Eendaagse dagtour van Het laatste koninkrijk in Kandy
Al eeuwenlang zijn specerijen een van Sri Lanka's beroemdste exportproducten. Ze worden gebruikt voor geneesmiddelen en cosmetica, en om eten op smaak te brengen. U proeft geuren en smaken als kaneel, gember, peper, vanille en kardemom. Batik is de oude kunst van het mengen kleuren met was als het hoofdbestanddeel en Sri Lanka is een van 's werelds toonaangevende exponenten. Voorbeelden variëren van eenvoudige, effen dessins tot veelkleurige meesterwerken.
Bij aankomst in Giragama brengt u een bezoek aan een theeplantage, 510 meter boven zeeniveau. Thee werd voor het eerst geplant in Sri Lanka in 1824 in de botanische tuinen van Peradeniya, toen een paar planten werden meegenomen uit China. U heeft een uur de tijd om de plantage en fabriek te verkennen voordat u vertrekt naar Kandy, ongeveer 30 minuten verder.
Doe de stadstour van Kandy inclusief een bezoek aan de Tempel van de Heilige tand, rit langs het hogere meer en marktplein, edelsteenmuseum en houtsnijderij.
Tijdens de tour door de stad kunt u genieten van uw lunch in restaurant Oakray.
Na dit bezoek gaat u verder naar uw hotel, waar u wordt afgezet.
- Ophalen en afzetten bij het hotel met een auto met airconditioning in Colombo, Mount Lavinia of Negombo
- Alle rondleidingen met de service van een Engelssprekende chauffeur/gids
- Lunch bij restaurant Oakray
- Toegangsprijzen voor Kandy Temple en theefabriek
- Eventuele kosten voor video's/foto's bij de monumenten en bezienswaardigheden
- Fooien voor gidsen en restaurants. Fooien zijn gebruikelijk.
- Alle andere kosten die niet vermeld worden in de sectie Inclusief
- Bevestiging krijgt u ten tijde van de boeking
- Groepskorting beschikbaar voor groepen van 7 personen of meer
- Minimaal 2 personen per boeking vereist
Excellent but long day trip Good driver and guide and amended itinerary to suit our requirements Kandy great small city
This tour was ok but the journey is far too long to do in one day. Spent most of the time on the road in pretty heavy traffiic. Kandy is quite an interesting town with an attractive lake. Palace and temple visit was interesting. From start to finish the tour seemed to be one long sales trip.
The trip was very disappointing. The guide was more of a driver than a guide and although answered some of the questions that we asked of him, he didn't volunteer any information, at least for the first part of the day. The tour was one of commercial enterprises/shops with tips demanded in most places regardless of the performance or enthusiasm of the local shop guides. The guide asked us what our itinerary was and as we didn't have one printed out we couldn't tell him. As he didn't have one, and didn't volunteer any information we found out which factory we were going to only after arriving there. In Kandy we were stuck in traffic for an hour so only saw the main temple. The guide simply showed us the door, and didn't offer any explanation for the temple or what it's history or significance was except to tell us it dated from the last king, which meant nothing to us. The provided lunch was average. The driver was courteous at all times and at the end of the day went out of his way to show us several gem shops which resulted in a good purchase. However, unless you are happy to see only spice, tea, batik etc shops and nothing of Kandy, best to avoid this commercial tour. It is long - 6am start and we got back to Colombo at 10.30pm.
Your tour guide is less of a guide and more of a driver/wise guy shuffling you from one tourist trap to the next for his kick backs. Initially I was quite naive to this but toward the end of the day when taken to a tourist trap for traditional clothing that should have been inexpensive, I became alarmed and enlightenedno pun intended. The temple of the tooth is brilliant and I wish we had more time there. We ended up there toward the end of the day since we were delayed by all the traps and were too exhausted to enjoy it. The tea factory was actually just a shop and not a factory at all. The wood carving place was beautiful but also mainly a warehouse for shopping. The gem museum was also more store than museum. The buffet we were taken to was delicious. Our driver told us it was really cheap at 1000 rupees. If he only knew that our guide from the day before took us to a buffet for 200 rupees a person. After this tour my husband and I regretted traveling to Kandy at all and realized we actually did better shopping and touring on the days that we set out on our own or with the help of a local tuktuk driver. In fact, I probably won't use Viator again after this tour.
Lovely trip and would recommend.Its a long drive but worth it. A highlight for us was the elephant orphanage, but lunch was terrific and the sights fantastic. The Temple of the Tooth was excellent and we also really enjoyed the spice garden. We were on a cruise so we only had one day, so we saw a huge amount on this trip.
Great spot, exactly as explained - we thoroughly enjoyed it and our driver / resident expert was fantastic!
Great spot, exactly as explained - we thoroughly enjoyed it and our driver / resident expert was fantastic!