Sigiriya and Dambulla Private Day Trip from Colombo

Start the journey at 6.30 am from your Colombo city hotel in a private air-conditioned vehicle (177 km – approximately 4 hours)
Sigiriya is home to the 5th Century ‘Fortress in the Sky,” which is perhaps the most fantastic single wonder of the Island built by King Kashyapa (477-495 AD). It is also known as Lion Rock because of the huge lion that used to stand at the entrance to the fortress. Within it triple-moated defence the huge rock rises almost to a sheer height of 500ft. On its summit are the foundations of what was once a great and sumptuous palace and gardens complete with swimming pool. On one of the stairways the only known ancient work of Sinhala secular painting survived in the form of frescoes of life sized damsels in all the freshness and delicacy of their original color. These Frescos painted in earth pigments on plaster.
Climb the Sigiriya Rock Fortress. Climbing time depends on how fit you are. if you like to climb the rock, taking few breaks along the way or simply want to stop often to take photos and admire the view, it’ll take an hour and a half to two hours to climb up and go back down again.
Afterwards, transfer to Dambulla - located about 08 kilometres away
Dambulla were donated by king Walagambahu in the 1st century BC to Buddhist monks. Dambulla is a UNESCO World Heritage site and is the most impressive of Sri Lanka's cave temples. The complex of five caves with over 2000 sq. metres of painted walls and ceiling is one of the largest extents of cave paintings found in the world. These caves contain over 150 images of the Buddha of which the largest is the figure of the Buddha carved out of rock spanning 14 metres
After visiting Dambulla, drive back to Colombo (177 km – approximately 4 hours). Enroute stop to visit a Spice garden in Matale. You will be introduced to different spices that are famous in Sri Lanka and shown how some of these spices are grown and processed.
On arrival in Colombo you will be transferred back to your hotel.