Colombo Trip Overview
Delve into Sri Lanka’s rich history and visit two most historically important and widely known UNESCO World Heritage Sites within this day tour with private transportation. The iconic Royal Rock Temple conserves the Buddhist culture bringing forth the histories and 2000 year old burials of Lord Buddha’s life. It’s famed for homing monks from all over the country and the earliest inhabited region. Discover the magnificently architectured fortress built on a rock towards the outskirts of Dambulla. It’s the marvelous brainchild of King Kashyapa, built to hide himself from his step brother. Most of the architecture remains undiscovered by archaeologists due to its hidden interior and yet unsorted.
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Duration: 12 to 13 hours
Starts: Colombo, Sri Lanka
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Delve into Sri Lanka’s rich history and visit two most historically important and widely known UNESCO World Heritage Sites within this day tour with private transportation. The iconic Royal Rock Temple conserves the Buddhist culture bringing forth the histories and 2000 year old burials of Lord Buddha’s life. It’s famed for homing monks from all over the country and the earliest inhabited region. Discover the magnificently architectured fortress built on a rock towards the outskirts of Dambulla. It’s the marvelous brainchild of King Kashyapa, built to hide himself from his step brother. Most of the architecture remains undiscovered by archaeologists due to its hidden interior and yet unsorted.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Dambulla Cave Temple, Jaffna Hwy, Habarana 50150 Sri Lanka
The cave temple complex at Dambulla is widely thought to be one of the finest examples of religious art in South-East Asia. Five sanctuaries make up the Buddhist monastery, that is by far the largest and best-preserved ancient cave-temple complex in all of Sri Lanka. Although Dambulla is still a functioning religious centre, tourists are nonetheless able to visit the caves to witness the extraordinary mural and the 157 religious statues a variety of poses – the largest being 15 metres long.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Sigiriya The Ancient Rock Fortress, Sigiriya 21120 Sri Lanka
Sigiriya is one of Sri Lanka’s most popular tourist attractions – and with good reason. This ruined, fifth century city has some extraordinary features, including moat and wall fortifications, elaborately landscaped gardens, and a monastery. But it is the two-hundred metre high granite rock that stands out from these ruins that is undoubtedly the star attraction, with its exquisite frescoes and the remains of a royal palace on the summit. There is archaeological evidence of religious communities living in the area dating back to at least the third century BC. The ancient city of Sigiriya is a few centuries younger, having been built for King Kashyapa, the son of the previous king by a non-royal consort. In 477 AD Kashyapa killed his father and seized the throne from his half brother and heir Moggallana. Fearing his brother’s revenge, Kasyapa left the capital city of Anuradhapura and built the heavily fortified city of Sigiriya.
Duration: 3 hours
