This is a private road transfer between Colombo (CMB) Airport and Heritance Kandalama, chartered as a whole vehicle with its own chauffeur-guide. The hotel is Geoffrey Bawa's jungle-covered masterpiece above the Kandalama reservoir, near Dambulla in the Cultural Triangle of Sri Lanka. The drive inland covers about 150 km and usually takes 3 to 4 hours, depending on traffic.
After a long flight, a journey of this length is far easier with nothing to arrange. Your chauffeur-guide meets you in the arrivals lobby, with 60 minutes of free waiting time included, helps with your luggage and drives you all the way to the hotel's rock-cut entrance in a private, air-conditioned vehicle, with bottled water on board and our support team on call 24/7. Add your flight number when you book so the pickup is timed to your arrival.
The transfer works in either direction: book it for your arrival, for the drive back to the airport at the end of your stay, or once for each. Choose the vehicle to fit your party, from a car for one or two travellers up to a mini coach for groups of up to 15. The fare covers the whole vehicle, not a seat, so one price applies to everyone travelling together.
Includes
- Private ground transfer between Colombo (CMB) Airport and Heritance Kandalama
- Meet-and-greet in the arrivals lobby, or in the hotel lobby for departures, with 60 minutes of free waiting time
- Transport in a private, air-conditioned vehicle
- Service of an English-speaking chauffeur-guide
- 24/7 online assistance from our dedicated support team
- 500 ml of bottled mineral water per person
- Airport entry charges and parking fees
- Highway tolls
- All taxes and service charges
Excludes
- Extra stops
- Baby seats and booster seats
- Capacity to carry oversized luggage such as surfboards or golf bags
- Transport for differently-abled passengers
- Transport for pets
Good to know
- The vehicles on offer and their fares are shown in the booking panel on this page. For passenger and luggage capacities, see the vehicle fleet page.
- Answers to common questions about flight delays, waiting time and meeting points are on the airport transfers FAQ page.
- Your chauffeur chooses the best route on the day according to traffic and weather.
- From the hotel we can also take you to the Sigiriya rock fortress, the Dambulla Cave Temple, the ancient cities of Polonnaruwa and Anuradhapura, or on safari in Minneriya and Kaudulla national parks.
