Private Half-Day Colombo City Tour

Begin your 5-hour private half-day Colombo City Tour with a pickup from your centrally located Colombo hotel or Colombo Port. Then, start to visit your first stop Colombo National Museum. The Colombo national museum is an Italian design provincial sort manor which was established by the British legislative head of Ceylon around then, Sir William Henry Gregory. This fortune house is the Sri Lanka's most lofty, most seasoned and biggest museum.

Head for the Independence Memorial Hall. Sri Lanka gained independence from the British on the fourth of February 1948. The Independence Memorial Hall in Colombo was worked to celebrate this defining moment in Sri Lankan history.

Then proceed to Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall. First tradition focus to be set-up in Asia, the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) is presumed for its high caliber specific conference offices and customized client benefit. A multi-useful complex containing 4 structures, the BMICH is a total occasion’s scene in Colombo, Sri Lanka and covers around 37 sections of land of scene.

Visit Independence Square. Independence Square stays one of the most delightful spots to unwind in Colombo. Notwithstanding the memorial hall itself, there's likewise the tremendous rambling green yard outside, the memorial museum, the Arcade adjacent, and even containers at Walkers' Cafe.

Then after explore Beira Lake and Seema Malakaya Temple. This temple raised on stages on the Beira Lake is presumably the most excellent place in the area - it's a wonderful and surprising bit of workmanship that was planned by Geoffrey Bawa and subsidized by S. H. Moosajee during the 1970s. The temple is isolated into three raised stages, associated by walkways - Bawa was clearly propelled by the temples of Anuradhapura with comparative structure. Priests are appointed here and ceremonies like Poya Karma (where priests state and apologize for wrongs done that month) are led here. The plan streams out of that require.

Next you head to Gangaramaya (Vihara) Buddhist Temple. Gangaramaya is one of the most established Buddhist temples in Colombo, begun by the popular researcher priest Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Nayaka Thera in the late nineteenth Century.

Later on you’ll visit The Lighthouse. The Lighthouse is one of the lesser known yet similarly intriguing attractions of Colombo. Worked and kept up by the Sri Lanka Ports Authority, the Lighthouse is 12 meters high and is based on a solid base. The Lighthouse was worked in 1952. Sightseers and local people run to the Lighthouse to sit and unwind in the serene spot. From the Lighthouse, you can appreciate wonderful perspectives of the Indian Ocean. Conclude your tour back at your hotel in Colombo.