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Real Sri Lankan prices, checked by journalists. Shared taxis and private transfers between towns.
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One app for the whole trip.
Everything on this site is in the TukHop app. Look around here, then carry on there.
Check a price. See what locals pay in the town you are in, and whether the price you were quoted is fair.
Plan a trip. Answer a few questions and get your route, the nights at each stop and a budget.
Share a ride. Book a seat between towns, or the whole tuk-tuk, car or van. Every seat that fills lowers what everyone pays.
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Price Check
Know the price before you go.
A ride between two towns, a meal, a cup of tea: see what each should cost. It works without an account.
You can start a ride by tuk-tuk for up to 2, by car for up to 3 and by van for up to 8. For 9 or more, book more than one vehicle, or call us.
Shared tuk-tuk
Rs 6,000
per person
An estimate, with both seats taken.
The lower fare is with every seat taken.
Your group takes every seat, so nobody else can join.
For 2 passengers: Rs 12,000
Tuk-tuk
Not for
A ride by tuk-tuk starts with 2 at most.
Shared taxi
Rs 5,000 – 10,000
per person
Rs 10,000 each if nobody else books, down to Rs 5,000 each when every seat is taken.
The same fare whether or not the other seats are taken.
Your group takes every seat, so nobody else can join.
For 2 passengers: Rs 10,000 – 20,000
Shared van
per person
An estimate, with all 8 seats taken.
The lower fare is with every seat taken.
Your group takes every seat, so nobody else can join.
For :
Private tuk-tuk
Rs 12,000
the whole tuk-tuk
An estimate. The whole tuk-tuk for 2 passengers, Rs 6,000 each.
Private car
Rs 20,000
the whole car
The whole car for 2 passengers, Rs 10,000 each. Nobody else can book the empty seats.
Car
Not for
A group this size books a van. A shared car can still fill up with other travellers.
Private van
the whole van
An estimate. The whole van for , each.
Negombo → Sigiriya, about 3 h 30 min by road. Estimated fares, one way. One-way fares. The app shows your fare before you book, and you never pay more than it.
How these prices are worked out
Every fare here is TukHop’s own for the route, the one the app quotes when you book, unless it says it is an estimate. A shared fare falls as seats fill, and you never pay more than the app showed you.
The app adds TukHop’s 2.5% service charge when you book, and shows it as a line of its own.
- Egg/omelette breakfast Breakfast Rs 700 – 2,200 usually Rs 1,100
- Kiribath with lunu miris Breakfast Rs 300 – 900 usually Rs 500
- Local breakfast Breakfast Rs 500 – 1,500 usually Rs 800
- Pittu Breakfast Rs 100 – 160 usually Rs 120
- Kottu Lunch Rs 700 – 2,400 usually Rs 1,300
- Lamprais Lunch Rs 1,000 – 2,800 usually Rs 1,600
- Rice & curry (Lunch) Lunch Rs 700 – 2,200 usually Rs 1,200
- Hoppers (string or egg) Dinner Rs 300 – 1,200 usually Rs 600
- Local noodles/fried rice Dinner Rs 800 – 2,600 usually Rs 1,400
- Rice & curry (Dinner) Dinner Rs 800 – 2,600 usually Rs 1,400
- Isso wade Snack Rs 100 – 400 usually Rs 200
- Roti/snack Snack Rs 150 – 700 usually Rs 350
- Coffee Drink Rs 250 – 1,000 usually Rs 500
- Fresh fruit juice Drink Rs 300 – 1,200 usually Rs 600
- Soft drink Drink Rs 200 – 700 usually Rs 350
- Tea Drink Rs 100 – 600 usually Rs 250
- Fruit serving Fruit Rs 200 – 1,000 usually Rs 500
- King coconut Fruit Rs 150 – 500 usually Rs 250
- Bottled water Water Rs 150 – 600 usually Rs 300
- Water 5L Water Rs 350 – 900 usually Rs 500
- Tuk Tuk - Beach side Tuk Tuk Rs 580 – 720 usually Rs 610
- Tuk-tuk, metered (city) Tuk Tuk Rs 90 – 140 usually Rs 110
- Tuk-tuk, tourist area Tuk Tuk Rs 120 – 220 usually Rs 160
- Pinnawala elephant orphanage entry Entry tickets Rs 3,500 – 5,500 usually Rs 4,500
- Sigiriya Rock entry (foreign adult) Entry tickets Rs 9,000 – 11,500 usually Rs 10,500
- Temple of the Tooth entry (foreign) Entry tickets Rs 1,500 – 3,000 usually Rs 2,000
- Car with driver (per km) Taxi & car Rs 100 – 170 usually Rs 130
- Van with driver (per km) Taxi & car Rs 140 – 230 usually Rs 180
- Data top-up 10 GB SIM & data Rs 700 – 1,500 usually Rs 1,000
- Tourist SIM with 30 GB data SIM & data Rs 2,000 – 4,000 usually Rs 2,900
What locals pay, checked by journalists. Quoted more than the range? The app gives you a straight verdict.
Rs 610
Fair price
Quoted for tuk Tuk - Beach side in Sri Lanka.
Fair priceRs 580 – 720
A bit highRs 720 – 1,080
Too highOver Rs 1,080
Three taps and you know.
- Say what you are buying Water, a meal, a cup of tea — the everyday things.
- See what locals pay A real range for your town, not one crowd-sourced guess.
- Get a straight verdict Type the price you were quoted and we say it plainly.
Plan a trip
Answer a few questions. Get the whole trip.
Say how long you have and what you like, and see the route we would plan. The day-by-day itinerary and the budget are in the app.
Sample route
A first taste of Sri Lanka
- Day 1 Negombo Close to the airport for your first night.
- Days 2–5 Galle A good stop on a first visit.
Slow days by the coast
- Day 1 Negombo Close to the airport for your first night.
- Days 2–5 Bentota For beach and relaxation.
Ancient sites and hill country
- Day 1 Negombo Close to the airport for your first night.
- Days 2–5 Kandy For mountains and culture & history.
A first taste of Sri Lanka
- Day 1 Negombo Close to the airport for your first night.
- Days 2–3 Galle A good stop on a first visit.
- Days 4–5 Kandy A good stop on a first visit.
- Days 6–7 Negombo Close to the airport before you fly.
Slow days by the coast
- Day 1 Negombo Close to the airport for your first night.
- Days 2–3 Unawatuna For beach and relaxation.
- Days 4–5 Bentota For beach and relaxation.
- Days 6–7 Negombo Close to the airport before you fly.
Ancient sites and hill country
- Day 1 Negombo Close to the airport for your first night.
- Day 2 Dambulla For culture & history.
- Days 3–5 Kandy For mountains and culture & history.
- Days 6–7 Negombo Close to the airport before you fly.
A first taste of Sri Lanka
- Day 1 Negombo Close to the airport for your first night.
- Day 2 Sigiriya A good stop on a first visit.
- Days 3–5 Kandy A good stop on a first visit.
- Days 6–8 Galle A good stop on a first visit.
- Days 9–10 Negombo Close to the airport before you fly.
Slow days by the coast
- Day 1 Negombo Close to the airport for your first night.
- Days 2–3 Matara For beach and relaxation.
- Days 4–5 Unawatuna For beach and relaxation.
- Days 6–8 Bentota For beach and relaxation.
- Days 9–10 Negombo Close to the airport before you fly.
Ancient sites and hill country
- Day 1 Negombo Close to the airport for your first night.
- Days 2–3 Nuwara Eliya For mountains.
- Days 4–6 Kandy For mountains and culture & history.
- Days 7–8 Dambulla For culture & history.
- Days 9–10 Negombo Close to the airport before you fly.
A first taste of Sri Lanka
- Day 1 Negombo Close to the airport for your first night.
- Days 2–3 Sigiriya A good stop on a first visit.
- Days 4–6 Kandy A good stop on a first visit.
- Days 7–10 Galle A good stop on a first visit.
- Days 11–14 Colombo A good stop on a first visit.
Slow days by the coast
- Day 1 Negombo Close to the airport for your first night.
- Days 2–4 Tangalle For beach and relaxation.
- Days 5–6 Matara For beach and relaxation.
- Days 7–9 Unawatuna For beach and relaxation.
- Days 10–12 Bentota For beach and relaxation.
- Days 13–14 Negombo Close to the airport before you fly.
Ancient sites and hill country
- Day 1 Negombo Close to the airport for your first night.
- Days 2–4 Ella For mountains.
- Days 5–6 Nuwara Eliya For mountains.
- Days 7–9 Kandy For mountains and culture & history.
- Days 10–11 Sigiriya For culture & history.
- Day 12 Dambulla For culture & history.
- Days 13–14 Negombo Close to the airport before you fly.
We have no sample route for that one yet. Try another length or kind of trip.
The budget is the allowance you chose, for the whole group. It is not what the trip costs: the app plans each day and works that out.
Plan it day by day in the appOne vehicle and driver for the whole trip
A tuk-tuk, a car or a van. Driver and fuel included.
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Shared taxis and private transfers between towns. Every seat filled lowers everyone’s fare.
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