Kandy Trips & Tours

Kandy Trips & Tours

Be lured by the laidback lifestyle and on-tap history and culture in this beautiful once-royal city.

Deep in the heart of the island and the most southerly point of the Cultural Triangle, sweet-sounding Kandy certainly lives up to its name. Perched in an enviable lake-side location, backed by drapes of emerald mountains and rolling hills and whispered over by a delicate Hill Country breeze, it’s famously known as one of the most picturesque cities in the country – and we won’t be arguing with that. Built in 1357 CE, it was the capital of Sri Lanka from 1592 until the British took over in the 19thcentury and today, it’s vibrant, lively, bursting with history and liberally scattered with shrines and beautiful Kandyian architecture. None, however, are more gasp-worthy than the golden-roofed, elephant-guarded Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, the most significant shrine in the country and home to Buddha’s tooth said to have been collected from his funeral pyre in India in 483 BC.