Cycling Tour in Kandy – Full Day

Cycling Tour in Kandy – Full Day

Full Day Cycling Tour in Kandy is a comprehensive tour to take you through historical and the traditional industrial landscape of Kandy and its outskirts. We will be ready with the bikes in front of Royal park (Wales’s park) in Kandy to start off this full day excursion.

We will ride along Mahaweli River, Sri Lanka’s longest, to reach Garrison’s cemetery. The lands are used for the burial of soldiers who have died in the 1st and 2nd world wars.

After the Garrison’s cemetery we will be heading over to Gannoruwa Agro Farm. At this 80-hectare facility, you can observe local agriculture at its finest. An array of agricultural industries, including fruit and vegetable gardens, beekeeping, plant pathology centers, insect zoos, and herbal gardens, are on display. Handicraft center at Dodanwala, you can see up close the making of fine-crafted goods on our way, if you so request.

We will reach a tea factory through less traffic back routes and see the live processing of tea leaves.  A nice cup of tea at the end will help to refresh you to start off. Dawson Tower in Kadugannawa town which is our next attraction, a monument to the commanding engineer of Ceylon in the 1800s, Captain Dawson, who built the country’s first highway system.

The lunch will be prepared at a nice and hygienic restaurant. Next on the tour are three 14th century temples in the Pilimathalawa area – the Gadaladeniya Temple, the Embekka Devalaya, famous for its intricate wood carvings, and the Lankathilaka Temple – all with aesthetic, cultural and religious importance. We will conclude the tour after reaching Peradeniya.

Key factors

• No need of previous mountain biking experience
• This will be a moderate ride
• Recommended age limit is from 14 -60 yrs.

Best season for Full Day Cycling Tour in Kandy

• December to April
• July and August also recommended

Accommodation recommendations : Dazzling Villa

Useful Links : Department of Wildlife Conservation