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Overview
The Royal Botanic Gardens at Peradeniya are among the finest in Asia, spread over 60 hectares in a loop of the Mahaweli River just outside Kandy. Once reserved for Kandyan royalty, the gardens hold more than 4,000 species, a famous avenue of royal palms, a giant Javan fig tree and an orchid house, all on level, paved paths.
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The Royal Botanic Gardens at Peradeniya
Highlights include the Great Circle of towering palms, the cannonball trees, the sprawling Javan fig whose canopy shades an entire lawn, the fernery and the memorial trees planted by visiting royalty and heads of state. The flat, sealed paths and shaded benches make Peradeniya one of the most relaxing and genuinely accessible attractions in Sri Lanka.
The gardens sit about six kilometres from central Kandy and are easily combined with the Temple of the Tooth on a Kandy day. Allow two to three hours to wander, more if you enjoy plants and birdlife.
Things to Do in Peradeniya
- Avenue of royal palms
- Giant Javan fig tree
- Orchid house & fernery
- Memorial trees & river loop
Good to Know
- Entrance fee: about LKR 3,000 per foreign adult (2026)
- Best time: morning, all year
- Getting there: 6 km from Kandy
- Accessibility: level paved paths, benches, buggy available
Peradeniya is included on our Kandy city day tour and on the round tours that pass through Kandy. Because the paths are flat and paved, it is also a highlight of our senior-friendly and wheelchair-accessible tours, where a garden buggy can be arranged.
Peradeniya highlights: Avenue of royal palms, Giant Javan fig tree, Orchid house & fernery, Memorial trees & river loop.
Best time to visit: morning, all year. getting there: 6 km from Kandy. Lanka Itinerary can include Peradeniya in a private, fully customisable Sri Lanka tour with a local chauffeur-guide. Contact us to plan your trip.
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About LKR 3,000 per foreign adult in 2026. It is included on our Kandy tours.
Two to three hours is enough to walk the main avenues, the giant fig and the orchid house at a relaxed pace. Plant lovers and birdwatchers could easily spend half a day.
Yes — Peradeniya is one of the most accessible attractions in Sri Lanka, with 60 hectares of flat, sealed paths, shaded benches and an accessible toilet near the entrance. A garden buggy can be arranged to cover the longer distances.
Yes, they are the two anchors of a Kandy day and only six kilometres apart. Most visitors do the gardens in the late morning and the Temple of the Tooth for the evening puja.
Morning, when it is cool and the light is good for photographs. The gardens are pleasant year-round, though the orchid house and flowering trees are at their best from March to May.