Slow Flow Nature
The views, the tea country, the water, without the climb
The traveller
The one who wants the view, not the ascent
You want to be somewhere beautiful and stay there a while. Tea terraces, a waterfall you can reach without a two-hour scramble, a verandah with the right outlook and a book you might actually finish. You are not lazy; you have simply worked out that a holiday spent recovering from the holiday is a poor trade. Two nights minimum everywhere. The train rather than the van.
What people come for
- Landscape without physical effort
- Fewer bases, longer stays
- Tea country, waterfalls and viewpoints reachable in under twenty minutes on foot
- Mornings with nothing scheduled
And who it is not for
- Anyone whose idea of a good day involves a summit before breakfast
- Travellers trying to fit the whole island into ten days: this is a slower shape of trip on purpose
13 trips for this
- Prime
- Good
- Mixed
- Out of season
Tea and time
Seven days: Kandy, Nuwara Eliya and a last night by the sea
- Length
- 7 days
- Pace
- Barely moves
- Bases
- 4 bases
Save $160 · 12%Ends today, 31 October
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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Kandy and the tea country
Two nights in Kandy, two in the tea, and the climb between them
- Length
- 6 days
- Pace
- Gentle
- Bases
- 3 bases
From $875 · $146/day
Indicative, not yet costed
The lagoon layover
One night by the water, ten minutes from the terminal
- Length
- 2 days
- Pace
- Barely moves
- Bases
- One base
From $390 · $195/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
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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
Indicative, not yet costed
The planter's bungalow
Nine days through the old capitals and the tea, with the doors opened
- Length
- 9 days
- Pace
- Gentle
- Bases
- 6 bases
From $7,200 · $800/day
Indicative, not yet costed
The Ayurveda fortnight
Fifteen days: Ayurveda at Beruwela, then a tour of the island
- Length
- 15 days
- Pace
- Barely moves
- Bases
- 7 bases
From $2,550 · $170/day
Indicative, not yet costed
The check-up week
Two days of tests, then five days in the hills
- Length
- 8 days
- Pace
- Gentle
- Bases
- 2 bases
From $1,180 · $148/day
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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
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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
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
Indicative, not yet costed
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