Rathnapura: Gem Market & Mining Tour from Bentota & Colombo

A full-day private tour with Lunch to the "City of Gems" that includes visiting gem mines to see how gems are extracted from mines,visit to Gem market,Gem Lapidary visit. Buy your own Gem from market.
If you are a Gem lover, This is the tour for you.
This is a Tour of the Sri Lankan gem industry from Mine to Market. learn all you need to know from "Chamith" a local Gem expert and exporter to worldwide. He will be your personal host for this private tour.

You will be picked up from the Hotel at 5am (Bring your packed Breakfast from the Hotel if needed) and drive to "Rathnapura" also know as "City of Gems" in Sri lanka. About 2 hour drive scenic drive to Rathnapura. First stops is neighboring town of "Nivithigala" A famous local gem market for rough gemstones like Sapphires, Spinels, Garnet, Tourmaline and other gemstones, Start around 7am and finish by 10.30am. You will be experiencing looking various gemstones from local sellers and even you can bargain and purchase some with help of our host.

After spending couple of hours at the market, you will be visiting to another gem market in "Rathnapura" about 30 minutes drive. A famous local gem market for cut and polished gemstones.
Thereafter we heading to a local Gem mining place, where you can see the process of mining and how they extract gem deposit gravels from deep down the earth.
After that we heading back to your hotel and en-route stops for lunch in a river front restaurant to enjoy authentic Sri Lankan Lunch.

Drop you back to your hotel in the late afternoon, with amazing experience.

To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.

This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.