One Day Tour - Sacred city of Anuradhapura & Sacred city of Mihintale. (Sunset)

Lampa is een super aardige en lieve man! Maar vooral is hij een gepassioneerde gids! Hij vertelt met veel passie over de stoepa’s,Buddha, koningen, lovers, monniken, hij neemt je overal mee naartoe! Hij vraagt ook steeds of we hem goed begrijpen en of alles duidelijk is! Top! Wij wilde Lampa voor onze hele reis boeken, maar hij was al helemaal volzet! Tip: boek hem vroegtijdig zodat je geluk hebt en van zijn aanwezigheid en mooie uitleg kunt genieten. Ik kan hem alleen maar aanbevelen! Een geweldige ervaring. Boek met lampa, en ga met hem op pad. Je zult er van genieten! Lieve lampa bedankt ❤️

Lampa tried to trick me into paying him $25 dollars / 5000 rupees for the entrance to Anuradhapura sites telling me he purchased the ticket the day before on my behalf. After a whole morning of seeing the city minor sites that did not require a ticket , I asked him where was my ticket abs could I see the main sites, the morning was wasted on minor monuments, he lied and invented convoluted stories . I ended up asking to go to the twin ponds, he reluctantly agreed, it was then clear that he never pre purchased a ticket for me. I paid the ticket office and then had to rush to do all the main beautiful sites before heading off to Mintihale. It was a con that I avoided but that spoilt my experience of Anuradhapura abs left a bad taste. How sad. I just wanted to warn other tourists of this trap that might be common. He is defrauding the tourist and the government as well. Not ethical at all and his explanations on historical dates are very vague. As I said, Avoid….

We spend the day with Lampa in Anuradhapura and Mihintale. He knew al lot about everything and we could ask any question we wanted. He rented a tuktuk which he drove so we could go everywhere very easy. At noon we ate lunch at his family’s place (very good food!). In the evening his fiancee joined us for drinks and dinner. We even liked the tour that much that we also booked him the day after to go on a guided tour to Polonnaruwa. All the cities/sites you need to do with a guide, otherwise you’re missing a lot of interesting things!