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An early start puts you on the rock before the queues
$89
per person for two, from Kandy, tickets included
Ambuluwawa tower and the three-temple loop
Ambuluwawa tower and the three-temple loop is Majeste's private day tour from Kandy. It takes about 7.5 hours door to door and costs $46 per person for two, including your own car with an English-speaking driver and entrance tickets, with temple entry or donations paid there. Prices checked 7 Nov 2026. Nothing to pay now.
Quiet Kandyan temples and a spiral tower above Gampola.
At a glance
About this tour
A quieter day near Kandy: the 14th-century temples of Gadaladeniya, Lankatilaka and Embekke, known for their carved wooden pillars, lunch in Gampola, then the Ambuluwawa tower, a narrow spiral staircase that gets very tight near the top. About 60 km in all on back roads.
- Gadaladeniya, Lankatilaka and the carved pillars of Embekke
- Ambuluwawa tower and biodiversity complex, ticket included
- A short, local day with little driving
Your day
Planning times from Kandy, not promises.
Pickup in Kandy.
Gadaladeniya temple, a stone temple on a rock.
Lankatilaka temple on its rock above the paddy fields.
Embekke Devale and its carved wooden pillars.
Lunch in Gampola, paid directly.
Ambuluwawa tower: the drive up, then the spiral climb if you have a head for heights.
Drive back; arrive in Kandy at about 16:00.
What is in the price
Included
- Private air-conditioned car or van with an English-speaking driver for the day
- Fuel, expressway tolls and parking
- Hotel pickup and drop-off in Kandy
- Every entrance ticket listed under tickets and fees
Not included
- Lunch is at a local restaurant, paid directly, about USD 5 to 15 a head
- Entry or donations at the three temples, collected at the door and paid directly
- Tips for the driver and any local guide, at your discretion
- Drinks, snacks and personal spending
Tickets and fees
Ambuluwawa Tower
$16.54
LKR 2,750 per adult is budgeted; lists give LKR 2,000 or 2,750, and a child price of LKR 1,000 to 1,500 with no published age band. A vehicle entry fee of about LKR 350 for a car or van is paid at the gate.
Source
- AmazingLanka, Ambuluwawa, checked 7 Nov 2026
- MySLTravel entrance fee list 2025-2026, checked 7 Nov 2026
Amounts are for two adults. Entrance fees for Sri Lankan residents differ. Message us and we price them for you.
Entrance fees last checked 7 November 2026. Activity prices last checked 7 November 2026. Rupee fees converted at LKR 332.5 to USD 1 (XE mid-market rate, 6 Nov 2026).
Good to know
- The top of the Ambuluwawa spiral is narrow, open and not for anyone with vertigo or for small children.
- Shoes off and shoulders and knees covered at the temples.
- The Ambuluwawa fee is priced from a secondary source. It is in the total you book, which does not change.
Good months: January, February, March, April, August.
Harder months: October, November.
Read more
- Sri Lanka entrance fees 2026: Sigiriya and parks
Sigiriya is USD 35, Polonnaruwa and Anuradhapura USD 30, the Temple of the Tooth LKR 3,000; a park ticket for two is USD 71.86. Checked 7 November 2026.
- Best time to visit Sri Lanka: month by month
January to March is driest on the west and south coasts, in the hills and the Cultural Triangle; May to September suits the east. Checked 7 Nov 2026.
Where the figures come from
- AmazingLanka, Ambuluwawa, checked 7 Nov 2026
- Majeste rate card, checked 7 Nov 2026
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