Top 14 City Tours in Negombo

1.Half-Day Negombo City Tour with Ayurvedic Massage & Local Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 87 reviews · from $52Our pick

Explore Negombo with a private guide such as Malith, Himantha, Nishan, or Shageerh. Visit the fish market, churches, temples, Dutch Canal, dry fish area, and Fort, then enjoy an Ayurvedic massage and Sri Lankan rice and curry lunch.

“A good little tour of Negarbo which covered the highlights of the town. My guide was really knowledgable about the town, gave me time to take some photos and was a safe driver. I would reccommend it to get a small insight into the place and the imprtance of the fishing trade there.”

Check availability →Read our full review

2.Negombo City Tour by Tuk Tuk with hotel pickup

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 42 reviews · from $25Best value

Ride through Negombo with a local guide such as Robin Fernando, visiting churches, Hindu and Buddhist temples, the Dutch Fort, fish markets, dry-fish yards, the lagoon, and Dutch Canal. Hotel pickup, water, umbrellas, entrance fees, and parking are included.

“Robin Fernando did a great job of showing us the highlights of the city and what life is like in Negombo. Thank you!”

Check availability →Read our full review

3.7 Days Sri Lanka Sightseeing Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 25 reviews · from $798

You’ll travel privately from Bandaranaike International Airport with a driver-guide, air-conditioned car, hotels, breakfasts, three dinners, and a local SIM. The route links Sigiriya, Kandy, tea country, Ella’s train scenery, Yala, Galle, Bentota, and Colombo, with room to tailor the plan.

“We've just wrapped up our Sri Lankan tour from 7 Days tour, and we are truly gutted about what happened to Sri Lanka with the cyclone. Despite the challenging situation, our tour agency took such brilliant care of throughout the whole journRead more”

Check availability →Read our full review

4.Guided City Tour by Tuk Tuk with Hotel Pickup

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 20 reviews · from $28

See Negombo with an English-speaking driver-guide such as Banu or Romesh. Visit Agurukaramulla Temple, the Dutch Canal, beach, fish market, Hindu temple, and city markets by tuk-tuk. Add a one-hour Negombo Lagoon boat safari for 15,000 LKR if selected.

“Romesh was excellent. Friendly and informative. A good guide and driver.”

Check availability →Read our full review

5.Negombo City Tour by Tuk Tuk

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 20 reviews · from $28

Ride through Negombo with a local guide such as Robin Fernando, visiting Buddhist, Catholic, and Hindu sites, fish markets, the Dutch Fort, lagoon villages, and Browns Beach. Hotel pickup, drop-off, water, and a flexible private itinerary are included.

“Great introduction to Negombo with friendly and knowledgeable Tuk Tuk driver/guide Robin. Lucky pick at random. Don't be put off by small number of reviews. See the city with a genuine local and be warmly greeted by many of his friends at Read more”

Check availability →Read our full review

6.private half day city tour with hotel transfers

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 12 reviews · 3 hours · from $37

Join chauffeur guide Tharaka for a private, air-conditioned tour of Negombo. Walk local markets, visit Buddhist, Hindu, and Catholic sites, see fish drying by the beach, cross the lagoon, and explore fishing communities. Hotel pickup, water, and optional cassava chips are included.

“We booked this trip the night before. It was seamless. Tharaka was so kind, funny, knowledgeable. He is courteous he informed us in a timely fashion about pick up. He proudly showed us the various quarters of Negombo including some surprises off the tourist trail. He is extremely well informed. He has a great sense of humour and he is very fluent in English. He went out of his way to adapt the tour to our needs He even offered to take my broken sun glasses to an opticians to get fixed He is a Sri Lankan gem!!”

Check availability →Read our full review

7.Negombo City Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 12 reviews

Guide Nishantha takes you around Negombo in an air-conditioned private vehicle, from the beach fish market to Buddhist, Catholic, and Hindu sites. You’ll also see the Dutch Canal, old fort, and Mankuliya lagoon area. The tour lasts about two to three hours and includes pickup, drop-off, and bottled water.

“Morning pick up me from my hotel. Very kind and nice person. We go the buddhist temple first. Need pay 1000 local money approx 3 usd to entrace. It's see in here buddha lifetime story. Other building gave a covered stupa, other entrace Read more”

Check availability →Read our full review

8.Sigiriya city tour from Negombo & Colombo with traditional Lunch.

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 11 reviews · from $114

Travel by private air-conditioned vehicle from Colombo or Negombo to Dambulla Cave Temple, Sigiriya Rock, and a local craft village. You get hotel pickup, mineral water, lunch, and a village safari. Ask about language support, as Spanish service has been arranged for some groups.

“I had fun with the operator. Was on time and good personality. We love the food. And the tour itself is good and fun”

Check availability →Read our full review

9.Colombo Airport Layover/Transit City Tour – 5 Hours

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 9 reviews

Use a 5 to 6-hour Colombo layover for a private city tour with an air-conditioned car and driver-guide. Visit Gangaramaya Temple, Galle Face Green, Colombo Fort, Jami Ul-Alfar Mosque, tea shops, and a Sri Lankan restaurant. Munir is one named guide associated with the experience.

“Munir was an excellent host. For a half day layover, the tour could not have gone any better. We arrived with a feeling of excitement and left with a feeling of fulfillment and a desire to come back and visit again. Munir's hospitality was unmatched. Thank you for an amazing layover tour!”

Check availability →Read our full review

10.Colombo City Tour From Negombo

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 8 reviews · from $70

Travel from Negombo to Colombo in a private air-conditioned vehicle with a driver-guide. Visit Gangaramaya Temple, Independence Square, St. Lucia’s Cathedral, a Hindu temple, Pettah Floating Market, Beira Lake, the Old Parliament, and more. Guide Tharaka is one named guide associated with the experience.

“Excellent Tour Guide Tharaka Sri Lanka by car great places to see and knowledgeable highly recommended. Our experience to visit the Hindu and Buddhist Temple was extra ordinary.Our experience was kind of personal just the two of us we had great time in Colombo City Tour.”

Check availability →Read our full review

11.Colombo City Tour from Negombo

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 8 reviews

Travel from Negombo to Colombo in a private air-conditioned car with guide Nishantha or a driver from his team. In 4 to 5 hours, see temples, churches, mosques, parks, colonial buildings, and the Dutch Hospital. The route can be adjusted to fit your schedule.

“The driver/guide who came to pick us did not bother to look for us in the foyer of the hotel. We had to go and ask him if he was waiting for someone. He had very little English- very hard to communicate with him. We don't think he had good Read more”

Check availability →Read our full review

12.Negombo City Tour by TUK TUK with Rome

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5 reviews · from $42

Spend four to five hours exploring Negombo by private tuk-tuk with Rome and local support from Prasanna’s team. Visit the fish market, churches, temples, lagoon, Dutch canal, and a local home, with lunch, tea, and an optional herbal treatment included.

“Our guide Rome and Sanjari where excellent. Our driver was excellent navigating around the town as there is no driving regulations as we could see.The trip to the temple was spectacular and the guide Happy was very helpful and explained Read more”

Check availability →Read our full review

13.Day Colombo City Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5 reviews · from $50

Spend five to eight hours seeing Colombo’s main sights in a private, air-conditioned vehicle for up to seven people. Your route includes Gangaramaya Temple, the National Museum, Independence Square, Old Parliament, and Odel, with airport pickup and drop-off available. Site admission costs extra.

“We had the absolute pleasure of having Suresh as our private driver during our recent trip to Sri Lanka, and we couldn’t have asked for a better experience.”

Check availability →Read our full review

14.City Tour & Fishing Village Tour by Tuk-Tuk

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4 reviews · 4 hours · from $40

Ride by private tuk-tuk from Negombo, Waikkal, Kammala, Wattala, or Katunayake with an English-speaking guide. Visit Lellama fish market, St. Mary’s Church, Sri Singama Kali Amman Kovil, Hamilton Canal, Dutch Fort, and Angurukaramulla Temple, with guides such as Samantha, Fernando, and Simon leading the way.

“Our tuk tuk driver and tour guide was fantastic! He was punctual, knowledge and a great photographer! We learnt about Negombo and Sr in Lankan culture!”

Check availability →Read our full review