Step into the ancient heartland of Sri Lanka’s first great civilisation and spend a full day exploring the vast, sacred landscape of Anuradhapura, a UNESCO World Heritage City that served as the island’s royal and spiritual capital for over a millennium. This tour takes you through the most significant sites of this ancient city, beginning with the revered Sri Maha Bodhi, the sacred fig tree grown from a cutting of the original Bodhi Tree under which the Buddha attained enlightenment, making it the oldest historically documented tree on earth. You will stand before the colossal Ruwanwelisaya and Jetavanaramaya dagobas, marvel at the intricately carved moonstones and guard stones of the Thuparamaya and Isurumuniya temples and absorb the atmosphere of a place where two thousand years of Buddhist civilisation have left their mark on every stone.
