Airport taxi to Mahaweli Reach Hotel
Katugastota Road, Kandy — met in arrivals at Bandaranaike and driven to the door, for a price agreed before you fly.
What it costs
| Vehicle | Seats | Typically | Fixed price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mini / Small Car | 3–4 | Alto, Wagon R | Rs 14,000 |
| Economy / Medium Car | 3–4 | Aqua, Fit | Rs 15,850 |
| Sedan | 3–4 | Axio, Premio | Rs 18,300 |
| Mini Van | 5–7 | Every, Noah, Voxy | Rs 19,550 |
| SUV | 4–5 | Vezel, CR-V | Rs 22,000 |
| Van | 8–14 | Toyota KDH | Rs 23,300 |
| Mini Bus | 15–30 | Coaster, Rosa | Rs 28,350 |
| Luxury Car | 3–4 | Camry, Mercedes, Audi | Rs 30,500 |
| Bus | 30–50 | Passenger Bus | Rs 34,600 |
One fixed price for the whole car, not per seat. Quoted by the same engine that prices your booking, for the 120 km shown — your own quote reflects the exact address, the time of day and any waiting time.
Your transfer to Mahaweli Reach Hotel
Mahaweli Reach Hotel is in Katugastota Road, 120 kilometres from Bandaranaike International Airport — about 3 hours 15 minutes in normal traffic.
The quoted distance is measured to Kandy. Mahaweli Reach Hotel is about 4 kilometres north of the centre, and that last stretch is the part of the drive that varies with the hour rather than with the route. The fare is the same for any address in Kandy; a car crossing the city at half past four in the afternoon is not making the same journey as one arriving at dawn.
For a sense of the shape of the journey: Mahaweli Reach Hotel is about 84 kilometres from the airport in a straight line against the 120 kilometres the road actually covers.
The nearest hotel on this site is Cinnamon Citadel Kandy in Srimath Kuda Ratwatte Mw, about 2.3 km away.
Day trips from Mahaweli Reach Hotel
- Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic — about 4 km away in a straight line. Sri Lanka’s most important Buddhist shrine, on the lake in the middle of Kandy. Busiest during the evening puja. Allow 1–2 hours.
- Ambuluwawa Tower — about 20 km away in a straight line. A narrow spiral tower on a hilltop near Gampola, climbed for a 360-degree view over the central hills. The last few metres are not for anyone uneasy with heights. Allow a couple of hours.
- Knuckles Range — about 26 km away in a straight line. A mountain range of cloud forest, grassland and villages that keeps its own weather. Riverston gives the view without a serious hike. Allow a full day.
- Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage — about 27 km away in a straight line. A state-run herd of orphaned and injured elephants, on the Colombo–Kandy road. Most visitors stop on the way up. Allow 2 hours.
- Kitulgala — about 44 km away in a straight line. White water on the Kelani river, and the valley where The Bridge on the River Kwai was filmed. Grade 2 and 3 rapids that run all year. Allow a morning, 3–4 hours.
Onward from Kandy
- Kandy to Ella — 140 km, about 4 hours
- Kandy to Nuwara Eliya — 75 km, about 2 hours 30 minutes
- Kandy to Sigiriya — 90 km, about 2 hours 15 minutes
- Kandy to Dambulla — 72 km, about 1 hour 45 minutes
- Kandy to Colombo — 115 km, about 3 hours 30 minutes
Questions about this transfer
Other hotels in Kandy
How this transfer works
One fixed price for the whole car, not per seat. There is no meter, so the figure you are quoted is the figure the booking honours. Give your flight number and the arrival is tracked, so a delayed landing does not cost you the car.
The return leg from Mahaweli Reach Hotel is the same journey booked the other way, at the same price, and can be arranged now or later in your stay. Departures want you at Bandaranaike three hours before a long-haul flight, so add the 3 hr 15 min back to that.
Before you book
- Taxis in Kandy — what the roads do at different times of day, and how being collected here works.
- Airport transfers — meeting your driver, luggage, child seats and how payment works.
- The airport to Kandy route — the drive itself, in detail.
- A driver for several days — the usual arrangement for anyone travelling beyond Kandy.
- The district map — where Kandy sits, and what is around it.