Private Full-Day Tour in Sigiriya and Dambulla: Explore Sri Lanka’s Most Visited Attractions

Set out on a personal sightseeing tour of Sigiriya and Dambulla, led by a certified local tour guide. These two sites are the most frequented places in Sri Lanka. You will be driven in a vehicle with air conditioning. Round-trip hotel transfer is included.

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Sigiriya The Ancient Rock Fortress - Unesco world heritage site
  • Dambulla Cave Temple - Cave temples complex of Buddhist monks. Unesco world heritage site
  • Ibbankatuwa Megalithic Tombs - Ibbankatuwa necropolis
What's Included
  • Local guide
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Transport by air-conditioned vehicle
  • Private tour
  • All taxes, fees and handling charges
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Local taxes
What's Not Included
  • Entrance tickets : Sigiriya 30 USD / Dambulla 10 USD per person. Children 50%
  • Lunch
Additional Information
  • A dress code is required to enter Dambulla Cave Temples complex. No shorts or sleeveless tops allowed. Knees and shoulders MUST be covered for both men and women. You may risk refused entry if you fail to comply with these dress requirements
  • Comfortable walking shoes are recommended
Location
Sigiriya The Ancient Rock Fortress
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Nicholaskl7425ap
Jul 21, 2024
Full Day Sigiriya and Dambulla Tour with Yapa - My partner and I did the Sigiriya Rock and Dambulla Cave Temple Day Tour from Kandy with Yapa. He made the day absolutely amazing! On the journey Yapa explained the layout of the Cave Temple and what we could expect, as well as the history and tradition surrounding the temple. Yapa also gave us a detailed description of the origins of the Sigiriya Rock site. Unfortunately, when we got to Sigiriya rock we realised that due to the day of our tour falling on a sacred full-moon day and a long weekend the rock was extremely busy. There were thousands of locals trying to climb the rock, so it would have taken three times as long to get to the top of the rock. Sadly, we decided we couldn’t wait this long to climb the rock. After communicating this with Yapa he felt bad that we didn’t get to experience it, so he made various suggestions for other things we could do. We ended up deciding to climb the neighbouring rock, Pidurangala Rock, which we believe was equally amazing. Yapa also came up the rock with us to guide us with the climb. The climb itself was very cool and the view from the top was essentially the same as what you would see from Sigiriya rock, whilst also having a view of the rock. Overall, Yapa did everything he could to make this day as interesting and rewarding for us as possible. We would 100% recommend having Yapa take you for a tour!
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Eijisato
Feb 14, 2024
The driver was Japanese. - The driver spoke good Japanese, and although the journey was long, we had a lively conversation and it was very enjoyable. If there was something interesting to see, he stopped the car at a place that wasn't on the schedule and gave us time to take photos. He let us enjoy sightseeing in Sigiriya and Dambulla without worrying about time, and it was really fun.
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Z8432hklindah
Jan 10, 2024
A perfect day - The hole trip was amazing, and our guide Ruwan made it all worth it. He was a excellent driver and guide. The review only gets 5 stars because he made it a 5 star trip. He thought of everything, he even brought embrellas for us.
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Evenhellgren_p
Dec 9, 2023
Great day! - A great day with a great and informative guide. The drive from Kandy is about 2 hours, but our guide had lots of information to share along the way. Highly recommended!
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Olga_s
Nov 29, 2023
Beautiful Sigiriya - Thanks our guide Kit was great, he told us a lot of interesting facts about Sigiriya and Sri Lanka overall. The ride was pleasant, and ascenssion was not as difficult as it seemed. I definitely recommend this tour even for those travelling with little kids.
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Q9206hlteresaa
Nov 22, 2023
A perfect day! - Isuru was an excelent driver and guide!!! He is very dedicated and pays attention to the client's needs and preferences :) He knows a lot about the history and culture of the country and he gave me some tips for my solo travel. We even drank a tea and he showed me another town besides the tour plan. It was an amazing day and I recommend 100% to have a tour with him :)
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Olgaspbstyle
Nov 17, 2023
Great experience in Sigiriya - We went on a full day tour to Sigiriya from Kandy with Kit. We are a family of 4 with 2 kids, 6 and 2 years old. We were hesitant to Sigiriya rock at first minding our young children but Kit reassured us that we will be fine. It was truly a great decisions as the views were totally worth it. What I particularly liked was that with a private tour we could adjust our trip as it was convenient for us. Thus we also visited a safari and got to the hotel just in time for dinner. Kit was very pleasant, and shared a lot of interesting information on Sri Lanka. He is a great driver with a very comfortable car. Thank you very much for this experience!
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Alexpy94
Apr 5, 2023
We had an amazing trip with Diyath - We had Diyath as a guide and it was amazing. He showed us all the things that we had to see and told us everything about the culture. We could ask him anything and we had lots of fun. Thank you and we would recommend it with Diyath for sure. He was really open minded and you felt like you were part of family and not on a tour.
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E2796hdml
Feb 26, 2023
Awesome Day Tour with Diyath - We had a really nice day trip to Dambulla and Sigiriya with Diyath. He's a great tour guide, very caring and speaks good English. We had a -lunch village experience-, which I highly recommend to people who wanna see and taste something realistic of Sri Lanka. The whole Day was very interesting, funny and with a lot of WoW-Moments.
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Miklos_e
May 10, 2022
Sirigiya and Dambulla - Excellent excursion, must see places. Our guide Diyath was punctual and gave us a lot of information. He even climbed the Lion Rock with us.
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