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Private Galle City Tour: Explore Beaches, Forts, and Cultural Heritage in Sri Lanka's Coastal Jewel
4.9
14 Ratings
Galle
Embark on a private Galle city tour and discover the stunning beaches, historic forts, and rich cultural heritage of Sri Lanka's coastal gem. Explore Galle Fort, witness stilt fishermen, take a river safari, visit a turtle hatchery, and learn about the devastating Tsunami of 2004. Book now!
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Galle Fort - 1588 Portuguese built, renewed by Dutch in 17th-century fortress in the southern tip of the island
- Community Tsunami Museum - Community-driven museum for remembering the devastating Tsunami
- Madu River - Boat safari in Madu river
- Stilt Fishermen Sri Lanka - Iconic stilt fishermen seeings
- Turtle Hatchery Hikkaduwa - Turtle hatchery
- Moonstone Mines and Gem Palace - Moonstone mines
- Handunugoda Tea Estate - Visit to Virgin White Tea Estate & Factory.
What's Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Private tour
- Driver/guide
- In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks, unless specified
Additional Information
We suggest an all-day family-friendly city excursion for those interested in exploring Galle from a local’s perspective. Galle is Sri Lanka’s unrivalled city of sun, sand, and sea. Experience the charm of the Galle fort, a Portuguese stronghold built in 1588 to oversee maritime trade in Southeast Asia. Observe stilt fishermen in action, embark on a river safari in Mandu Ganga, visit a turtle nursery, and the Tsunami Museum. This unpretentious yet poignant museum partially depicts the devastating Tsunami that struck the island in 2004. The tour is conducted by a professional driver in a comfortably air-conditioned private luxury car or mini bus, with a maximum group count of 15 people.
- Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
Location
Galle Fort
Church Street
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(14 Ratings)
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Taifang_c
Mar 31, 2024
Best experience with knowledge local guide and the Safari boat was fun!!. - Our guide Rajeewa and driver was amazing!! We had one of the best day tour Galle and had a great lunch, so much fun, will definitely book with this tour company again. Thanks for an amazing time:)
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Karolind91
Oct 6, 2023
A fantastic chauffeur for a luxurious trip. - Absolutely awesome day spent with Bhathi! He was so polite, friendly, knowledgeable and fun to be with. He arranged the itinerary perfectly, took awesome photos, taught me greetings and was so professional. A luxurious day! Thankyou Bhathi.
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Mickaels974
Oct 1, 2023
Amazing - If you need to fill in a long layover with an exciting time in Sri Lanka, this tour brings you to see wonderful things in one day. I only had 10 hrs in Sri Lanka but I had a really great time thanks to my guide, Mr.Denver who is super friendly and professional guide.
In the short time i had, i have learnt a lot about Sri Lanka and its Rich history and also visited all the mentioned places on the itinerary such as the Turtle Hatchery, boat safari and the city of Galle.
Will definitely have Denver as my guide again when i return to Sri Lanka for a proper visit in a couple of months time.
Highly recommend!!
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Clapsforgoalie
Jul 22, 2023
Layover exploration - Perfect way to spend a long layover. Organising with Rajeewa via WhatsApp was seamless and he was really helpful with answering all my questions.
I was picked up from the airport (and despite my significant flight delay) everything was ready to roll.
Diyath was my tour guide and was wonderful. Made the whole process simple. He was very knowledgeable and was able to provide history of the places we visited. Would recommend to anyone who has a long layover in Sri Lanka!
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Ananp6117yt
Apr 27, 2023
a great day in Southern Sri Lanka - We had a great driver Denver. He was very kind and took us to very interesting places around the country's south. He is very knowledgeable and can personalise the tour and take you to places that are most interesting for you.
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Christopher_p
Apr 17, 2023
Galle Private Car Tour - This was a quite remarkable experience - The Tea Plantation was truly incredible - the Stick Fishermen, The Turtles, the Spice Garden and the lunch - all good. Our Driver Guide was very personable, very knowledgeable and very professional - THANK YOU VIATOR.
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Christopher
Mar 29, 2023
A well-conducted day that met our specific interests. - We desired a very different day that the one most offered for the city, and our guide Patham did everything possible to make stops that met our interests as well as our ship's limited time in port. Patham took us on a river / lake tour to see birds, monkeys and a water monitor as well as an isolated family cinnamon farm. Our first stop at a turtle rescue non-profit was poignant (with cute babies!) and the tour of the white tea plantation was beautiful. 5-star day for we challenging clients.
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Bruno
Aug 30, 2019
Really amazing!!! - Everything was amazing in this tour! I would recommend to anyone to have it and enjoy this beautiful country
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Derek_f
Mar 12, 2024
we had a great guide but... - we had a great guide but the boat trip to the Coral was disappointing as there was not much coral to be seen as destroyed by the Tsumami. The River Boat was also disappointing as we headed for 25 mins to the Mangrove arches and after 1 minute there came immediately back from there. Tea Factory was fascinating, in every case you are asked to pay for the both boat rides around $120/6 persons which I feel was quite steep given what we had seen. you do get to see alot of the countryside which is just stunning and for that it was worth the trip!
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Adeline_s
May 12, 2019
Galle City Tour - We had a good day, the guide was maybe not as informative as he could have been and they definitely needed to provide a van not a car for 4 Adults we were crammed in the back of a car in that heat but we made the most of it
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