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Dambulla Royal Cave Temple

Dambulla · Sigiriya, Dambulla & Matale · Sri Lanka

★★★★★   Museum & culture

What it costs a family of four

LKR 4,499

about AED 49.62

2 adults and 2 children aged 6 and 14, priced against this venue’s own published age bands.

What to know

VERIFIED at LKR 1,500. Five caves under an overhang, painted end to end and holding 150 Buddha images, in use for 22 centuries. UNESCO listed. A ten-minute climb to the entrance, shoes off at the top - the rock gets hot enough to hurt by midday, so bring socks.

Minimum age 6.

The details

Adult ticket1500
Child ticketFree under 12
Typical visit1.5-2 hours
Opening hoursDaily 07:00-19:00
Indoors or outBoth
RegionCentral, Sri Lanka
Prices quoted inLKR

When to go

The planner warns of wet in April, May, October, November. Outside those months it says nothing, which is the point — a warning that fires every day is one nobody reads.

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Official page: https://www.ccf.gov.lk/

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