Kandy to Polonnaruwa Day Tour
Overview
During this 1 Day Tour we will be sight-seeing starting areas from Polonnaruwa as Thuparama in Polonnaruwa, Vatadage, Nissanka Lata Mandapaya, Satmahal Prasada, Shiva Devale. The guests will be provided with good quality, comfortable vehicles with a driver-guide to help with your tour from Kandy City to Polonnaruwa.
Itinerary
- We will pick you from any hotel in Kandy and leave for Polonnaruwa.
- Polonnaruwa is the second most ancient of Sri Lanka’s kingdoms. The ancient city of Polonnaruwa remains one of the best planned archaeological relic cities in the country, standing testimony to the discipline and greatness of the Kingdom’s first rulers and has been declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO.
- First we will be visiting the Thuparama in Polonnaruwa. This is one of the few buildings where you can see a roof made completely out of bricks.
- Next we will be going to the Vatadage. The Medirigiriya vatadageya is one of the mostly preserved vatadage in Sri Lanka.
- Next we will visit the Nisshanka Latha Mandapaya which is located in the Polonnaruwa Dalada Maluwa where the Tooth Relic of Lord Buddha was located in the Polonnaruwa period.
- Finally we visit the Shiva Devalaya which is located in Polonnaruwa old city between Royal Palace complex and the sacred Quadrangle.
- Then we return back to Kandy.
Includes & Excludes
- Experience Driver/guide
- Bottled water
- Free Wi-Fi during the whole tour
- Transport by private vehicle
- Transport in A/C vehicle (Van & Car)
- Local insurance for the vehicle
- Passenger Insurance cover
- Sri Lanka Tourism board registered license
- Food
- Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
- Gratuities
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