Hiriwadunna village morning and the Dambulla caves is Majeste's private day tour from Sigiriya. It takes about 8 hours door to door and costs $82 per person for two, including your own car with an English-speaking driver, entrance tickets and Hiriwadunna village tour with lunch. Prices checked 7 Nov 2026. Nothing to pay now.
Bullock cart, catamaran and a village lunch, then the painted caves.
A slow morning in Hiriwadunna village near Habarana: a bullock-cart ride, a catamaran across the tank, cooking over a wood fire and lunch in a village house. In the afternoon, the Dambulla cave temple, a short uphill walk to five painted caves. The village part is staged for visitors and we say so.
Planning times from Sigiriya, not promises.
Pickup in Sigiriya.
Village tour: bullock cart, catamaran, a walk through the chena fields and cooking.
Village lunch of rice and curry, included.
Drive to Dambulla, about 30 minutes.
Dambulla cave temple: the climb and the five caves. Shoulders and knees covered.
Dambulla market or the Golden Temple at the foot of the hill.
Drop-off at your hotel.
Dambulla Cave Temple
$18.05
LKR 3,000 per adult (SAARC LKR 2,500). Children are reported free, but no official price list exists. Shoe storage at the top is a small extra, LKR 20 to 200.
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Hiriwadunna village tour with lunch
$70
USD 35 per person with lunch, the listed price; offers run USD 26 to 28.
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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 months: January, February, March, April, June, July, August, September.
Harder months: October, November.
Not in the price. Add them in the price box.
+$44 for two
USD 22 per person; marketplace listings run USD 22 to 29.
Keep drives under three hours and pick Udawalawe over Yala. A 7-day loop for a family of four is about USD 2,080 with Majeste in comfort hotels, Nov 2026.
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.
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
From Sigiriya (Dambulla and Habarana) · about 11.5 hours
The medieval capital in the morning, an elephant safari in the afternoon
$154
per person for two, from Sigiriya (Dambulla and Habarana), tickets included
From Sigiriya (Dambulla and Habarana) · about 12.5 hours
The first capital, then 1,840 steps at Mihintale in the late afternoon
$74
per person for two, from Sigiriya (Dambulla and Habarana), tickets included, temple-run sites paid there
From Sigiriya (Dambulla and Habarana) · about 6.5 hours
Two climbs before 11:00, both tickets included
$76
per person for two, from Sigiriya (Dambulla and Habarana), tickets included
Example for 2, no date chosen
$82per person, rounded up$163.05 total
for 2 adults, from Sigiriya (Dambulla and Habarana), car
Nothing to pay now. You pay your driver in cash when the trip starts. Plans change? Cancel free up to 24 hours before pickup. Replies within 30 minutes, 07:00 to 21:00 Sri Lanka time.
