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Day Tour to Colombo from Kandy by Lux Tours Lanka
Colombo, Sri Lanka
$107
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Overview
Colombo, once known as 'the garden city of the East', has transformed into a vibrant destination worth exploring in its own right. This day tour from Kandy offers a perfect introduction to the rich culture and history of Sri Lanka's capital.
- 🏛️ Visit the Colombo National Museum, home to a 9th-century stone Buddha and a vast collection of art, carvings, and colonial artifacts dating back to 1877.
- 🌳 Stroll through Viharamahadevi Park, Colombo's largest park, renowned for its stunning flowering trees and comfortable benches, perfect for relaxing and enjoying the scenery.
- 🛍️ Explore the Dutch Hospital Shopping Precinct, a beautifully restored colonial-era complex featuring shops, cafes, and restaurants in the heart of the vibrant Fort area.
- 🌊 Relax at Galle Face Green, a long open space ideal for kite flying, family gatherings, and enjoying delicious snacks from local food vendors along the seaside promenade.
- 🏰 Discover the Dutch Museum, a former governor's residence that showcases Dutch colonial furniture and artifacts within its charming garden courtyard.
- 🦁 Visit the National Zoological Gardens of Sri Lanka, established in the late 1920s, featuring a diverse collection of animals and a fascinating history linked to royal and colonial eras.
- 🚐 Enjoy the comfort of an air-conditioned vehicle with private transportation throughout your tour, ensuring a relaxing experience.
- 👶 Specialized infant seats are available, making this tour suitable for families with young children.
- ♿ The tour is accessible for all physical fitness levels, ensuring everyone can enjoy the sights and sounds of Colombo.
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Day Tour to Colombo from Kandy by Lux Tours Lanka
Pickup included
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Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Private transportation
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Colombo National MuseumA large 9th-century stone Buddha greets you with an enigmatic smile as you enter Sri Lanka’s premier cultural institution, which gets better (in small increments) each year. In galleries dating back as far as 1877, you’ll encounter all manner of art, carvings and statuary from Sri Lanka’s ancient past, as well as swords, guns and other paraphernalia from the colonial period. There are 19th-century reproductions of English paintings of Sri Lanka and a collection of antique demon masks.
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Viharamahadevi ParkColombo’s biggest park was originally called Victoria Park, but was renamed in the 1950s after the mother of King Dutugemunu. It’s notable for its superb flowering trees, which bloom in March, April and early May. Elephants used for ceremonies sometimes spend the night in the park, chomping on palm branches. It has been given a major sprucing up and now boasts comfy benches (often occupied with caressing couples), walkways, landscaping and playgrounds. You’ll even still see the odd snake charmer.
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Dutch Hospital Shopping PrecinctCenterpiece of the vibrant Fort, this colonial-era complex dates back to the early 1600s. Lavishly restored, it is home to shops, cafes and restaurants run by some of Colombo’s best operators. Enjoy a pause for a cold drink amid the incredibly thick columns of its arcades. There’s an annex in a 19th-century British building on the backside that faces Chatham St.
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Galle Face GreenThis long open space traditionally faced a narrow beach and the sea. It was originally cleared by the Dutch to give the cannons of Fort a clear line of fire. Today its broad expanses and seaside promenade are a popular rendezvous spot; on most days it’s dotted with kite flyers, bubble blowers, families and canoodling couples, and (especially Sunday evening) food vendors at the southern end along the surf offer up all manner of deep-fried and briny snacks.
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Dutch MuseumThis unique museum was originally the 17th-century residence of the Dutch governor and has since been used as a Catholic seminary, a military hospital, a police station and a post office. The mansion contains a lovely garden courtyard and has a nice faded feel since a 1977 restoration. Exhibits include Dutch colonial furniture and other artefacts.
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National Zoological Gardens of Sri LankaSri Lanka has a history of collecting and keeping wild animals as pets by some Sinhalese kings as well as some British. What is known today as National Zoological Gardens of Sri Lanka was founded by John Hagenbeck in the late 1920s. It was closed at beginning of World War II in 1939 because of the owner of that company was a German. After liquidation of Zoological Garden Company in 1936, the government acquired much of the collection and added it to the Dehiwala Zoo (Zoological Garden of Ceylon) collection. Although Sri Lanka has a history of collecting and keeping wild animals as pets by some Sinhalese kings as well as some British. What is known today as National Zoological Gardens of Sri Lanka was founded by John Hagenbeck in the late 1920s. It was closed at beginning of World War II in 1939 because of the owner of that company was a German. After liquidation of Zoological Garden Company in 1936, the government acquired much of the collection and added it to the Dehiwala Zoo (Zoological Garden of Ceylon) collection. Although Dehiwala Zoo officially began operating in 1939, an impressive animal collection already existed there as part of Hagenback company’s holding area, where public could visit.
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Day Tour to Colombo from Kandy by Lux Tours Lanka
Colombo, Sri Lanka
$107
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
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