About this experience
Saddle up in Colombo and spend just over five hours tracing Sri Lanka's Dutch colonial past on two wheels. You ride along the busy port district and thread through the bustling wholesale lanes of Pettah market before picking up the Dutch Canal heading north. A backup vehicle follows throughout, and your guide keeps the group together as you watch herons, kingfishers, and other birds that nest inside the Muthurajawela Sanctuary. A boat safari on the lagoon breaks up the ride before you push on through a traditional fishing village to reach Negombo.
Lakpura provides a bicycle, helmet, and bottled water for every rider. The tour is private, so the pace is yours, and children aged seven and above are welcome. Food, drinks beyond the included water, and gratuities are at your own expense. Negombo is your finishing point, where you can compare the Dutch-influenced architecture with what you saw leaving Colombo — two coastal towns shaped by the same colonial hand, separated by roughly 35 kilometres of canal-side road.
