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Excursion d’une journee a Kandy depuis Colombo en train avec dejeuner fait maison

Opérateur: Sri Lanka Eco Tour
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Prenez la ligne des collines de Colombo a Kandy, visitez le Temple de la Dent et des temples plus calmes autour de la ville, et mangez un dejeuner sri-lankais fait maison avec une famille locale.

Excursion d’une journee a Kandy depuis Colombo en train avec dejeuner fait maison: En bref

PriceFrom $164 per person
Duration12 hours
Group sizeUp to 8 people
LanguagesEnglish
Tour typeGuided Tour
BookingDirect with the local operator — no OTA markup

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From Colombo: Kandy Day Trip with Train Ride & Lunch

Any Place in Colombo Departures: 7:00 AM, 8:00 AM, 9:00 AM
8 hours
English
$164
Annulation gratuite

Description complète

La voie ferree de Colombo a Kandy a ete construite par les Britanniques dans les annees 1860 pour transporter le the et le cafe vers le port, et elle reste l’un des meilleurs moyens de voyager entre les deux villes. La ligne monte progressivement hors de la plaine cotiere, traverse le col de Kadugannawa avec ses tunnels et ses tranchees rocheuses, et s’ouvre sur des rizieres en terrasses et des forets en approchant des collines. Faire ce tronçon en train plutot que par la route change le caractere de la journee.

Votre guide vous recupere a votre hotel a Colombo et vous emmene a la gare de Colombo Fort pour le depart matinal. Le trajet dure environ trois heures. Les trains sri-lankais sont fonctionnels plutot que luxueux, les fenetres s’ouvrent, et des vendeurs circulent dans les wagons en vendant du vadai, du the et des pois chiches grilles.

A Kandy, l’arret principal est le Temple de la Dent sacree, le sanctuaire qui abritait la relique dont les rois sri-lankais avaient besoin pour regner. Il se trouve au bord du lac artificiel construit par le dernier roi de Kandy en 1807. Votre guide vous emmene aussi dans des temples plus petits hors du circuit principal, le genre d’endroits qui restent calmes meme quand le temple de la dent est plein, ou la peinture et le travail du bois sont kandyiens plutot que restaures pour les visiteurs.

Le dejeuner se prend chez une famille plutot qu’au restaurant : riz avec un assortiment de currys, sambol, papadam et les legumes de saison, cuisines et servis par le foyer. C’est le regard le plus clair sur la cuisine quotidienne sri-lankaise que vous obtiendrez dans une excursion d’une journee, et il y a generalement le temps de demander comment chaque plat est prepare.

L’apres-midi comprend une plantation de the sur les pentes hors de la ville, avec une marche a travers les champs de cueillette et l’usine avant le retour vers Colombo par la route. Prevoyez une journee de douze heures de la prise en charge au retour ; le train gere le trajet aller mais le retour en voiture dure encore quelques heures.

Programme

Itineraries are customisable as per your request

The schedule below is a suggested plan and can be adjusted to suit your preferences.

6:00 AM

Hotel pickup and transfer to Colombo Fort

Your guide meets you at your hotel and takes you to the station for the morning train.

7:00 - 10 AM

Train to Kandy

Around three hours on the hill-country line, climbing through the Kadugannawa pass with the windows open and vendors working the carriages.

10:30 - 12 AM

Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic

Visit the temple complex and walk the edge of Kandy Lake.

12:00 - 13 PM

Lesser-known Kandyan temples

Two smaller temples away from the main route, with older painting and woodwork and far fewer people.

1:00 - 14 PM

Home-cooked lunch

Rice and curry served at a family home, with time to talk through the dishes.

3:00 - 16 PM

Tea estate and factory

Walk the plucking fields and follow the processing line, ending with a tasting.

4:15 - 19 PM

Return to Colombo

Drive back down to your hotel in Colombo.

Programme détaillé

06:00

Hotel pickup and transfer to Colombo Fort

Your guide meets you at your hotel and takes you to the station for the morning train.

07:00 - 10:00

Train to Kandy

Around three hours on the hill-country line, climbing through the Kadugannawa pass with the windows open and vendors working the carriages.

10:30 - 12:00

Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic

Visit the temple complex and walk the edge of Kandy Lake.

12:00 - 13:00

Lesser-known Kandyan temples

Two smaller temples away from the main route, with older painting and woodwork and far fewer people.

13:00 - 14:15

Home-cooked lunch

Rice and curry served at a family home, with time to talk through the dishes.

15:00 - 16:15

Tea estate and factory

Walk the plucking fields and follow the processing line, ending with a tasting.

16:15 - 19:00

Return to Colombo

Drive back down to your hotel in Colombo.

Inclus

  • Guide anglophone pour la journee
  • billet de train de Colombo a Kandy
  • prise en charge a l’hotel a Colombo et transfert retour en vehicule climatise
  • dejeuner sri-lankais fait maison chez l’habitant
  • visite d’une plantation et d’une usine de the
  • eau en bouteille

Non inclus

  • Frais d’entree aux temples
  • petit dejeuner et diner
  • boissons
  • pourboires
  • frais de camera
  • depenses personnelles
  • assurance voyage

Informations importantes

Point de rendez-vous

Hotel pickup in Colombo and transfer to Colombo Fort railway station.

À savoir avant de partir

  • Annulation gratuite jusqu'à 24 heures avant le début de l'activité

À propos de cette activité

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Duration 12 hours
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Live tour guide
English
Wheelchair accessible

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Hotel pickup in Colombo and transfer to Colombo Fort railway station.
The price does not cover temple entrance fees; breakfast and dinner; drinks; tips; camera fees; personal expenses; travel insurance. Everything it does cover is listed in full on this page, so if something is not on that list, budget for it separately.
Unless the option says private, this runs as a small group. The operator caps it rather than filling a coach, and if you want it to yourselves the private option is priced separately on this page.
Sri Lanka Eco Tour. We book with them directly rather than through a reseller, which is why we can confirm your place with the operator before taking it as final.
We confirm your booking with the operator before we treat it as final, and we need at least one day's notice outside India. Once it is confirmed you get the meeting point, the time and a contact number for the day. If the operator cannot take your date we tell you and refund you rather than leave you waiting.
Guide anglophone pour la journee, billet de train de Colombo a Kandy, prise en charge a l’hotel a Colombo et transfert retour en vehicule climatise, dejeuner sri-lankais fait maison chez l’habitant, visite d’une plantation et d’une usine de the, eau en bouteille
The duration of the Excursion d’une journee a Kandy depuis Colombo en train avec dejeuner fait maison is typically 12 hours. We recommend arriving 15 minutes before the scheduled start time for a smooth check-in. Your guide will meet you at the designated meeting point and ensure the experience runs on schedule while remaining flexible to your pace.
For most experiences, we highly recommend an early morning start. This allows you to avoid the midday heat, bypass the largest crowds, and capture the best lighting for photography. Your guide can advise on the optimal timing based on the season and specific attractions included.
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Time it for a puja — 5.30am, 9.30am or 6.30pm. Those are the only windows when the upper relic chamber opens and the hevisi drummers play; outside them you are visiting a beautiful building rather than a ceremony. Take socks: shoes come off at the gate and the stone courtyard gets painfully hot. Full detail in our Temple of the Tooth guide.
February for the clearest weather, or July-August, which is drier here than most people expect and covers the Esala Perahera. Kandy sits between Sri Lanka's *two* monsoons and catches some of both, so it has no long dry season — but it also never has a season that is a write-off. See best time to visit Kandy.
Reserved seats open 30 days ahead and sell out within hours from December to March. Unreserved 2nd/3rd class is sold on the day and always available — you will stand, which is where the open doorways and the famous photographs are. Sit on the right-hand side going south. Note there is no Nuwara Eliya station; the stop is Nanu Oya, 10 km away. See our Kandy to Ella train guide.
July or August — but the dates move every year with the lunar calendar, so any guide naming a fixed week is guessing. It runs ten nights and ends on the Nikini poya. Book accommodation on the route six to twelve months ahead. Details in our Esala Perahera guide.
Sigiriya and Dambulla (2.5 hrs each way) is the best of them. Kitulgala rafting is 2 hrs, the Knuckles range and Pekoe Trail stages are day hikes from here. Ella, Galle and Yala are *too far* — 4-6 hours each way. See day trips from Kandy.
Two nights. One full day for the town — Bahirawakanda, Peradeniya gardens, the lake and the evening puja — and a second for a hike, a village day or the cultural triangle. Our Kandy 2-day itinerary lays it out hour by hour.
The centre and the lake circuit are walkable. For anything up a hill or out of town, take a tuk-tuk — roughly LKR 100-150/km on the meter, and ride-hailing apps price it automatically with no negotiation. See getting around Kandy.
December to March is the driest stretch. Colombo sits on the west coast, so it gets the southwest monsoon roughly May to September — the northeast monsoon (October to January) hits the *other* side of the island instead. Any guide describing one national "rainy season" is only describing half the country. Full breakdown in our best time to visit Colombo guide.
Tuk-tuks are everywhere — insist on the meter or agree the fare first. PickMe is the local ride-hailing app and usually cheaper than flagging one down, with no fare argument. The coastal railway south toward Galle runs along the sea and costs very little. See getting around Colombo.
Rice and curry is the everyday meal, not a dish — rice with several curries and sambols. Kottu roti is chopped roti cooked with a distinctive clanging rhythm on the griddle, hoppers are bowl-shaped fermented rice-flour pancakes, and lamprais is the Dutch Burgher dish baked in a banana leaf. See the Colombo food guide.
Pettah is the market district east of Fort, and its streets are organised by trade — one for electronics, one for textiles, one for hardware, one for spices. The candy-striped Red Mosque (Jami Ul-Alfar, 1908) is the landmark. Street-by-street in our Pettah market guide.
Galle is the easiest — about 2 hours on the southern expressway. Kandy is only 115 km but 3-4 hours each way on a mountain road. Sigiriya is realistically a 12-14 hour day and is better as an overnight. Honest distances in our day trips from Colombo guide.
Two days covers it comfortably. Colombo is not a museum city and most travellers pass through on the way somewhere else — our Colombo 2-day itinerary sets out a realistic pair of days.
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