When visiting the bustling city of Colombo, you’ll quickly notice a tall and colorful building is dominating the skyline – this is the Lotus Tower.
The extraordinary tower has a green body and a pink crown at the top, which resembles a beautiful Lotus bud. Apart from its unique look, the Lotus Tower also takes the winning prize as the tallest building in all of South Asia, and it has become a landmark of Colombo.
During our last visit to Colombo, we decided to go explore the magnificent tower, and we’re so happy we did. What incredible views!
So to honor our memory and to help you discover the Lotus Tower on your upcoming trip to Colombo, we’ve decided to make this travel guide that includes facts, opening hours, ticket prices, and much more! Hopefully, this travel guide will give you all the information you need in order to visit the tower yourself.
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About Colombo’s Lotus Tower
Facts about the Lotus Tower
To kick this blog post off, we though it would be fun to share a few facts about the Lotus tower. So here are 10 facts about Colombo’s most unique building:
- The Lotus Tower is the tallest building in all of South Asia with its 350 meters height.
- You’ll find the observation deck at a 244 meters height.
- It’s located right by the waterfront of Beira Lake in the city center of Colombo.
- The Lotus Tower opened to the public in September 2022.
- The Lotus bud symbolises Sri Lanka’s flourishing development.
- A Rotating restaurant is coming soon (not open during our visit)
- A hotel is coming soon (not open during our visit)
- Bungee jumping is possible soon (not open during our visit)
- It cost more than $100 million dollars to built the tower.
- The antenna on top of the tower broadcasts radio and television in Colombo.
How to get to the Lotus Tower
The Lotus Tower is located in the city center of Colombo right by the Beira Lake. You really can’t miss it!
You can easily walk to the tower from the city center or you can go by tuk tuk. Use the PickMe app or settle on a price before you get into a tuk tuk in Colombo. We paid around 200 LKR when going back from the Lotus Tower to our hotel in Colombo Fort.
Lotus Tower opening hours 2024
The opening hours of the Lotus Tower in 2024 are as follows:
- Week days: 9 AM to 10 PM
- Weekends: 9 AM to 11 PM
However, the Lotus Tower ticket office is closing one hour before the tower’s official opening hours. So make sure to go at least one hour before the closing time stated above if you want to be able to get a ticket to the top.
Lotus Tower entrance fees 2024
The Lotus Tower’s ticket prices depends on whether you’re from Sri Lanka or a foreigner:
| Ticket types | Ticket prices 2024 |
|---|---|
| Tourist adult (10+ years old) | 20 USD |
| Tourist child (3-10 years old) | 10 USD |
| Sri Lankan adult (10+ years old) | 500 LKR |
| Sri Lankan child (3-10 years old) | 200 LKR |
| All children below 3 years old | FREE |
The ticket prices for foreigners are a bit steep in our opinion, however the views up there are really beautiful. Luckily, it’s cheaper to visit for Sri Lankan people, which is fair enough since the locals need to be able to appreciate their country’s new landmark for a good price.
If you want to plan ahead and get a little extra out of your trip to the Lotus Tower, then you can also book this entrance ticket with a cocktail and tapas included. Or else, just go to the ticket office in front of the tower and get your ticket right away.
Our visit to the Lotus Tower in Colombo
By now, you hopefully have all the information you need in order to visit the Lotus Tower yourself. So in this part of the blog post, we’re just going to share a bit of extra information and a few pictures from our visit.
We visited the Lotus Tower in January 2023, only 4 months after it officially opened to the public. Needless to say, we were pretty excited to have the opportunity to visit this incredible building after it’s been under construction for so many years.
We planned to visit the Lotus Tower for sunset, and we honestly can’t recommend a better time of the day to go!
From we bought the tickets at the entrance until we were standing at the observation deck only took about 5 minutes. It was incredible how fast the elevator rode to the top!
At the observation deck, you’ll find an incredible view of Colombo from a 344 meters height. The observation deck circles around the lotus bud, which basically means you have the possibility to see the city from all angles. Standing up here and watching the sun go down is just unbelievably beautiful.
Is the Lotus Tower worth it?
Since the ticket price to the Lotus Tower is pretty steep for tourists, we felt that we should write a thing or two about whether or not it’s actually worth a visit.
We think that if you go at sunset, then the Lotus Tower is definitely worth a visit – cause then you both get to see Colombo during the daylight and during nighttime. This is pretty unique!
However, if we were traveling on a very tight budget, then we’d skip the tower for a free sunset at Galle Face Green instead. This is just our honest recommendation for anyone out there with an empty wallet who still wants to experience a beautiful sunset in Colombo.
But if you have the means to visit, then we encourage you to spend the money and go! Just like visiting any other skyscraper, the view from the Lotus Tower will forever cement in your memory.
Looking back, we’re definitely happy that we decided to spent the money and visit the incredible building.
We really hope you enjoyed this little travel guide about the Lotus Tower in Colombo. We definitely enjoyed visiting the skyscraper and are happy to share it with you.
Let us know in the comment section below if you ever visited the building, if you intend to, or if you have any questions for us. Thanks for reading and happy travels!
Want to read more from Sri Lanka? Check out: Why visit Sri Lanka & Things to do in Colombo.
Other great skyscrapers we visited around the world: Petronas Twin Towers & Gran Torre Santiago.
