Negombo Day Tour from Kandy

from
රු0.00

Negombo is a modest beach town located just 104km from Bandaranaike International Airport. With a stash of decent hotels and restaurants to suit all pockets, a friendly local community, an interesting old quarter and a reasonable (though somewhat polluted) beach, Negombo is a much easier place to find your Sri Lankan feet than Colombo.

  • Reviews 0 Reviews
    0/5
  • Vacation Style Holiday Type
    Day Tours
  • Activity Level Leisurely
    1/8
  • Group Size Large Group
    10
Book Now
All about the Negombo Day Tour from Kandy.

Negombo is a modest beach town located just 104km from Bandaranaike International Airport. With a stash of decent hotels and restaurants to suit all pockets, a friendly local community, an interesting old quarter and a reasonable (though somewhat polluted) beach, Negombo is a much easier place to find your Sri Lankan feet than Colombo.

The tour package inclusions and exclusions at a glance
What is included in this tour?Items that are included in the cost of tour price.
  • Pick up from your hotel in Kandy 
  • Transfer to Negombo – 21/2 hour drive approximately
  • Commence the boat trip Hamilton Canal
  • Visit the Fish Market and Dutch fort
  • Lunch at a beachside or riverside restaurant (Optional)
  • Walking in the Negambo beach
  • Return to Kandy drive approximately 3 hours
  1. Attraction 1 Fish Market

    Each day, fishers take their oruvas (outrigger canoes) and go out in search of the fish for which Negombo is famous. They’re a fine sight as they sweep home into the lagoon after a fishing trip. Fish auctions on the beach and sales at the fish market near the fort are a slippery and smelly affair, but one that’s well worth forgoing some pool time for.

  2. Attraction 2 Hamilton Canal

    The Dutch showed their love of canals here like nowhere else in Sri Lanka. Canals extend from Negombo all the way south to Colombo and north to Puttalam, a total distance of over 120km. You can hire a bicycle in Negombo from various hotels and ride the canal-side paths of the Hamilton Canal, enjoying picturesque views and small villages along the way.

  3. Attraction 3 Dutch Fort

    Close to the seafront near the lagoon mouth are the ruins of the old Dutch fort, which has a fine gateway inscribed with the date 1678. Also here is a green, called the Esplanade, where cricket matches are a big attraction. As the fort grounds are now occupied by the town’s prison, the only way you’ll get a peek inside is by committing a serious crime. You’d need to be very interested in Old Dutch architecture to go to such lengths.

  4. Attraction 4 Negombo Beach

    Even though it could never compete in a beauty contest against many Sri Lankan beaches, Negombo’s beach, which stretches north from the town right along the hotel strip before fading into a palm-tree distance, is pleasant enough and makes for a good sunset stroll. The water does have a distinct brown colour thanks to estuary run-off and pollution, but it’s no longer bad enough to stop people swimming.

Overall Rating
0/5

LEAVE YOUR COMMENT