Cultural Triangle
Dambulla
Five caves, and 150 Buddhas inside them.
Five cave temples cut into an overhanging rock, painted continuously for two thousand years and still in daily use.
Every route we run through the cultural triangle passes Dambulla, and the question is never whether to include it but how many nights it earns. Our answer is 1 night — enough to see it at the hour it is worth seeing and still leave in daylight.
Tell a consultant which month you are coming and they will say plainly whether this is the right place for it, or whether the same days are better spent on the other coast.
