “trainee”. While they were not openly unpleasant, they were not particularly friendly, spending most of the trip on their phones and stopping several times for smoking breaks. We felt we had to pay for an “optional” village tour and visit the Herbal Garden, which we clearly stated several times we did not want to do. We also did not know the cost of the Sigiriya ticket in advance, so the trip cost us 110 USD more than expected. Aashik will claim he did not force us to do anything, but we had no other choice but to go where he took us. A bad experience for us. Would not recommend.

Bad experience with kingfisher. - Bad experience with the operator. We were informed that 10 -11 hours but it was 17 hours and we skipped some activities due to lack of information and the communication issue. It was not a quite good private tour. Totally disappointed.