Waskaduwa Trip Overview
Sigiriya Experience the royal majesty of the powerful ancient kingdom and seen its magnificent archaeology that they use to build the fortress is marvelous. Trough the creativity they made an elegance to palace by making water ponds, mirror wall and frescoes.
Dambulla cave temple bring us to the before 2000 years and shows the cultural advancement and the civilization underlying Buddhism.
Additional Info
Duration: 12 to 15 hours
Starts: Waskaduwa, Sri Lanka
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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Sigiriya Experience the royal majesty of the powerful ancient kingdom and seen its magnificent archaeology that they use to build the fortress is marvelous. Trough the creativity they made an elegance to palace by making water ponds, mirror wall and frescoes.
Dambulla cave temple bring us to the before 2000 years and shows the cultural advancement and the civilization underlying Buddhism.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Sigiriya The Ancient Rock Fortress, Sigiriya 21120 Sri Lanka
Rising dramatically from the central plains, the enigmatic rocky outcrop of Sigiriya is perhaps Sri Lanka’s single most dramatic sight. Near-vertical walls soar to a flat-topped summit that contains the ruins of an ancient civilization, thought to be once the epicenter of the short-lived kingdom of Kassapa, and there are spellbinding vistas across mist-wrapped forests in the early morning.
Sigiriya refuses to reveal its secrets easily, and you’ll have to climb a series of vertiginous staircases attached to sheer walls to reach the top. On the way you’ll pass a series of quite remarkable frescoes and a pair of colossal lion’s paws carved into the bedrock. The surrounding landscape – lily-pad-covered moats, water gardens and cave shrines – only add to Sigiriya’s rock-star appeal.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Dambulla Royal Cave Temple, Kandy – Jaffna Highway, Dambulla 21100 Sri Lanka
The beautiful Royal Rock Temple complex sits about 160m above the road in the southern part of Dambulla. Five separate caves contain about 150 absolutely stunning Buddha statues and paintings, some of Sri Lanka’s most important and evocative religious art. Buddha images were first created here over 2000 years ago, and over the centuries subsequent kings added to and embellished the cave art.
Dambulla is thought to have been a place of worship since the 1st century BC, when King Valagamba (also known as Vattagamani Abhaya), driven out of Anuradhapura, took refuge here. When he regained his throne, he had the interior of the caves carved into magnificent rock temples. Further paintings were made by later kings, including King Nissanka Malla, who had the caves’ interiors gilded, earning the place the name Ran Giri (Golden Rock).
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
