Galle Fort Walking Tour with a Resident: An In-Depth Exploration of History and Culture
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64 Ratings
Galle

Embark on a leisurely walking tour of Galle Fort with a resident guide. Discover the rich history and culture of this historical city, including untold stories and the impact of recent changes. Get an in-depth knowledge of Galle Fort and Sri Lanka.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Galle Fort Clock Tower - Highest elevation of fort and exploring fort 360 degrees
What's Included
  • Licensed Tour Guide
  • Local stories and legends
  • Smile Guaranteed
  • Answer for any questions related to Sri Lanka
  • Good tips for further travel in Sri Lanka
Additional Information

This tour will be more leaurely walk and you will get an indepth knowlage of the Historical city of galle fort and and its people, how the lives of these people drastically changed in the last 3 decades, and the untold stories by any guide book, please be prepaired to ask any questions and you will not only get an indepth knowlage about galle fort but also sri Lanka as well.

Location
Galle Fort Clock Tower
As you enter Galle fort from new entrance you can see the clock tower on the right side, enter from new entrance and turn right from the 4 way junction and climb up towards the clock tower, and i will meet you at the Bastion below the clock tower.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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325monikaf
Aug 21, 2025
Best guide we ever had! - Amazing guide! The best we ever had on our world travels - and we met many!!!- He teaches at Uni is extremely knowledgeable on all aspects of Sri Lanka history, culture, law and economics and even politics! It was a pleasure to spend an afternoon with him and ask him hundreds of questions! Thanks Masala!
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Dmitri_d
Aug 18, 2025
Morning in the Dutch Fort Galle - Excellent! Madawa is a great guide with very good knowledge. A very enjoyable morning walk in Dutch Fort!
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P371jxtinag
Aug 13, 2025
Best walking tour - If you want to learn something about Sri Lankan life and general facts and history of the fort, book this tour. Madawa is the perfect guide for everyone who is interested in this country.
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Kathleenla6292dx
Aug 10, 2025
Highly recommended - We thoroughly enjoyed our tour and learnt a great deal about Galle and Sri Lankan history, language and culture. Highly recommended.
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Shari
Jul 6, 2025
Great local tour in Galle - Madawa was so knowledgeable about Galle and Sri Lanka, we are a group of nine with ages 6 - 50 but we all learnt something about this wonderful island. Madawa was also so flexible as we had to move our tour due to illness. Thank you for a truly wonderful and informative tour.
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1990411
Jun 21, 2025
amazing！ - Mr. Madawa's walk was very rewarding and impressive. He is not a traditional tour, likes history, a deep understanding of the local culture and seeing. I was impressed by the stories I told about local judicial traditions and had a deep understanding of the local impact of colonial history! In addition to being knowledgeable, he also showed me the wonderful qualities of Sri Lankans, generous and willing to share and care about others. My shoes broke during the journey, and he helped me buy super kneading watering and saved me! Thank you so much and be lucky to hear about the hardships during the Madawa pandemic and the resilience to restart your life! It makes people feel alive.
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Kyle_s
May 5, 2025
Excellent Local Insight and Perspective - great tour and excellent insights. we very much enjoyed our time and conversations with Madawa. We'd recommend fitting this into your tirp, early in the morning to beat the heat.
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356welshb
Mar 24, 2025
Excellent and very interesting tour - We have just done this tour with the lovely Madama and would very highly recommend it . He has perfect English and is very informative and interesting about the history of Galle Fort from its earliest days up to the present time. He answered all of our questions and gave us a greater understanding of this wonderful country. He had a good sense of humour which made the tour very enjoyable . At 90 mins it was the ideal length in the heat . We thoroughly recommend it.
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Sophiap581
Mar 24, 2025
A perfect way to explore Galle - One of the highlights of our trip to Sri Lanka! Madawa was lots of fun - a wonderful storyteller who answered all of our many, many questions, both on Galle but also Sri Lanka as a whole. Me and my two girlfriends would definitely recommend to anyone visiting Galle. Thanks Madawa :)
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Rebeccastamford
Mar 22, 2025
Our Best Guide in Sri Lanka! - Amazing tour of Galle with Madawa and the best guide we have had in Sri Lanka because his English is exceptional. He is so interesting not just about Galle but about all of Sri Lanka history, politics & with good humour too. Thank you Madawa.
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