Rajarata Hotel
Anuradhapura, Anuradhapura — 168.9 km from Bandaranaike (CMB), about 3 hr 52 min. Fixed fares from Rs 25,550, agreed before you fly.
Getting there from the airport
Your driver meets you in arrivals and takes you to the door. One fixed price for the whole car, agreed before you fly, with free cancellation up to 24 hours before pickup.
Location
8.33076, 80.41902
Guía del visitante: Rajarata Hotel
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- Standard Room: double or twin
- Deluxe Room: king bed, walk-in shower
- Family Room: king plus twin beds, lake-facing, up to 4 guests
- Free Wi-Fi
- Tea-making in rooms
- Cable TV
- Central air-conditioning
- 24-hour room service
- Two-acre garden facing the lake
- Conference centre
Near Rajarata Hotel
Places to visit close to the hotel. Drive time is by road, from the same pricing data as your quote.
Day trips from Rajarata Hotel
Further afield. Drive time is by road, from the same pricing data as your quote.
Rajarata Hotel occupies a two-acre estate on Rowing Club Road, facing the ancient Nuwara Wewa reservoir at the western edge of Anuradhapura's Sacred City. The hotel first opened in the 1970s and was, at the time, one of the most prominent hotels in Sri Lanka's Cultural Triangle — a status that gives it a longer institutional history than most of the newer boutique properties that have opened around Anuradhapura since, and the hotel has carried that heritage-hotel identity through several decades of the town's tourism.
Rooms are designed around that lakeside position, with private balconies looking over the pool and, beyond it, the water. Each room is air-conditioned and comes with a flat-screen cable TV and an attached bathroom stocked with free toiletries, a straightforward but comfortable standard that has kept the hotel popular with both leisure travellers and business or official visitors coming to Anuradhapura for its administrative and religious significance.
Facilities include an outdoor swimming pool, barbecue facilities and a cozy garden, alongside meeting facilities, a tour desk, car rental and dry-cleaning services and a 24-hour front desk. The garden setting, close by the lake, gives the hotel a settled, established feel rather than the more polished newness of some of Anuradhapura's recently built hotels.
The in-house restaurant, Tranquil, serves a mix of local Sri Lankan and Western dishes, catering to both domestic guests and the steady flow of foreign visitors who pass through the Cultural Triangle. Free Wi-Fi and parking are provided throughout the property as standard.
Rajarata Hotel is currently ranked around second among the roughly sixty hotels in Anuradhapura and holds a 4-out-of-5 rating on Tripadvisor, a strong position for a property of its age. Its combination of an established, decades-long presence in the town and a direct outlook over Nuwara Wewa has kept it one of the more recognisable hotel names in Anuradhapura.
Nuwara Wewa itself is one of the ancient irrigation tanks that made Anuradhapura possible as a settlement in the first place, and Rajarata's position directly on its bank ties the hotel physically to that history rather than treating the water as simple scenery. The two-acre grounds and mature garden also give the property a settled, planted-in feel that newer hotels built on cleared plots tend to lack, with established trees and shaded walkways that only come with decades of growth rather than a recently landscaped garden built for a brand-new property.
Your transfer to Rajarata Hotel
The nearest hotel on this site is Lakeside at Nuwarawewa in Nuwarawewa, about 0.8 km away.
What it costs
| Vehicle | Seats | Typically | Prices from | Book |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economy car | 3–4 | Alto, Aqua, Axio | Rs 25,550 | Book |
| Van, SUV and group | 4–50 | Every, Vezel, Toyota KDH, Coaster | Rs 34,070 | Book |
| Premium car | 3–4 | Camry | Rs 48,570 | Book |
One price for the whole car, not per seat. Drivers and fleets set their own rates, so these are typical prices from our system, not a guarantee — your actual quote can differ. Quoted by the same engine that prices your booking, for the 168.9 km shown — your own quote reflects the exact address, the time of day and any waiting time. See all 9 vehicle classes ↓
Questions about this transfer
How much is a taxi from Colombo airport to Rajarata Hotel?
From Rs 25,550 for the 168.9 km, about 3 hr 52 min. That is a fixed price for the whole car, quoted before you book, not a meter reading.
How long does the transfer to Rajarata Hotel take?
About 3 hr 52 min in normal traffic. Arrivals at Bandaranaike are busiest in the early morning, when the long-haul flights land together.
Will the driver wait if my flight is late?
Yes. Give your flight number when you book and your driver has it. There is no automatic flight tracking yet, so if you are delayed, message your driver on the number in your confirmation. Extended waiting beyond the pickup window is chargeable on a point-to-point transfer, and the terms say by how much.
Can I book a return transfer from Rajarata Hotel?
Yes — the same journey in reverse, at the same fixed price, booked at the same time or later.
All vehicle classes and prices
| Vehicle | Seats | Prices from | Book |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mini / Small Car | 3–4 | Rs 25,550 | Book |
| Economy / Medium Car | 3–4 | Rs 28,150 | Book |
| Sedan | 3–4 | Rs 30,780 | Book |
| Mini Van | 5–7 | Rs 34,070 | Book |
| SUV | 4–5 | Rs 34,730 | Book |
| Van | 8–14 | Rs 36,710 | Book |
| Luxury Car | 3–4 | Rs 48,570 | Book |
| Mini Bus | 15–30 | Rs 50,540 | Book |
| Bus | 30–50 | Rs 71,620 | Book |
Every class, every price, none hidden. Each Book button opens the booking form for this transfer with that class chosen.
Book your transfer through us
- Fixed price in advance, for the whole car. No meter.
- Your driver's profile is shown before you book.
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before pickup.
- Day trips from the hotel can be booked from the cards above.
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 when you book and your driver has it.
The return leg from Rajarata 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 52 min back to that.
Before you book
- Taxis in Anuradhapura — 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 Anuradhapura route — the drive itself, in detail.
- A driver for several days — the usual arrangement for anyone travelling beyond Anuradhapura.
- The district map — where Anuradhapura sits, and what is around it.