Jaffna heritage half day

What happens

Half a day with a local guide: Nallur Kovil at puja time, the rebuilt Public Library, the Dutch fort, the market and a Jaffna lunch. The town is hot and flat and the sights are spread out, so the morning needs a vehicle between them. Men remove shirts to enter Nallur.

What is in the price

On a trip with our car and driver

Booked as part of a tour, a day tour or your own trip with our car, the trip adds:

• Your tour vehicle and driver carry you between the sights

Season

Runs all year.

Limits

• Minimum age 5.

Where it is offered

• Jaffna

Day tours with this activity

• Jaffna city: kovil, fort, library and crab curryIncluded · day tour, $89 per person for two, from Jaffna, tickets included, museum entry where charged paid there

Tours with this activity

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• North and Jaffna, 6 daysIncluded · tour, $666 per person for two, 6 days, comfort hotels, shoulder season, tickets included, temple-run sites paid there

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