Kandy
Best time to be there
During our winter months, when the humidity is lower and the temperature more comfortable for sightseeing and exploration. However, the monsoon season of May to September should not be discounted for travel as the whole of Sri Lanka is bursting into lush greenery due to the rainfall showing you a side of this island not everyone sees.
Fly to
Colombo (Sri Lankan Airlines daily)
flying time
10 hours non-stop
time difference
GMT +6 hours
Visas
Required for British Nationals from 1st January 2012.
Health Requirements
Yellow fever if arriving from endemic area
Itineraries
Spices and Serendipity
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Classic Sri Lanka
The island of Sri Lanka is shaped like an enormous teardrop falling from the southern tip of India, separated by a series of stepping-stone coral islets. Read more ...
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Kandy, the last Royal capital of Sri Lanka, is situated amongst wooded hills on the shores of a lake and, due to its rambling colonial buildings and temples, could be called the cultural capital of Sri Lanka.
Its most famous temple is the Temple of the Tooth, named thus as it is said to hold Buddha's tooth. Every year in July or August a festival is held called Kandy Perahera, at which the golden caskets are paraded around the city accompanied by drummers, dancers, chieftains and more than 50 elephants.
Established in the 15th-century, Kandy is a bustling market town, rich in cultural diversity and is a good transit point for the cultural triangle to the north or the hill country to the south.
Suggested Kandy Accommodation
The Kandy House
The ancestral home of one of Kandy's most influential aristocratic families, Ratwatte Walauwa was built by Chief Minister Ratwatte Adigar in 1804. Relive some of the region's traditional pageant
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