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Excursion privee d'une journee a Kandy : temple, points de vue et jardins

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Une boucle privee d'une journee complete a Kandy: le Bouddha de Bahirawakanda, le lac, les points de vue principaux, le cimetiere de guerre du Commonwealth, un musee de pierres precieuses et les ateliers autour de la ville.

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PriceFrom $25 per person
Duration8 hours
LanguagesEnglish
Tour typeGuided Tour
BookingDirect with the local operator — no OTA markup

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Kandy City Tour: Thirteen-Plus Places in a Single Day

Departures every five minutes from 09:00.
8 hours
English
Pickup
$25
Annulation gratuite

Description complète

Kandy est assez petite pour se visiter a pied et assez etalee pour que vous en manquiez l'essentiel si vous le faites. C'est la version privee en journee complete: un chauffeur et un guide, une boucle fixe des sites de la ville, et du temps a chacun plutot qu'un simple passage en voiture.

Le Bouddha du Bahirawakanda Vihara se trouve sur la colline au-dessus de la ville, une statue blanche de 27 metres avec la meilleure vue gratuite sur le lac et les toits. Le lac lui-meme a ete creuse par le dernier roi de Kandy en 1807 et offre une promenade plate et ombragee de 3,5 kilometres. Le cimetiere de guerre du Commonwealth, un peu a l'exterieur du centre, est calme et magnifiquement entretenu, abritant les tombes de militaires morts a Ceylan pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, et presque personne ne le visite.

Le reste, c'est la ville au travail: un musee de pierres precieuses et un atelier de taille, puisque le Sri Lanka extrait des saphirs depuis deux mille ans et que Kandy est ou beaucoup d'entre eux sont taillees; un atelier de batik; un studio de sculpture sur bois; et les points de vue au-dessus de la ville qui donnent un sens a la facon dont la vallee est amenagee.

Un guide prive est ce qui rend cela digne d'une journee complete plutot que d'un apres-midi, les sites sont individuellement courts, et la valeur reside dans les liens entre eux.

Kandy fut la derniere capitale des rois cinghalais, resistant aux Portugais et aux Hollandais jusqu'a ce que les Britanniques la prennent en 1815, et le Temple de la Sainte Dent Relique sur le lac explique son importance: la relique, consideree comme une dent du Bouddha, est l'objet le plus sacre de l'ile et sa garde legitimait autrefois la royaute. La chambre de la relique ouvre pour le puja trois fois par jour, vers 5h30, 9h30 et 18h30, quand les tambours commencent et que la file avance devant le reliquaire. La tenue couvre epaules et genoux, les chaussures se retirent a l'entree, et l'Esala Perahera en juillet ou aout fait parader le reliquaire sur un elephant a travers la ville pendant dix nuits.

Programme

Itineraries are customisable as per your request

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

8:30 AM

Pickup in Kandy

Collection from your hotel.

9:00 AM

Bahirawakanda Buddha

The hilltop statue and the view over the city.

10:30 AM

Gem museum and workshop

How Sri Lankan sapphires are mined, cut and graded.

12:00 PM

Commonwealth war cemetery

A quiet stop on the edge of town.

2:00 PM

Craft workshops

Batik and wood carving studios.

3:30 PM

Kandy lake and viewpoints

The lakeside walk and the hill viewpoints.

4:30 PM

Drop-off

Return to your hotel.

Programme détaillé

08:30

Hotel pickup

The order of the loop is adjusted to the weather and the traffic.

09:00

Bahirawakanda Vihara

Shoes off at the platform. The view is the reason to come up.

10:30

Gem museum

There is a shop attached. Nothing has to be bought and the demonstration is worth the stop on its own.

12:00

Commonwealth war cemetery

Free to enter. Around 200 graves, kept immaculately.

14:00

Batik and wood carving

Working studios rather than showrooms.

15:30

Lake and viewpoints

A walk by the water and a stop above the town for the layout of the valley.

16:30

Kandy

Drop-off at your hotel.

Inclus

  • Vehicule prive avec chauffeur-guide anglophone
  • prise en charge et depose a l’hotel a Kandy
  • tous les trajets entre les sites
  • carburant et stationnement

Non inclus

  • Frais d’entree le cas echeant, incluant le Temple de la Dent
  • repas et boissons
  • pourboires
  • tout achat dans les ateliers

Informations importantes

Point de rendez-vous

Hotel pickup in Kandy; the exact address and time are confirmed after booking.

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 8 hours
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English
Wheelchair accessible

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SAYURI
May 1, 2026

Our driver, Sachintha, was very kind and took us to the places we wanted to go at our own pace and even took photos for us. It was also very helpful that he explained things in a way that I could understand, even though my English is not very good. He also drove very well, so I had a stress-free and comfortable journey. I highly recommend this activity!

Questions fréquentes

Hotel pickup in Kandy; the exact address and time are confirmed after booking.
The price does not cover entrance fees where they apply, including the temple of the tooth, meals and drinks, gratuities, anything bought at the workshops.. Everything it does cover is listed in full on this page, so if something is not on that list, budget for it separately.
Religious sites expect shoulders and knees covered, and shoes come off before entering many of them. A light scarf is worth carrying. Where a site enforces this at the gate, arriving dressed correctly saves the whole group time.
Ranweli Tours. 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.
Vehicule prive avec chauffeur-guide anglophone, prise en charge et depose a l’hotel a Kandy, tous les trajets entre les sites, carburant et stationnement
The duration of the Excursion privee d'une journee a Kandy : temple, points de vue et jardins is typically 8 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.
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