Beach Beach Beach!
The coast, and not much else
The traveller
The one who came for the sea
You are not here for the ruins. You want warm water, a stretch of sand that is not shoulder to shoulder, somewhere to eat fish within walking distance, and the option of doing absolutely nothing for four days running. The only real decision is which coast, and that is entirely a question of when you are coming: the south runs December to April, the east runs May to September, and getting it wrong means a week of rough grey sea.
What people come for
- Warm, swimmable water and time in it
- Short transfers and long stays
- Sunsets, seafood and a walkable strip
- Optional surf without building the trip around it
And who it is not for
- Travellers who want the cultural sites as well; that is a different trip and we have several
- Anyone whose dates fall in the wrong monsoon for the coast they had in mind, unless they are willing to switch coasts
13 trips for this
- Prime
- Good
- Mixed
- Out of season
Beach Beach Beach! (east)
Nine days on the coast the monsoon forgot
- Length
- 9 days
- Pace
- Gentle
- Bases
- 6 bases
From $1,305 · $145/day
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Beach Beach Beach! (south)
Five days, one base, and the sea
- Length
- 5 days
- Pace
- Barely moves
- Bases
- One base
From $725 · $145/day
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Two nights on the sand
Bentota, the Madu river, Galle Fort and a day in Sinharaja
- Length
- 4 days
- Pace
- Barely moves
- Bases
- One base
From $525 · $131/day
Indicative, not yet costed
Peaks and swell: eastern season
Twelve days of hills and Arugam Bay, when the south is shut
- Length
- 12 days
- Pace
- Full days
- Bases
- 6 bases
From $1,800 · $150/day
Indicative, not yet costed
Peaks and swell: southern season
Eight days of hill walking and south-coast surf
- Length
- 8 days
- Pace
- Full days
- Bases
- 5 bases
From $1,200 · $150/day
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Elephant and Gem City
Five days through Ratnapura's gem country and Udawalawe
- Length
- 5 days
- Pace
- Steady
- Bases
- 3 bases
From $700 · $140/day
Indicative, not yet costed
The full island
Fourteen days, and a proper safari in the middle
- Length
- 14 days
- Pace
- Steady
- Bases
- 9 bases
From $2,170 · $155/day
Indicative, not yet costed
The unhurried island
Ten days at the pace of the tea line
- Length
- 10 days
- Pace
- Barely moves
- Bases
- 8 bases
From $1,650 · $165/day
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The house on the ramparts
Nine days from Galle Fort to Yala and the coast
- Length
- 9 days
- Pace
- Gentle
- Bases
- 5 bases
From $7,650 · $850/day
Indicative, not yet costed
The long way round
Twelve days from Wilpattu through the old capitals and the hills to Galle
- Length
- 12 days
- Pace
- Steady
- Bases
- 8 bases
From $1,860 · $155/day
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Two nights in the fort
Galle, the ramparts and the sea
- Length
- 4 days
- Pace
- Gentle
- Bases
- One base
From $525 · $131/day
Indicative, not yet costed
Hills to Ocean
Ten days from the Cultural Triangle to the southern sea
- Length
- 10 days
- Pace
- Steady
- Bases
- 6 bases
From $1,550 · $155/day
Indicative, not yet costed
Leopard country
Eight days across elephant country, Yala and the whale coast
- Length
- 8 days
- Pace
- Steady
- Bases
- 6 bases
Save $305 · 20%Ends today, 31 October
Indicative, not yet costed