Every trip
28 ways to see Sri Lanka
Each of these is a real route with real drive times, not a list of places. Every one says which months it works in and who it is not for, because both of those save more trips than a longer highlights list ever has.
- Prime
- Good
- Mixed
- Out of season
Development only28 of these 28 trips are drafts. They carry modelled prices and unconfirmed drive times, so they would not appear on the live site until both are replaced with real figures.
Complete Sri Lanka
The whole island, sequenced so it does not become a road trip
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
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 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 short loop
Seven days through the Cultural Triangle and the hill country
- Length
- 7 days
- Pace
- Steady
- Bases
- 4 bases
From $1,085 · $155/day
Indicative, not yet costed
Slow Flow Nature
The views, the tea country, the water, without the climb
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
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
Indicative, not yet costed
Active Nature
Hiking, surf and the parts that need an early start
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
Indicative, not yet costed
Beach Beach Beach!
The coast, and not much else
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
Beach Beach Beach! (south)
Five days, one base, and the sea
- Length
- 5 days
- Pace
- Barely moves
- Bases
- One base
From $725 · $145/day
Indicative, not yet costed
Wildlife
Leopards, elephants and whales, in the months they are findable
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
Three parks and a whale
Twelve days for people who came for the animals
- Length
- 12 days
- Pace
- Steady
- Bases
- 7 bases
From $1,980 · $165/day
Indicative, not yet costed
Cultural
Food, heritage and the everyday version of the island
Stone and story
Nine days through two thousand years of capitals
- Length
- 9 days
- Pace
- Steady
- Bases
- 6 bases
From $1,395 · $155/day
Indicative, not yet costed
The kitchen table
Six days eating where people actually eat
- Length
- 6 days
- Pace
- Gentle
- Bases
- 4 bases
From $900 · $150/day
Indicative, not yet costed
Medical and Wellness
A trip shaped around a clinical date, not a sightseeing list
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
Indicative, not yet costed
The recovery fortnight
Twelve days built backwards from a hospital date
- Length
- 12 days
- Pace
- Barely moves
- Bases
- 2 bases
From $1,720 · $143/day
Indicative, not yet costed
The two-visit smile
Ten days around a course of dentistry, with the healing in the middle
- Length
- 10 days
- Pace
- Barely moves
- Bases
- 2 bases
From $1,450 · $145/day
Indicative, not yet costed
Ultra Luxury
Whole houses, private transfers and someone on the ground all week
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 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
Short trips
One to four nights, grouped by how long you have
1 night · Better Layover
The connection you were going to sit out, spent somewhere instead.
2 nights · Sneak Peek
One place, properly, and the honesty not to add a second.
3 nights · Short Circuit
One base, or two within an easy transfer of each other.
The triangle in three
One base in the Cultural Triangle, and three sites from it
- Length
- 4 days
- Pace
- Gentle
- Bases
- 2 bases
From $700 · $175/day
Indicative, not yet costed
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
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
4 nights · Almost Everywhere
As much of the island as fits before it stops being a holiday.
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 rock and the temple
Pidurangala, Dambulla and Kandy in four nights
- Length
- 5 days
- Pace
- Steady
- Bases
- 3 bases
From $875 · $175/day
Indicative, not yet costed
None of these quite right?
Most of what we run is tailor-made. These 28 are the shapes we build from: tell us the month you are coming, who is coming and what would ruin it, and we will start from the closest one.
Travelling in October? The season strip on each card shows how that route reads month by month.