There are 3 ways to get from India to Trincomalee by plane or bus
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Fly Chennai International Airport to Sigiriya Airport, bus
best- Fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Sigiriya Airport (GIU)plane MAA - GIU
- Take the bus from Habarana to Trincomaleebus
16h 5mFly Chennai International Airport to Jaffna, bus
- Fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Jaffna (JAF)plane MAA - JAF
- Take the bus from Kaithady to Dambullabus
- Take the bus from Dambulla to Trincomaleebus
11h 29mFly Kempegowda International Airport to Sigiriya Airport, bus
- Fly from Kempegowda International Airport (BLR) to Sigiriya Airport (GIU)plane BLR - GIU
- Take the bus from Habarana to Trincomaleebus
13h 56m
Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Sigiriya Airport (GIU) flights
Questions & Answers
The distance between India and Trincomalee is 680 km.
It takes approximately 16h 5m to get from India to Trincomalee, including transfers.
There are 379+ hotels available in Trincomalee.
What companies run services between India and Trincomalee, Sri Lanka?
There is no direct connection from India to Trincomalee. However, you can take the subway to Airport, walk to Chennai International Airport (MAA) airport, fly to Sigiriya Airport (GIU), take the taxi to Habarana, then take the bus to Trincomalee. Alternatively, you can take the subway to Airport, walk to Chennai International Airport (MAA) airport, fly to Jaffna (JAF), take the taxi to Kaithady, take the bus to Dambulla, then take the bus to Trincomalee.
- Website
- cinnamonair.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Sigiriya Airport via Colombo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 23,000–80,000
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Sigiriya Airport via Kempegowda International Airport, Colombo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 27,000–140,000
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Sigiriya Airport via Colombo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Rs 26,000–140,000
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Sigiriya Airport via Chennai International Airport, Colombo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 27,000–90,000
- Website
- goindigo.in
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Jaffna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 33,000–80,000
- Phone
- +94 112 581 120
- info@eseat.lk
- Website
- sltb.eseat.lk
Bus from Habarana to Trincomalee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- sltb.eseat.lk
- Phone
- +94 76 714 8292
- ncgexpress@gmail.com
- Website
- ncgexpress.lk
Bus from Kaithady to Dambulla
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- https://ncgexpress.lk/
- Phone
- +94 011-2587372
- info@ntc.gov.lk
- Website
- ntc.gov.lk
Bus from Dambulla to Trincomalee
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Rs 380–420
- Website
- https://www.ntc.gov.lk/
- Schedules at
- https://www.ntc.gov.lk/times/
- Standard
- Rs 380–420
- Semi Lux
- Rs 450–650
- Super Lux
- Rs 850–1,100
- Phone
- +94 777 382 186
- info@superline.lk
- Website
- superline.lk
Bus from Dambulla to Trincomalee
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 2,100–2,300
- Website
- https://superline.lk/
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