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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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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U661jvvincentc
Jul 23, 2025
great experience !! Reliable tour operator - Very well organized .everything was perfect and had a great explanation about history .sigiriya is an amazing, worth visiting there and had a lunch in a local restaurant .Overall a perfect journey with driver wasa
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Alanhc133jk
Jul 17, 2025
Great day trip from Colombo!! Amazing - This was a fantastic day trip from Colombo. My favorite site was climbing up to sigiriya. Wasa was a brilliant guide who drove carefully and tailored the tour from start to finish.
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Tomoakiu
Jul 10, 2025
It's a great experience, but some things to keep in mind - It was a wonderful experience. The drivers were also friendly and listened to my various requests. We managed to avoid the rush of visitors on the safari drive (by the time we left, the entrance was jammed with an awful lot of Jeeps. Sigiriya is a place where you have to be prepared for the endless climbs. Also, if you are not good at heights, the last rock climb may be scary. Please note that Dambulla Temple also has a stair climb. However, it was not as tight as Sigiriya. The unfortunate thing is that 1. The outbound trip took more than 4 hours to the first place (Minneria National Park) (for some reason, the outbound trip was on a local road around the route, and the return trip was straight south, so I got back in 2 hours 15 minutes). 2. Safaris in Minnelia National Park could see almost no wildlife, only "wild birds" and "elephants" (my friend in the bank was happy to see just elephants, but I had lived in Africa, which was honestly disappointing compared to safaris in Africa). But overall, it was a very satisfying tour.
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Shakirap306
Apr 25, 2025
unforgetable Journey - Our experience visiting Sigiriya, Dambulla, and the National Park Safari was amazing! Climbing the iconic Sigiriya Rock was a highlight, offering stunning views and rich history. The Dambulla Cave Temple was also impressive, with its intricate murals and Buddha statues. The National Park Safari gave us the chance to see incredible wildlife, including elephants in their natural habitat. Highly recommend this adventure for anyone looking to experience the beauty and culture of Sri Lanka!
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Cornasdf
Oct 7, 2024
Worth it - Great trip. This was the only one I saw that offered both the sites (Dambulla,Sigiriya) and elephants (safari). It is a packed day with many hours in the car but we were able to hustle and do all 3. No leisure time but well worth it to be able to do it all. The hike to the top of the sigiriya mountain is a bit more than 30 mins if you push it (think climbing (think climbing an 80 story stairwell). We were luck to see a heard of 20 or so elephants reasonably quickly. Both were fantastic. If you are concerned about time the Dambulla cave was the one I would drop to spend more time at sigiriya. I was a solo traveller. I was paired up with one other traveller ( English speaker.) Tour operator was very good. Good communication on whatsapp and accommodating to last minute booking. Note that the prices for the entries do pile up. Much more than the tour. But worth it to me
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883aur_lient
Mar 19, 2025
Nice experience - Very good compromise to discover Sri Lankan cult in a short time. The program is done in advance and complicated to modulate but it is worth it!
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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).