Day 1 · Colombo
Arrive in Colombo
You are met at the airport and driven to your hotel. The rest of the day is free: wander the old Pettah district, browse the galleries and shops, or walk to the sea front.
10 days · 9 nights
Street food, temples, tea and leopard country, ending inside the walls of Galle.
Choose your dates when you enquire
Ask about datesTwo nights in Colombo, with a cookery class and an evening of street food, set the tone. From there you head into the hills for Kandy, a craft village and the tea country, then down to Yala for a jeep safari and on to Galle's old fort before the airport.
The same person from your first question to the flight home, with a wedding or vow renewal planned alongside if you like.
How the days unfold. Your advisor tailors the pace, the hotels and the extras to you.
Colombo
Day 1 · Colombo
You are met at the airport and driven to your hotel. The rest of the day is free: wander the old Pettah district, browse the galleries and shops, or walk to the sea front.
Day 2 · Colombo
Learn to cook Sri Lankan dishes, from cracking a coconut to frying spices and poppadums, then sit down to the meal you made. In the evening a walking tour visits Gangaramaya temple and the streets of Slave Island and Pettah, with arrack, kottu roti and a tuk-tuk ride back.
Kandy
Day 3 · Kandy
Drive to the Royal Botanical Gardens at Peradeniya, once reserved for Kandyan royalty. Continue to Kandy for the golden-roofed Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, a stroll by the lake and market, and an evening show of traditional music and drumming.
Day 4 · Kandy
Spend the day in Kiriwaula, a village known for its brass work and for one of the last opticians grinding lenses by hand. A footpath links three 13th-century temples nearby: Gadaladeniya, Lankathilaka and Embekke.
Nuwara Eliya
Day 5 · Nuwara Eliya
Visit a tea plantation and factory to see Ceylon tea made, ending with a fresh cup. In the afternoon continue to Nuwara Eliya, with its colonial bungalows and gardens, for a walk above town or a bike ride by Lake Gregory.
Tissamaharama
Day 6 · Tissamaharama
A long day south to Yala National Park for a jeep safari. Look for elephants, sloth bears, spotted deer and a wealth of birds, and for the leopards that roam even by day, before the night in Tissamaharama.
Galle
Day 7 · Galle
Drive west to Galle, a World Heritage fortified town that traded with Arab, Persian, Indian and Chinese merchants. A guided walk follows the ramparts and bastions, the old gate and the lighthouse, with time for the cafes and boutiques.
Colombo
Day 8 · Colombo
After breakfast you are driven to the airport for your flight. An afternoon or evening departure works best.
The hotels for each stop. Your advisor confirms them, or something just as good, for your dates.
Colombo · 2 nights
Or similar
Kandy · 2 nights
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Nuwara Eliya · 1 night
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Tissamaharama · 1 night
Near Yala National Park. Or similar
Galle · 1 night
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Tell us when you would like to travel. Your advisor confirms dates and hotels, tailors the trip to the two of you, and stays with you until you are home.
Sri Lanka
10 days · 9 nights
Colombo → Habarana → Kandy → Ella → Tissamaharama → Galle → Bentota → Colombo
A private loop of the island with your own driver-guide. Head north to the cave temples of Dambulla and the ruined royal city of Polonnaruwa, climb Sigiriya and see Kandy, then take two nights in the hills at Ella. Safaris in Yala and an afternoon in Galle Fort lead to two free days on the beach near Bentota.
Sri Lanka
7 days · 6 nights
Colombo → Kandy → Nuwara Eliya → Tissamaharama → Bentota → Colombo
Go straight from the airport into the hills for two nights in Kandy, with the botanical gardens at Peradeniya and the Temple of the Tooth. Then climb through the tea estates to Nuwara Eliya, drop south for a safari in Yala, walk Galle Fort on the way to a beach night, and finish with a tour of Colombo.
Sri Lanka
8 days · 7 nights
Colombo → Habarana → Kandy → Nuwara Eliya → Tissamaharama → Koggala → Colombo
A full private circuit of Sri Lanka in eight days with your own chauffeur-guide. After a Colombo city tour, head north to the cave temples of Dambulla, Sigiriya and the ruins of Polonnaruwa, then through the spice gardens of Matale to Kandy and the tea country. A safari in Yala and a coastal drive past the stilt fishermen to Galle Fort finish at a beach hotel.
Two nights in Colombo, with a cookery class and an evening of street food, set the tone. From there you head into the hills for Kandy, a craft village and the tea country, then down to Yala for a jeep safari and on to Galle's old fort before the airport.
Every trip can be shaped around you before you book.
Arrive early or stay on at the end, in the same hotel or somewhere new.
Your travel expert books flights that fit the first and last day.
Choose a better room or a hotel with a view for the nights that count.
A honeymoon, an anniversary or a birthday, planned into the trip.
Other ways to see Sri Lanka, closest in length first.
Private tour | 10 days | Negombo · Habarana · Colombo | Price on enquiry.
Private tour | 10 days | Colombo · Habarana · Bentota
Small group tour | 10 days | Colombo · Sigiriya · Galle
Private tour | 9 days | Negombo · Kandy · Colombo
