Private Ganztagestour durch das letzte Königkreich in Kandy
Seit Jahrhunderten zählen Gewürze zu den erfolgreichsten Exportgütern Sri Lankas und werden für medizinische, kosmetische Produkte und zum Würzen von Speisen verwendet. Sie probieren Aromen wie Zimt, Ingwer, Pfeffer, Vanille und Kardamom. Batik ist die alte Kunst, Farben mithilfe von Wachs als Hauptkomponente zu mischen, und Sri Lanka ist einer der führenden Exporteure. Erleben Sie einfache, einfarbige Designs und mehrfarbige Meisterstücke.
Nach der Ankunft am Giragama besuchen Sie eine Teeplantage 510 Meter über dem Meeresspiegel. Tee wurde zum ersten Mal in Sri Lanka im Jahr 1824 in den Botanischen Gärten in Peradeniya angebaut, als man ein paar Pflanzen aus China einführte. Sie verbringen eine Stunde auf der Plantage und in der Fabrik, bevor es weitergeht in das etwa 30 Minuten entfernte Kandy.
Unternehmen Sie eine Stadtbesichtigung durch Kandy mit einem Besuch des Tempels des Heiligen Zahns, einer Fahrt zum oberen See, zum Marktplatz, zur Edelstein-Schleifer und zum Holzschnitz-Zentrum.
Während der Tour genießen Sie Ihr Mittagessen im Oakray Restaurant.
Nach diesem Besuch fahren Sie weiter zu Ihrem Hotel, wo Sie abgesetzt werden.
- Transfer vom und zum Hotel in einem klimatisierten Fahrzeug in Colombo, Mount Lavinia oder Negombo
- Besichtigungstouren mit Service von einem englischsprachigen Fahrer/Reiseleiter
- Mittagessen im Restaurant Oakray
- Eintrittsgelder für den Tempel in Kandy und die Teefabrik
- Alle Video-/Fotoapparatgebühren an den Denkmälern und Stätten
- Trinkgeld für Reiseleiter, Restaurants. Trinkgelder werden erwartet.
- Alle anderen Ausgaben, die nicht im Preis inbegriffen sind
- Die Bestätigung erhalten Sie zeitgleich mit der Buchung
- Rabatt für Gruppen mit 7 oder mehr Personen ist erhältlich
- Pro Buchung sind mindestens zwei Personen erforderlich.
Excellent but long day trip Good driver and guide and amended itinerary to suit our requirements Kandy great small city
This tour was ok but the journey is far too long to do in one day. Spent most of the time on the road in pretty heavy traffiic. Kandy is quite an interesting town with an attractive lake. Palace and temple visit was interesting. From start to finish the tour seemed to be one long sales trip.
The trip was very disappointing. The guide was more of a driver than a guide and although answered some of the questions that we asked of him, he didn't volunteer any information, at least for the first part of the day. The tour was one of commercial enterprises/shops with tips demanded in most places regardless of the performance or enthusiasm of the local shop guides. The guide asked us what our itinerary was and as we didn't have one printed out we couldn't tell him. As he didn't have one, and didn't volunteer any information we found out which factory we were going to only after arriving there. In Kandy we were stuck in traffic for an hour so only saw the main temple. The guide simply showed us the door, and didn't offer any explanation for the temple or what it's history or significance was except to tell us it dated from the last king, which meant nothing to us. The provided lunch was average. The driver was courteous at all times and at the end of the day went out of his way to show us several gem shops which resulted in a good purchase. However, unless you are happy to see only spice, tea, batik etc shops and nothing of Kandy, best to avoid this commercial tour. It is long - 6am start and we got back to Colombo at 10.30pm.
Your tour guide is less of a guide and more of a driver/wise guy shuffling you from one tourist trap to the next for his kick backs. Initially I was quite naive to this but toward the end of the day when taken to a tourist trap for traditional clothing that should have been inexpensive, I became alarmed and enlightenedno pun intended. The temple of the tooth is brilliant and I wish we had more time there. We ended up there toward the end of the day since we were delayed by all the traps and were too exhausted to enjoy it. The tea factory was actually just a shop and not a factory at all. The wood carving place was beautiful but also mainly a warehouse for shopping. The gem museum was also more store than museum. The buffet we were taken to was delicious. Our driver told us it was really cheap at 1000 rupees. If he only knew that our guide from the day before took us to a buffet for 200 rupees a person. After this tour my husband and I regretted traveling to Kandy at all and realized we actually did better shopping and touring on the days that we set out on our own or with the help of a local tuktuk driver. In fact, I probably won't use Viator again after this tour.
Lovely trip and would recommend.Its a long drive but worth it. A highlight for us was the elephant orphanage, but lunch was terrific and the sights fantastic. The Temple of the Tooth was excellent and we also really enjoyed the spice garden. We were on a cruise so we only had one day, so we saw a huge amount on this trip.
Great spot, exactly as explained - we thoroughly enjoyed it and our driver / resident expert was fantastic!
Great spot, exactly as explained - we thoroughly enjoyed it and our driver / resident expert was fantastic!