Temple, shrine & monastery tours
Halls cut into cliffs and hillsides, from Dambulla to Datong to the Thai tiger caves. These 14 are compared on how much climbing is involved, whether the lighting is any good and what the entry costs.
Review of Krabi’s 9-hour Emerald Pool, hot springs, and Tiger Cave Temple tour, with practical advice on stairs, crowds, cost, and what to bring.
“Everything was perfect! Thank you Arun for that amazing trip :)”
Review of Kuala Lumpur’s Batu Caves cultural tour, including temples, Chinatown, Central Market, transport, value, tips, and practical drawbacks.
“Pick up dainties communication with guide excellent great information about the batu caves guide was very informative and helpful would totally recommend him”
Review of Krabi’s 9-hour jungle tour from Ao Nang, with hot springs, Emerald Pool, Thai lunch, and the 1,260-step Tiger Cave climb.
“We had the best trip and such a helpful guide. Would highly recommend”
Review of Krabi’s 9-hour jungle tour to the hot springs, Emerald Pool, and Tiger Cave Temple, with lunch, transfers, tips, and honest advice.
“It is an amazing and well coordinated tour. Our tour guide was very, sweet, kind and knowledgeable. The tour takes about 5-6 hours and you can spend ample of time at the three locations. The view after the 1260 steps climb to the Tiger Cave Temple is worth it. All in all we had a fantastic experience.”
Review of Krabi’s Emerald Pool, hot springs, and Tiger Cave Temple tour, with costs, climbs, crowds, guides, timing, and practical tips.
“Emerald pool/hot springs/dragon cave tour was good with this operator, Wonder Siam. All the attractions are nice, however crowded and very busy. Wear a bathing suit with hiking water sandals like Keens. (not flipflops). The dragon cavRead more”
Review of the Kandy to Sigiriya day tour, with Dambulla, Matale, spice garden stops, transport, costs, and practical booking advice.
“Definitely worth the trip. If you are a solo traveler it’s perfect. My driver was Sura. He was super nice and gave me options of places to stop or pass by. Made the trip best suited to what I wanted. Perfect. 🤙🤙”
Review of Krabi’s Emerald Pool, hot springs, and Tiger Cave Temple tour, with costs, timing, climb details, practical tips, and honest advice.
“From start to finish our tour guide Fatin (hope that’s correct ) was excellent a ray of sunshine very organised Tiger caves were part of this trip which I wouldn’t have chosen to go to The emerald pool and blue lagoon were absolutely beautiful but icing on the cake was the hot springs what an experience loved it highly recommend this trip from Ao Nang 👍👍👍👍”
Explore Mumbai’s Kanheri Caves and Golden Pagoda with a private guide, hotel transfers, Buddhist history, scenic views, and meditation.
“We had an amazing time on this tour. Shuaib and JQ picked us up from our hotel and handled all the transportation for the day so we could focus on seeing the sights. Shuaib was our guide and was very knowledgeable about the Kanheri Caves and the Golden Pagoda. His commentary on the trip added so much information that we would not have know if we were to visit these places on our own. It was great to have a local with us and Shuaib was a better guide than we ever could have expected. I recommend that anyone visiting Mumbai book this activity!”
Review of a private Sigiriya and Dambulla day trip from Colombo, with costs, climbing advice, guides, lunch, transport, and practical tips.
“We booked a tour from Colombo to Sigiriya/Dambulla Cave Temples with you. We regret to inform you that we were disappointed in both our driver and the tour company. While they were flexible with our schedule, the driver was not a tour guide and simply took us froRead more”
Explore Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Kanheri Caves, a Jain temple, and Warli culture on a private Mumbai tour with transport included.
“Excellent guide, got us straight through the long queues and onto the bus. Guided us around the caves and was knowledgable and interesting. Good value for money.”
Explore Mumbai’s Kanheri Caves and Golden Vipassana Pagoda with hotel pickup, an English guide, transport, tickets, and useful local insight.
“My experience was unique—everything was perfect. My guide was the best! he gave me a tour of the cave and provided detailed descriptions. I highly recommend them—they are simply the best.”
Explore Mumbai’s Kanheri Caves and Global Vipassana Pagoda in a private vehicle with a guide, hotel pickup, entry fees, and personal service.
“I was very pleased how Sameer contacted me the day before to confirm time and pick up. Picked up promptly. He was very helpful with navigating some of the stairs to the caves. The caves were very amazing. Sameer explained the background and took us to a special spoRead more”
Review of a private Kandy tour to Sigiriya, Dambulla, and Matale, with practical advice on costs, guides, lunch, and climbing.
“Imran was a very good and safe driver and was flexible too as we requested to start the tour 1.5 hours later than planned and he accommodated that. Very happy with his service. He was also knowledgeable and professional answering a lot of general questions about Sri Lanka. The lunch place is a large scale buffet that caters for all different tour groups, but the food is quite fine. You only have to pay for drinks, the food is included in the excursion price. We were also taken to a spice garden where you can buy some oils etc. We bought a couple of things, just make sure you negotiate…”
Review of Colombo’s private Sigiriya and Dambulla day tour, with temple tips, transport details, costs, timing, and honest advice before booking.
“There was no professional guide attached to us and only a driver that was constantly on the phone and at times he even attempted to retrieve his phone that dropped onto the carpet! The places listed was not doable at all despite paying for it. Totally will not recommend”
