Bus

Take the NCG Express bus at the Dambulla station .

The journey takes approximately 2 h 42 m. The travel distance is 151 km.

Carrier is NCG Express.

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Get off at the Pettah.


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Train

Take the taxi at the .

The journey takes approximately 43 m. Ticket price is about €6 The travel distance is 37 km.

Carrier is Taxi Dambulla.

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Get off at the Awukana.
Take the train Sri Lanka Railways at the station Awukana.

The journey takes approximately 3 h 19 m. Ticket price is about €1 The travel distance is 174 km.

Carrier is Sri Lanka Railways.

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Get off at the Maradana.


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Bus

Take the National Transport Commission bus at the Dambulla station .

The journey takes approximately 4 h Ticket price is about €1 The travel distance is 148 km.

Carrier is National Transport Commission.

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Get off at the Colombo Bastian Mawatha Bus Terminal.


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Taxi

Take the taxi at the Dambulla.

The journey takes approximately 2 h 26 m. Ticket price is about €60 The travel distance is 148 km.

Carrier is Taxi Dambulla.

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Get off at the Colombo.


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Drive

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The journey takes approximately 2 h 26 m. The travel distance is 148 km.

Get off at the Colombo.


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Plane

Take the taxi at the Dambulla.

The journey takes approximately 20 m. Ticket price is about €2 The travel distance is 15 km.

Carrier is Taxi Dambulla.

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Get off at the Sigiriya (GIU).
Fly out to Sigiriya (GIU) of the Colombo (CMB) airport.

The journey takes approximately 30 m. Ticket price is about €7

Carrier is Cinnamon Air.

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Get off at the Colombo (CMB).
1304 m on foot from the Colombo (CMB) to the Katunayake Airport Bus Station.

The journey takes approximately 15 m. The travel distance is 1 km.

Get off at the Katunayake Airport Bus Station.
Take the National Transport Commission bus at the Katunayake Airport Bus Station station .

The journey takes approximately 45 m. The travel distance is 31 km.

Carrier is National Transport Commission.

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Get off at the Colombo Bastian Mawatha Bus Terminal.


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The cheapest way to travel from Dambulla to Colombo is by taking a Bus with an average price of €1. The journey takes approximately 4 ч.

Plane is the fastest way to travel from Dambulla to Colombo. Tickets cost €11. The journey takes approximately 2 ч. 5 мин.

Dambulla is approximately 148 km away from Colombo. The trip by car takes 2 h 26 m.

Yes! There is a direct bus with no transfers to this destination. The route is served by the National Transport Commission company. Tickets cost about €1. A bus trip from Dambulla to Colombo will take 4 h

The average journey time by car between Dambulla and Colombo is 2 h 26 m.

From Dambulla

To Colombo