Sigiriya VillageTour

The village tour Sigiriya, allows the visitors to see the breathtaking scenery in the remote village of Habana and experience the traditional village life as well as take part in a cooking class.

Take a glimpse into the rustic rural village in Habarana and see the real village of Sigiriya and Habarana on this guided tour escorted by an experienced local guide. This is a perfect opportunity to encounter authentic local village folk and experience their lifestyles, their culture and their hospitality. Habarana is a rural village where agriculture dominates. Most people in the area are farmers and they are backed by an agriculture-based economy. Rice cultivation is the main crop while vegetables, fruits, coconut, cultivation of native yams and other crops, poultry keeping, and beekeeping also play a major role.

For travellers who have an itch for adventure try climbing the makeshift “treehouse” from where the villagers keep watch and drive away from the wild animals during the night. The travellers are welcome to see the feel and even have some hands-on experience of what it’s like to be one with nature’s bounty. The travellers are escorted to one of the humble houses in the village, where the travellers are offered a traditional welcome drink (tea) with a piece of jaggery (a sweet brown sugar made from solidified palm sap).

During the village tour, the travellers can meet the fish vendors selling their catch from the nearby village tank, vegetable sellers with a basket of vegetables on hand-pushed carts or bicycles on their rounds through the villages. The visitors can get a closer look into traditional village industries such as clay brick making, starting from the crushing of the dry clay, kneading, moulding and finally burning in a traditional wood kiln. This one-of-a-kind experience will also take you through patches of the jungle where you can witness Chena or shifting cultivation (a primitive form of agriculture) in addition to plenty of birds and some wildlife. At the end of the tour, you would have experienced true Sri Lankan hospitality immersed with warmth and genuine smiles.