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Cultural Triangle

Kandy

The last royal capital, wrapped around a lake and home to the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic.

Cultural Capital Best season: Year round 6 tours visit here
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Kandy sits in a bowl of green hills at 500m, so it is noticeably cooler than the coast. Evening puja at the Temple of the Tooth, the Peradeniya Botanical Gardens and a Kandyan dance performance make an easy, unhurried day.

Don't Miss

  • Evening puja at the Temple of the Tooth
  • Royal Botanical Gardens, Peradeniya
  • Kandyan cultural dance show
  • Ceylon tea factory visits on the Hantana road

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Tours that visit Kandy

Heritage & Hill Country Explorer Featured 7 Days

Sigiriya · Kandy · Nuwara Eliya · Ella

Heritage & Hill Country Explorer

The classic first-timer loop: the Cultural Triangle, the Temple of the Tooth, the blue train…

From $1,240 / person
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Tea Country & Blue Train Journey Popular 4 Days

Kandy · Nuwara Eliya · Ella · Haputale

Tea Country & Blue Train Journey

Four days at altitude — estate bungalows, Horton Plains at dawn, Lipton's Seat and the slowest,…

From $720 / person
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Romantic Sri Lanka Escape Honeymoon 8 Days

Bentota · Kandy · Ella · Mirissa

Romantic Sri Lanka Escape

Eight days for two — a private villa, a candlelit dinner on the sand, a tea-estate bungalow and a…

From $1,890 / person
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Family Island Discovery Family 6 Days

Colombo · Sigiriya · Kandy · Bentota

Family Island Discovery

Short driving days, an elephant transit home, a turtle hatchery, a cooking class and a beach finish…

From $1,050 / person
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Grand Sri Lanka — 14 Day Complete Island Featured 14 Days

Colombo · Anuradhapura · Sigiriya · Kandy · Ella · Yala · Galle · Bentota

Grand Sri Lanka — 14 Day Complete Island

The full circuit in two weeks — every region, no rushing, with rest days built in at Ella, Yala and…

From $2,480 / person
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Ancient Cities Grand Tour 5 Days

Anuradhapura · Polonnaruwa · Sigiriya · Dambulla · Kandy

Ancient Cities Grand Tour

Five days across the Cultural Triangle with an archaeologist-trained guide — three UNESCO cities,…

From $860 / person
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