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Private Half-Day Colombo City Tour
4.8 (123)

Private Half-Day Colombo City Tour

Choose this tour to get a detailed picture of the capital of Sri Lanka with your own licensed private tour guide. Customize it to match...

4 to 5 hours • Hotel pickup offered • Free Cancellation
4.8 (123)
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Very informative and...
New York City
Private Half-Day Colombo City Tour
Pheroze_M, Aug 2026
Very informative and...
Very informative and friendly guide. Knowledgeable and interesting. Enjoyed the morning. Recommend to do this
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Wonderful Colombo City Tour
New York City
Private Half-Day Colombo City Tour
David_A, Jun 2026
Wonderful Colombo City Tour
The Colombo city tour was very informative. We enjoyed visiting both the Buddhist and Hindu Temples. Our guide Kanishka was very friendly.
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A perfect experience in Colombo
New York City
Private Half-Day Colombo City Tour
rob_s, Feb 2026
A perfect experience in Colombo
Shiraz, our guide, was excellent. He is very knowledgeable on all topics and offered a perfect experience. He treated us to coconut and snacks. As a native of Colombo, he shared great knowledge. Recommend him as your guide
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Had a great half day...
New York City
Private Half-Day Colombo City Tour
JoAnn_S, Feb 2026
Had a great half day...
Had a great half day driving tour, particularly because of our tour guide Kuma. He was exceedingly knowledgeable about every site we visited and gave us a tour. He was also very flexible with the changes we wanted to make.
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Perera was great, and the layover trip was excellent
New York City
Private Half-Day Colombo City Tour
Eric_H, Jan 2026
Perera was great, and the layover trip was excellent
Perera was fantastic - a wealth of information along with all of the sights to go with it. We came in at 12PM, he picked us up with a sign at arrivals, and took us out on a great adventure. We were back to the airport at 6PM, right on time for our next flight.
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Colombo tour from Negombo
New York City
Private Half-Day Colombo City Tour
AnneMaree_D, Aug 2025
Colombo tour from Negombo
Excellent tour. Godfrey our driver was so knowledgeable & kept us informed with much history & local knowledge. Adapted the day to suit our interests. Perfect introduction to Colombo.
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Our Colombo experience
New York City
Private Half-Day Colombo City Tour
Zohra_P, Apr 2025
Our Colombo experience
This was an excellent trip. Shimaz was an excellent guide. And the most amazing person to go on a tour with. He was very generous and accommodating, and we loved every minute of it. We highly recommend using him.
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Outstanding Tour Guide
New York City
Private Half-Day Colombo City Tour
Nancy_H, Mar 2025
Outstanding Tour Guide
I was hoping for a good tour guide and I got a great one! Shimaz was very knowledgeable and spoke English proficiently. He showed us everything the tour description listed and then some additional sites which were absolutely outstanding. He even included a stop for local ice cream and a local textile venue. Thank you!
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Great experience - great guide, good driver!
New York City
Private Half-Day Colombo City Tour
johncL6447ZJ, Mar 2025
Great experience - great guide, good driver!
excellent tour. driver was a great driver, nice air conditioned van. Got to a LOT of sites, which was great. Guide was excellent, great english, very informative, let us stop several places we had little stops we needed. Read our situation and could tell when we had seen enough and wanted to goto the next thing. Was happy, smily! Very informative lots of information. Acutally one of the best guides we've ever had. Highly reccomend.
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Excellent opportunity to see highlights of Colombo
New York City
Private Half-Day Colombo City Tour
Lesley_C, Feb 2025
Excellent opportunity to see highlights of Colombo
Driver was so pleasant. Vehicle was clean and air conditioned and he tailored the trip to places of interest that we would like to see. Shared information with us too. Highly recommended.
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Excellent Tour of Colombo
New York City
Private Half-Day Colombo City Tour
martyn_B, Feb 2025
Excellent Tour of Colombo
Fantastic tour by Maz and driver. Superb morning with excellent knowledge of Colombo, its heritage and traditions. Car was air conditioned with water available. Not to be missed. Five star service.
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The car was comfortable,...
New York City
Private Half-Day Colombo City Tour
Rick_B, Jan 2025
The car was comfortable,...
The car was comfortable, our guide knowledgeable and that combo made the tour a great experience. Colombo has a lot to offer and our guide was wonderful at presenting it to us
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Colombo highlights
New York City
Private Half-Day Colombo City Tour
Chris_H, Dec 2024
Colombo highlights
Good content on this trip for overview of old and new Colombo. Guide was great. Flexible tour so could stop longer where you wanted.
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Amazingly perfect tour of Colombo!
New York City
Private Half-Day Colombo City Tour
michellec116, Nov 2024
Amazingly perfect tour of Colombo!
We had the most amazing tour with Priyantha! He went above and beyond to make sure we were fully satisfied. We wanted some specific food so he researched restaurants for us to find the perfect place for us. He tailored the tour so it was absolutely perfect for us. He is a genuinely kind and thoughtful person who loves Sri Lanka and is incredibly knowledgeable about the country. We learned so much from him. I can’t recommend Priyantha enough!
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Excellent insightful tour
New York City
Private Half-Day Colombo City Tour
Sachin_S, May 2024
Excellent insightful tour
Shimaz was an excellent tour guide. He was extremely friendly, has lived in the UK so is completely fluent in English and is an official government registered tour guide which was clear to see by the quality of the tour. He was very knowledgable about Sri Lanka and its history and very flexible on timings and itinerary options. We would thoroughly recommend to anyone looking for a great tour of Colombo!
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Unforgettable Colombo visit.
New York City
Private Half-Day Colombo City Tour
Explorer00633430497, May 2024
Unforgettable Colombo visit.
Our visit to Colombo was awesome. Ushuan Cross, our tour guide and driver was fantastic. We were able to go and see so many places in such a short time. Consider yourself lucky if you get Ushuan Cross in your visit to Colombo. Thanks Ushuan!
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