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Sri Lanka - Guide to driving times


Plan your itinerary with the help of Red Dot’s guide to driving times.

These times cannot be guaranteed, but they are average driving times, based on the experience of our drivers.
  Airport-Colombo: 1 hr 05 mins
  Airport-Galle: 4 hrs 30 mins
  Airport-Kandy: 2 hrs 50 mins
  Airport-Mount Lavinia: 1 hr 30 mins
  Anaradhapura-Dambulla: 1 hr 45 mins
  Anaradahapura-Negombo: 3 hrs 50 mins
  Anaradhapura-Wilpattu: 50 mins
  Arugam Bay-Yala: 4 hours
  Bentota-Colombo: 2 hrs
  Colombo-Airport: 1 hr 05 mins
  Colombo-Bentota: 2 hrs
  Colombo-Dambulla: 3 hrs 20 mins
  Colombo-Galle: 3 hrs 25 mins
  Colombo-Kandy: 3 hr 15 mins
  Colombo-Wadduwa: 1 hr 15 mins
  Dambulla-Anaradhapura: 1 hr 45 mins
  Dambulla-Colombo 3 hrs 20 mins
  Dambulla-Kandy: 2 hrs
  Dambulla-Polonnuruwa: 2 hrs
  Dambulla-Trinco: 3 hrs
  Ella–Nuwara Eliya: 1 hr 45 mins
  Ella-Yala: 3 hrs
  Galle-Airport: 4 hrs 30 mins
  Galle-Colombo: 3 hrs 25 mins
  Galle-Kandy: 5 hrs
  Galle-Nuwara Eliya: 6 hrs
  Galle-Uda Walawe: 3 hrs 30 mins
  Galle-Sinharajah: 3-4 hours (depending on route)
  Galle-Tangalle: 2 hrs
  Habarana-Polonnuruwa 45 mins
  Horton Plains-Nuwara Eliya: 1h 30 mins
  Horton Plains-Tea Trails: 3 hrs 50 mins
  Kalutara-Kandy: 4 hours
  Kandy-Airport: 2 hrs 50 mins
  Kandy-Colombo: 3 hrs 15 mins
  Kandy-Dambulla: 2 hrs
  Kandy-Galle: 5 hrs
  Kandy-Kalutara: 4 hrs
  Kandy-Kitulgala: 3 hrs
  Kandy–Nuwara Eliya: 2 hrs 45 mins
  Kitulgala-Kandy: 3 hrs
  Kitulgala-Tea Trails: 1hr 40 mins
  Mount Lavinia-Airport: 1 hr 30 mins
  Negombo-Anaradahapura: 3 hrs 50 mins
  Nuwara Eliya-Ella: 1 hr 45 mins
  Nuwara Eliya-Galle: 6 hrs
  Nuwara Eliya-Horton Plains: 1h 30 mins
  Nuwara Eliya-Tea Trails: 2 hrs 30 mins
  Nuwara Eliya-Kandy: 2 hrs 45 mins
  Nuwara Eliya-Yala: 4 hrs
  Polonnuruwa-Dambulla: 2 hrs
  Polonnuruwa-Habarana: 45 mins
  Polonnuruwa – Trinco: 3 hrs
  Sinharajah-Galle: 3 to 4 hrs (depending on route)
  Tangalle-Galle: 2 hrs
  Tangalle-Yala: 2 hrs 30 mins
  Tea Trails-Nuwara Eliya: 2 hrs 30 mins
  Tea Trails-Horton Plains: 3 hrs 50 mins
  Tea Trails-Kitulgala: 1hr 40 mins
  Trinco-Dambulla: 3 hrs
  Trinco-Polonnuruwa: 3 hrs
  Uda Walawe-Galle: 3 hrs 30 mins
  Wadduwa-Colombo: 1 hr 15 mins
  Wilpattu-Anaradhapura: 50 mins
  Wilpattu-Negombo: 3 hrs
  Yala-Arugam Bay: 4 hrs
  Yala-Ella: 3 hrs
  Yala-Nuwara Eliya: 4 hrs
  Yala-Tangalle: 2 hrs 30 mins
 
 
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