Sri Lanka Travel Guide — Sigiriya Rock
The Sigiriya is one of the best and popular places in Sri Lanka.lot of foreigners and native travelers love to visit Sigiriya. Sigiriya has a lot of names like “Lon Rock”, “Alakamandawa”, “Sinhagiri “.in this post I will share everything you need to know about Sigiriya rock. Also, Sigiriya Sri Lanka history.
History of Sigiriya
Sigiriya rock was a kingdom and it built by king Sigiri Kashiapa.there has a story about King Kashyapa. King Dhatusena is the father of King Kashyapa. King Kashyapa got throng by overthrowing king Dhatusena after that he killed his father. This happened in around 473 AD.king Kashyapa’s brother is prince Mugalan.In this time prince Mugalan escape to India.
King Kashiapa build Sigiriya within 18 years. Because he was afraid of Prince Mugalan.this information located in a book called “Mahawanshaya”
Sigirya has a lot of historical value.
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How To Travel Sigiriya
Sigiriya is located at the Northern Mathale District and the nearest town is Dambulla.you can use Bus, Train or Privet vehicle like Car, Van to travel Sigiriya. I will share how to use 3 of those ways travel to Sigiriya.
Privet Vehicle
this is the best way travel around Sri Lanka.you can rent a car or van.there has two roots to reach Sigiriya via privet vehicle.
The faster way is to use the Katunayaka Expressway(E03). Pass Minuwangoda,Giriulla and come to Kurunegala.then drive to Dambulla from Kurunegala in A06 Road.
Also, you can use Kand road(A01).drive to Ambepussa and turn off to Kurunagala then Drive to Dambulla in A06 Road.
then Drive to Inamaluwa Junction then you will see a replica of Lion’s Paw also there has signed to Sigiriya.
By Bus
This is a cheap and easy way to travel around Sri Lanka. By the way, there was no direct bus to Sigiriya. You have to take few buses to reach Sigiriya.when you start your journey from Colombo Pettah, You can get Anuradapura (NO.15) bus, Polonnaruwa bus, or Trinco(№49) bus.when you got those three kinds of bus you have to buy a ticket for Dambulla. There has a lot of buses on the above roots.
Another word somehow you have to come to Dambulla.you can get the Sigiriya bus at Dambulla station. Also, you can use Tuk-Tuk from Dambulla to Sigiriya. (it will be a little high cost than travel on the bus)
By Train
You have to get tickets to the Habarana railway station. Habarana Station is the closest station to Sigiriya(15km for Habarana).
There has only one train travel Colombo Fort to Habarana.also you have to spend like 5 hours to reach Habarana. When you reached Habarana you have to get a bus to Sigiriya.
What you can see in Sigiriya?
As I told before Sigiriya is one of the historical places in Sri lanka.there has Lion’s Paw, Ponds, also you can Climb the top of the Sigiriya rock.in that road you can see arts and lot of amazing stuff. Really complicated technology used to build Sigiriya rock. You will be amazed by what you see in Sigiriya.
Also, don’t forget travel to Pidurangala Rock. The Pidurangala Rock is a few kilometers away from the Sigiriya Rock and you can get a super cool view of Sigiriya Rock at Pidurangala Rock…
Also, there has a lot of places to travel around Sigiriya I will share all of those places in the future.
This is all I have to share in this post. I hope you will like this and thank you for reading. I will see you in the next post.
Originally published at https://srilankatravelplus.com on November 15, 2019.
