The Art of Kandyan — Katugastota Market & Cooking Day
Cross a 160-year-old bridge, haggle for your lunch, then cook it the way Kandy always has.
Food & Drink|Kandy|5h
When you can do this
Mornings
Pick any preferred date when booking — we'll confirm with the host within 24 hours.
The experience
What you'll do
Begin at sunrise on the historic Katugastota Old Bridge facing the Gangaramaya Temple, then plunge into Kandy's bustling economic hub — a marketplace of potters, traders and produce. Bargain for the freshest vegetables (they become your lunch), try betelnut, then retreat to a shaded garden to learn slow cooking in muttiya and hattiya clay pots with the full Sri Lankan spice arsenal. Finish with traditional Kandyan sweet making. 100% plastic free; part of the income funds folic acid tablets for pregnant mothers who cannot afford them.
What's included
- Guided bridge walk and market experience
- Vegetable shopping for your own lunch
- Betelnut experience
- Clay-pot cooking class + lunch
- Kandyan sweet making
- Mocktail welcome drink
- Unlimited water