Colombo Trip Overview
This day trip includes visits to the Sigiriya lion’s rock fortress and Dambulla cave temple which consists of 5 caves with marvelous paintings and statues. Journey into the centre of Sri Lanka and uncover ancient creations that will leave you an awestruck experience. The rock fortress is a masterpiece created by King Kashyapa. His motive to build a palace in the rock was to never be caught to Mugalan, his brother but through his creation we today can imagine how crafty they were. Spend a full-day exploring with the help of your English-speaking national tour guide.
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Duration: 11 to 12 hours
Starts: Colombo, Sri Lanka
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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This day trip includes visits to the Sigiriya lion’s rock fortress and Dambulla cave temple which consists of 5 caves with marvelous paintings and statues. Journey into the centre of Sri Lanka and uncover ancient creations that will leave you an awestruck experience. The rock fortress is a masterpiece created by King Kashyapa. His motive to build a palace in the rock was to never be caught to Mugalan, his brother but through his creation we today can imagine how crafty they were. Spend a full-day exploring with the help of your English-speaking national tour guide.
Stop At: Sigiriya The Ancient Rock Fortress, Sigiriya 21120 Sri Lanka
Lion Rock in Sigiriya is one of the most popular landmarks to visit during a route through Sri Lanka. The natural phenomenon is an enormous (200m) square-shaped rock that looks like it’s placed there. Lion Rock is one of the eight UNESCO World Heritage sites and is a must-visit in Sri Lanka. It is located in the northern Matale district near the town of Dambulla in central province of Sri Lanka. The word Sigiriya or the Sinhagiri means the Lion’s Rock where you have to climb up 1200 steps before you reach the Lion Rock Fortress on top of Sigiriya.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Dambulla Cave Temple, Jaffna Hwy, Habarana 50150 Sri Lanka
Located in central Sri Lanka, the Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple is a living Buddhist site that is focused on a series of five cave shrines. 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.
Duration: 1 hour
