Explore the Hill City (Kandy)

Explore the Hill City (Kandy)

“Explore the hill city” tour offers you a unique travel experience which blend the glory of Sri Lankan history with natural beauty of hill country. The temple of the sacred tooth relic, one of the most venerated Buddhist shrines in Sri Lanka situates heart of the city, close to the beautiful Kandy Lake. Centuries-old traditions and cultural elements still well-preserved in this city and it makes Kandy as the cultural capital of Sri Lanka. Also Kandy city is named as a UNESCO world heritage site. Kandy is the last kingdom of Sri Lanka. After British colonials ended the monarchy, city filled with the buildings belong to the old world colonial architecture.

In this one day tour, you will witness the most of them.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, Sri Dalada Veediya, Kandy 20000 Sri Lanka

The golden-roofed Temple of the Sacred Tooth houses Sri Lanka’s most important Buddhist relic – a tooth of the Buddha. During puja (offerings or prayers), the heavily guarded room housing the tooth is open to devotees and tourists. However, you don’t actually see the tooth. It’s kept in a gold casket shaped like a dagoba (stupa), which contains a series of six dagoba caskets of diminishing size.
As well as the revered main temple, the complex includes a series of smaller temples, shrines and museums.
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Hours
Temple openning time: 5.30am-8pm,
Offering time: 5.30-6.45am, 9.30-11am & 6.30-8pm

Ticket price - 1500 LKR



Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Kandy View Point, Rajapihilla Mawatha, Kandy 20000 Sri Lanka

View point is a lookout place southwest of the Kandy lake. It is located on Rajapihilla Mawatha at 550 m (1,800 ft) above sea level.

It's also known as Arthur's seat. According to local folklore there was a bungalow owned by a Mr. Arthur, a British tea planter, situated above the lookout, who used to view Kandy by standing on a stone seat under a tree in front of his bungalow.

You can get a stunning panoramic views of Kandy city and surrounding from there.


Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Kandy Market Hall, Market St, Kandy 20000 Sri Lanka

Kandy central market is a two storey building situates middle of the busy kandy city. Locals do shopping in this market for their everyday needs including fruits, vegetables, meat and fish. Vegetable stalls are mostly open air.

Though this market is for locals, tourist can have a good fruit tasting experience.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Bahirawakanda Vihara Buddha Statue, Bahirawa Kanda Rd, Kandy, Sri Lanka

The 26.83m-high gleaming White Buddha monument has stood watch over Kandy since being constructed in 1993. The concrete Buddha is perched high atop a steep hill and is visible from nearly everywhere in the city. The monument is part of the Bahirawakanda Temple. It offers views of Kandy Lake and the surrounding hillsides.

Visiting time: 05:30 am to 09:00 pm
Ticket price: 250LKR

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Ceylon Tea Museum, Hantana, Kandy 20000 Sri Lanka

This museum occupies the 1925-vintage Hantane Tea Factory, 4km south of Kandy on the Hantane road. Abandoned for more than a decade, it was recently refurbished and has good exhibits on tea pioneers James Taylor and Thomas Lipton, and lots of vintage tea-processing paraphernalia.
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Opening Time
Tuesday to Saturday : 08.30am to 15.45pm
Sunday : 08.30am to 15.00pm
(Closed on Mondays & Poya day falling weekdays)

Ticket price: Adult/Child - 800/400 LKR

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes