Sigiriya Tour: Explore Ancient Ruins and Wildlife

Experience an immersive day tour from Colombo to explore Sigiriya and Pidurangala Rock in Sri Lanka. Discover the fascinating history, climb to the top, and enjoy a thrilling national park safari.

Duration: 12 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Sigiriya: The Ancient Rock Fortress - Sigiriya, also known as Sinhagiri, is a historic rock fortress situated in the northern Matale District, near Dambulla in Sri Lanka’s Central Province. This site is of great historical and archaeological importance, featuring a towering rock column that rises nearly 200 meters.
  • Dambulla Cave Temple - The…
What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Bottled water
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Entrance Tickets ( sigiriya/ Dambulla/National Park)
  • Price for Safari Jeep hire
Additional Information

Sigiriya is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, renowned for its exceptional preservation of ancient urban planning. Exploring it in a day can be challenging without private transportation. This private tour offers a personal vehicle and a driver-guide to provide insights and historical context that might be missed otherwise. The tour includes visits to…

Location
Sigiriya The Ancient Rock Fortress
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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675vilmah
Nov 17, 2025
Hello Sri Lanka and it was a beautiful trip ... - ....my trip to Sri Lanka ...TOP... we left with only concern for the weather that according to many we entered the rainy period but in all our stay the weather was perfect it rained little , optimal temperature to walk and visit everything without stress and tourists like us very few ... hotels we always chose 4 stars with great prices , clean spacious and comfortable rooms , great food with breakfast if Sinhalese that European ... supermarkets stocked with everything ... only bad thing and that you must always have the tip ready that after a while 'becomes stressful because every move you make and tip ... ovunge ... the sim card for 2 weeks we bought for 20 dollars at the airport just arrived and also with the change we used ATMs ... whereas we always ate out the thick per day for food was 7/8 euros with drinks ... .. ..at the airport of arrival I recommend to do before the entry visa avoid a huge line for checks and it's all very, very slow... Hello Sri Lanka it was a beautiful trip ...
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Martine_r
Nov 12, 2025
Wonderful experience.... - Wonderful experience. Wasa our tour guide/private driver was reliable and shows great skills with working with tourist. The Safari tour was good with lots of elephants to see. Best part of the tour for me was Sigiriya rock climbing because the architectural/panoramic view is breathtaking and also you are able to challenge yourself during the climbing. If you able to climb all the way to the rock you have a strong heart and very good legs. Visit to spice garden was also fun with short massage. Amazing experience! We will do it again.
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Francesca_f
Nov 4, 2025
It was a great tour, the... - It was a great tour, the driver Wasa was so kind with us. He gaves us some good advices and he was a very good driver. The trip was long but very pleasant and the places we visited were unforgetable. Thank you Wasa!
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Williamsd7379hg
Nov 4, 2025
Recommend this iterneary. - We had a lovely and exciting day. The tour was just perfect down to the last bit of detail to perfection. My driver, Wasa who was amazing and caring helped us in everyway possible. Overall I would definitely recommend this iterneary.
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578pintor
Oct 22, 2025
well organised and excellent service ! - Great trip to Sigiriya fortress. many things to see in one day. we were prepared for this as informed by the coordinator and picked up on time. everything as described and well organised. wonderful journey from negambo.
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Yusseff_n
Oct 17, 2025
Great experience you have to live: - An unforgettable experience. The Safari in Minneriya National Park exceeded our expectations. A large number of elephants of all ages, from a baby with its mother, teenage females and males, to a large male elephant. The Sigiriya temple with the imposing stone of the Lion or ancestral, is a unique experience. Finally, close with a visit to an impressive Buddhist temple. Very good service from our guide Wasa. Fully recommended. We hired this great experience in Mexico with LoomTravel. Experts in unique and unforgettable moments.
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Patrickln7130cy
Aug 21, 2025
Great Sigiriya tour !!!!! - A great world heritage site and wildlife park. The structure and the landscape was amazing. Great urban design which we can’t see anywhere in the world. The driver was very knowledgeable to explain much about Sigiriya and caves. Keep cash for entrance.
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Z8876zujohns
Aug 15, 2025
Beautiful and wholesome - so wonderful cuz we got see everything that we wanted to see. The sigirya rock and the dambulla cave both were wholesome places, but the main highlight us the safari, elephants were everywhere and of course other animals. the trip was amazingly beautiful and lovely.
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Seanrm2816kj
Aug 14, 2025
Best tour ever. - I had his our for myself, and I was very pleased with the service they offered. Te sigiriya Rock was amazing and it is not tiring at all, the safari was very astonishing, I got to see many animals, which is the main reason for the safari and the Dambulla Cave temple is also very interesting and holds a large history of it. This may be the besttour ever.
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Caneronj
Jul 24, 2025
- If you’re visiting srilanka and are limited in time then this is the best tour for you as it was for us and we just wanted to visit sigiriya , but this 3 in 1 option is a great value for what you paid. We started the tour directly from the airport and driver was there for pickup. Had breakfast on the way to sigiriya and was great. This was our first tour in Sri Lanka and I want to say there are very kind and friendly. The safari tour is another step we had and there were many wild elephants. Really enjoyed the trip from start to end, our driver Wasa took us all the places with managing the times as we need to back airport by 9.00 pm. Overall great experience and probably we do come back for a long journey. Would like to thanks Janaka for supporting us on every corner to arrange this trip.
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From $40
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).