Kandy Trip Overview
The one day tour in Kandy covers all the main and hidden places in the Kandy City and definitely this tour add a value for your day. This Tour brings beautiful, safety,reliable and friendly one day tour experience with lot of historical and interesting stories about the places you visit. We provide you a comfortable, Luxury, Air conditioned vehicle as well as a qualified guide.
Additional Info
Duration: 8 to 10 hours
Starts: Kandy, Sri Lanka
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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What to Expect When Visiting Kandy, Central Province, Sri Lanka
The one day tour in Kandy covers all the main and hidden places in the Kandy City and definitely this tour add a value for your day. This Tour brings beautiful, safety,reliable and friendly one day tour experience with lot of historical and interesting stories about the places you visit. We provide you a comfortable, Luxury, Air conditioned vehicle as well as a qualified guide.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, Sri Dalada Veediya, Kandy 20000 Sri Lanka
Sri Dalada Maligawa or the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic is a Buddhist temple in the city of Kandy, Sri Lanka. It is located in the royal palace complex of the former Kingdom of Kandy, which houses the relic of the tooth of the Buddha. Since ancient times, the relic has played an important role in local politics because it is believed that whoever holds the relic holds the governance of the country. Kandy was the last capital of the Sri Lankan kings and is a World Heritage Site mainly due to the temple. This visit include below main parts of the tempel.
01. The Great Terence
02. The Octagon
03. Royal Palace
04. Royal Queens Bath
05 Sacred tooth Relic Tempel
06 Royal Armary
07 The Audiance Hall
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya Rd, Kandy, Sri Lanka
Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya are about 5.5 km to the west of the city of Kandy in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. It attracts 2 million visitors annually. It is near the Mahaweli River (the longest in Sri Lanka).It is renowned for its collection of orchids. The garden includes more than 4000 species of plants, including orchids, spices, medicinal plants and palm trees. Attached to it is the National Herbarium of Sri Lanka. The total area of the botanical garden is 147 acres (0.59 km2), at 460 meters above sea level, and with a 200-day annual rainfall.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Bahiravokanda Vihara Buddha Statue, Bahirawa Kanda Rd, Kandy 20000 Sri Lanka
Rising from a hill adjoining the holy city of Kandy is the giant Buddha statue of Bahirawa Kanda. The statue is a mere 2km from the Temple of The Tooth Relic and was built in 1972.This beautifully sculpted white statue displays Buddha in the seated Nirvana pose and can be seen from the entire city of Kandy that sprawls out before it. It stands at 88 feet in height and is one of the biggest Buddha statues in Sri Lanka.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Ambuluwawa Tower, Ambuluwaawa ICC Road, Kandy 20000 Sri Lanka
If you’re in Sri Lanka for a day tour or a round tour Ambuluwawa Tower is one of the must see sites in Sri Lanka. You can get to Ambuluwawa Tower from Kandy or Gampola. Little knowledge about this site are, it is 3567 meters above from the sea level and there are 200 plants which belongs to 80 species.Some of the best views you can admire from this tower is, from
South –Sri Pada or Adams Peak
North –Mountain range of Knuckles
West –Bathalegala or Bible Rock
East –Piduruthalagala Mountain
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Geragama Tea Factory, Geragama Estate Rd, Pilimathalawa, Sri Lanka
Giragama Tea Factory is one of the oldest in Sri Lanka. The eponymous English “cuppa” might have been somewhat stronger if not for the 1865 coffee blight. Old Ceylon’s up-country plantations were devastated – but not so the spirits of the pioneering planters. They threw in a crop of tea and never looked back. You will visit a tea plantation and observe how the plant is grown and harvested. From here you will travel to a factory and learn about the whole processing procedure and how different types of teas are created
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Kandy City Center, Kand, Kandy 20000 Sri Lanka
Take a fascinating stroll through the Sacred City of Kandy, now a popular UNESCO World Heritage Site. Explore some amazing sights with your host as you amble through the corridors of time. Visit the Kandy Lake, Queen’s Bathing Pavilion, Walk on busy old streets, Central market in Kandy amongst many other interesting sites. Enjoy the fascinating stories that unfold; re-live what may have happened in the intriguing Royal Empire under its last independent monarchy, before it came under British rule in 1815.
View some of the remaining Walauwas (Colonial Manor House of native Headmen) in and around Kandy, some of which to date houses the Queens Hotel, The Kandy Town Hall, The President’s House and a heritage building found inside the Bogambara Prison. Also pay a visit to the St. Paul’s Church, the old Lawyers office that was once the Army Barracks during the reign of the Kandyan Kings and later used for the same purpose by the British.
Drive up the mountain to the ‘View Point’, a breath-taking spotfrom where one can have a bird’s eye view of the city of Kandy and take some great photographs too.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Hindu Temple, 9PP8+QJR, Sri Lanka
Visiting a Hindu Temple is a revered ritual because it serves as a sacred meeting place for the Hindu community to meet and worship with the objective of revitalizing and sanctifying the body, mind and soul. It is believed that the amazing architecture of Hindu Temples, which has evolved over 2000 years, is admired for its different styles of domes, steeples and intricate sculptures.
At the entrance to the temple is the front porch where devotees ring the big metallic bell that is hung from the ceiling as a declaration of their entry and departure to the sanctified abode. As you step into the Temple Hall you will observe devotes with offerings, several in deep meditation, some quietly chanting and others silently watching the priests perform the rituals.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Kandy Lake Club – Cultural Dance Show, 7 , Sangamittha Mawatha, Kandy 20000, Sri Lanka
Held in Kandy town, this cultural show depicts various forms of Kandyan dancing which was once native to the area but has now spread to different regions of the island. Originated from a dance performed by Indian shamans who came to the island, Kandyan dancing plays an important role in Sri Lankan culture and is a much-anticipated event during perahera processions. During the show, you will see several dances which depict the graceful movements of birds and animals, which trace their origins back to the ancient ritual known as the Kohomba Kapkariya, as well as energetic acrobatic performances where the men perform a series of leaping pirouettes and stunts such as plate-spinning and the dramatic ‘fire walk’ which ends the show.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Udawatta Kele Sanctuary, 7JXR+HX2, Kandy, Sri Lanka
This is Optional – with considering the time.
Udawatta Kele Sanctuary or the Royal Forest Park of Kandy is siuated on the hillside behind the Dalada Maligawa or the Temple of the Tooth Relic. This forest extents about 257 acres and is considered to be a vital Bio reserve for the much populated Kandy City.The important places in Udawatta Kele are the The water Pond, Highest peak “Kodimale”, The Senkanda Cave, and the Garrison cemetery. There are also several Buddhist temples and hermitages inside the forest reserve.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Friends of the British Garrison Cemetery Museum, 7/11, Anagarika Dharmapala Mawatha, Kandy, Sri Lanka
British Garrison Cemetery (also known as the Kandy Garrison Cemetery) is a British cemetery in Kandy, Sri Lanka, for British nationals who died in Ceylon. It was established in 1817 just after British captured the Kandy and closed in 1873 due to a ban on burials within the municipal limits, although special provision was given to allow the burial of relatives of those interred in the cemetery, with last person buried there being Annie Fritz in 1951.The cemetery contains 195 graves of men, women and children. The most common causes of death were tropical diseases such as malaria and cholera.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Kandy War Cemetery, Lady Magdalene Drive, Kandy 20000 Sri Lanka
The Kandy War Cemetery is a British military cemetery in Kandy, Sri Lanka, for soldiers of the British Empire who were killed during World War II as well as a soldier who died during World War I.
There are 203 buried consisting of: 107 British, 35 East Africans, 26 Sri Lankans, 23 Indians, 6 Canadians, 3 Italians, 1 Frenchman and 2 unidentified persons,Of the 203 dead, 151 were army, 32 were air force, 16 were navy, 2 were unidentified, 1 was merchant navy and 1 was from the national fire service
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
The University of Peradeniya is a state university in Sri Lanka. It is the largest and oldest university in Sri Lanka, which was originally established as the University of Ceylon in 1942.
The University of Peradeniya hosts nine faculties (including the newly added Management faculty), three postgraduate institutes, 10 centres, 73 departments, and teaches about 11,000 students in the fields of Medicine, Agriculture, Arts, Science, Engineering, Dental Sciences, Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Management and Allied Health Science. It claims to have the largest government endowment by a higher education institution in Sri Lanka, based on its large staff and faculties/departments.
On a site that touches the lower slopes of the lush Hanthana mountain range, University of Peradeniya is known for its natural environment.[citation needed] It has inspired intellectuals like Prof. Ediriweera Sarachchandra, Sri Lanka’s premium playwright.The university is in the Central Province, 8 km from the sacred city of Kandy (the historic capital of the last kingdom of Sri Lanka) and about 110 km from Colombo. A tourist attraction, Botanical Garden of Peradeniya is close by.
The university spans nearly 700 hectares in the Mahaweli flood plain. Most of the area remains afforested. Climate around the university is mild, and the temperature fluctuates between 18 and 30 degrees Celsius.
some special view points.
01 100 years old Jiant Jawa villo three
02 Open Theater of the University
03 Beautiful Green University Premises
04 Mahaweli River – Longest River of Sri Lanka
Duration: 30 minutes
