Temple Run Tour from Kandy

Kandy, Sri Lanka

10 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
Group discounts
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Visit five of Kandy’s most important Buddhist temples on a private full-day tour. With a personal driver-guide, travel out of town to the medieval masterpieces of Embekke and Gadaladeniya, and view the grand architecture of Lankatilaka and artworks of Degaldoruwa cave temple. After lunch (own expense) in Kandy, visit the Temple of the Sacred Tooth, the gilded former royal palace housing a revered Buddha tooth relic. Private air-conditioned transport and hotel pickup and drop-off included.

Private full-day Kandy temples tour
Visit five great Buddhist temples, including the wooden 14th-century Embekke and Gadaladeniya
Explore the grandiose Lankatilaka Temple and art-covered cave temple of Degaldoruwa (own expense)
Tour Kandy’s UNESCO-listed Temple of the Sacred Tooth, home to a tooth relic of Buddha (own expense)
Break for lunch (own expense) at a Kandy restaurant of your choice
Private air-conditioned transport and hotel pickup and drop-off included

What's Included

Hotel pickup and drop-off from your hotel in Kandy.
Transport throughout the tour with an air-conditioned vehicle.
Service of an English-speaking chauffeur guide.
Water bottle (per-person).

Entrance tickets to the visiting sites.
Food and drinks.
Gratuities (optional).

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Pickup details

Your hotel in Kandy

Operating hours
.8:00 am

Itinerary

After early pickup at your Kandy hotel, set off by private, climate-controlled vehicle with your personal driver-guide.

Leave town and stop at the wooden Embekke Temple, built in 1371 by King Wickrama Bahu III. Admire the intricately carved pillars, roof, and walls, and hear about the temple’s history before heading to the hilltop temple of Gadaladeniya, another early 14th-century place of worship.

See the main and four satellite stupas and view the large Buddha statue and murals as your guide uncovers their past. Next, visit Lankatilaka Temple, a grandiose palace-like complex laced with artwork. Admire its elaborate design and wall paintings before continuing to Degaldoruwa, a magnificent cave temple coated in colorful Kandyan murals.

Following lunch (own expense) at a restaurant of your choice in Kandy, visit the beautiful UNESCO-listed Temple of the Sacred Tooth. This former royal palace houses a sacred tooth relic of Buddha, and consists of ornate white, gold-trimmed, and wooden shrines.

After admiring this richly ornamented complex, choose to end your tour with a hotel drop-off, or continue to a gem museum.

See Sri Lanka's precious gemstones being crafted and polished and perhaps purchase souvenirs (own expense) before your tour finishes with a drop-off at your hotel.