Tour Privato di Un Giorno a Kandy, l'Ultima Roccaforte
Le spezie sono state per secoli una delle esportazioni più celebri dello Sri Lanka e vengono utilizzate per medicinali e cosmetici, oltre che per aromatizzare gli alimenti. Assaggerai profumi e aromi quali cannella, zenzero, pepe, vaniglia e cardamomo. Il batik è l'antica arte di mescolare i colori usando la cera come componente principale, e lo Sri Lanka è uno dei suoi maggiori esponenti del mondo. Gli esempi vanno da semplici disegni monocolore a capolavori multicolori.
All'arrivo a Giragama visiterai una piantagione di tè a 510 metri sul livello del mare. Il tè venne piantato per la prima volta nello Sri Lanka nel 1824 nei giardini botanici di Peradeniya, quando alcune piante vennero portate lì dalla Cina. Passerai un'ora ad esplorare la piantagione e la fabbrica prima di partire per Kandy, che dista circa 30 minuti.
Fai il tour della città di Kandy includendo una visita Tempio della Reliquia del Dante, al Viale del lago superiore e alla Piazza del Mercato, al Lapidario di Gemme e al Centro di Intaglio del Legno.
Durante il tour della città gusterai un pranzo presso il ristorante Oakray.
Dopo questa visita, proseguirai fino al tuo hotel, dove sarai lasciato.
- Prelievo e rientro in hotel con veicolo climatizzato da Colombo, Mount Lavinia o Negombo
- Tutte le visite guidate includono il servizio di una guida e autista di lingua inglese
- Pranzo al ristorante Oakray
- Tariffe d'ingresso al Tempio di Kandy e alla fabbrica di tè
- Qualsiasi tariffa per videocamere e macchine fotografiche per i monumenti e i luoghi di visita
- Suggerimenti per guide e ristoranti. Prevista mancia.
- Eventuali altre spese non menzionate nella sezione Il Prezzo Include
- Si riceverà la conferma al momento della prenotazione
- Gli sconti di gruppo sono disponibili per gruppi di 7 o più persone
- È richiesto un numero minimo di 2 persone per prenotazione
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!