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Tours sri lanka dambulla

Negombo, Day tour; Dambulla, Elephant safari & village


Traveli Ceylon


Visit Dambulla ancient caves, go by village ferry to visit the village Kitchen for lunch & cooking demo. Return from the village by Tuk-tuk to do a safari game drive for Elephants!


Dambulla Royal Cave Temple And Golden Temple



You'll be picked up from your hotel in Negombo @ 8.00 AM. You'll drive 2.5 hours to arrive at Dambulla cave temple; the visit will be about 45 minutes with an easy climb to the top of Dambulla rock. *It's optional to take a coffee/drink break half way through the journey.

Then you will drive another 30 minutes to Habarana village. Then you'll go by a cart to the river and cross the river by ferry to go to the Village kitchen. There you'll participate in the interactive demonstration with the ladies and enjoy a delicious rice and curry lunch cooked then and there.

You'll then exit the village by a tuk-tuk and take the Safari jeep to go to the Safari park (The park will depend on the time of the year, it can be Minneriya, Kaudulla or Eco park). You will do a game drive for Elephants in the park and return back to the car.

Your drive back home will be about 3 hours but you can take a proper coffee/drink break half way through the return journey.



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Duration 12 hours

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Live tour guide

English

Pickup included

Please wait at the hotel lobby

Private group

from € 154.11 per person
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About this experience

Itinerary
  • 2 pickup location options:
  • Jetwing Blue, Club Hotel Dolphin
  • Car
  • (2.5 hours)
  • Dambulla
  • Visit (45 minutes)
  • Extra fee
  • Car
  • (30 minutes)
  • Habarana
  • Visit, Lunch, Cooking class (2 hours)
  • Extra fee
  • Minneriya National Park
  • Game drive, Wildlife viewing (3 hours)
  • Optional, Extra fee
  • Car
  • (3 hours)
  • 2 drop-off locations:
  • Jetwing Blue, Club Hotel Dolphin
  • Main stop
  • For reference only. Itineraries are subject to change.
  • Highlights
  • Discover the ancient wall paintings and iconography of Dambulla caves
  • Meet the villagers, go by ferry & cart with them & tuk-tuk
  • Interactive cooking demonstration & lunch with rice & curry
  • Safari game drive for Elephants
  • Two coffee/drinks breaks
  • Includes
  • Private Air conditioned transportation
  • Professional guiding
  • Entrance tickets to Dambulla cave temple (Pay @ site, appx 7 USD/PP)
  • Lunch and all village activity costs; Ferry, Cart, Tuk-Tuk (Pay @ site, appx 18 USD/PP)
  • Safari park entrance tickets (Pay @ site, appx 45 USD/PP; Minneriya, appx 12 USD/PP; Hurulu park)
  • Safari Jeep (Pay @ site, appx 60 USD/Jeep; up to 6 PAX)
  • Coffee/Drinks in the two breaks
  • Tips (Customary to pay tips in Sri Lanka)

  • Checkin
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