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Galle Dutch Fort day tour is one of most popular tours among travelers. This tour is ideal for travelers who has limited time or days in Sri Lanka and they prefer to experience something unique. This tour is a mixed of Heritage, Culture, Tradition and Nature. You will visit UNESCO World Heritage site -Galle Dutch Fort, have a nice walk around the fort and explore, you also will visit a sea turtle conservation project, visit Unawatuna Beach and other interesting sightseeing around Galle City. This tour is perfect for solo travelers, couples, families who are traveling with children.
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Duration: 10 hours
Starts: Colombo, Sri Lanka
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Galle Dutch Fort day tour is one of most popular tours among travelers. This tour is ideal for travelers who has limited time or days in Sri Lanka and they prefer to experience something unique. This tour is a mixed of Heritage, Culture, Tradition and Nature. You will visit UNESCO World Heritage site -Galle Dutch Fort, have a nice walk around the fort and explore, you also will visit a sea turtle conservation project, visit Unawatuna Beach and other interesting sightseeing around Galle City. This tour is perfect for solo travelers, couples, families who are traveling with children.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Galle Fort, Church Street, Galle 80000 Sri Lanka
Galle is a major city of Sri Lanka which is located at the south coast. The distance from Colombo to Galle is 119km and driving hours will approximately 2 and half hours. This beautiful Coastal city is a major tourist destination of Sri Lanka and has beautiful pristine beaches. There are many sightseeing around Galle and the major hot spot is “Galle Dutch Fort”. This fort was originally built by Portuguese in 1588 and fortified by Dutch in 1649. Galle Dutch fort is one of most well preserved Colonial forts in the world. When you visit this place, you will see there is an active small town inside the fort and you will see most of buildings are colonial styles. Some of buildings were built by Portuguese, Dutch & British. There are lot of colonial Boutique style hotels, restaurants and pubs inside the fort.
During our Galle Day tour, you will visit the one of world famous beach “Unawatuna Beach”, visit a sea turtle hatchery and other interesting sightseeing.
Duration: 3 hours
