7 days · 6 nights
Temples, tea estates and cool mountain air, with your own driver-guide the whole way.
Choose your dates when you enquire
Ask about datesBegin in Kandy, the old royal capital, then take the train up into the tea country around Nuwara Eliya. A morning walk on Horton Plains and a tea factory visit lead on to Ella, before a last night in Colombo.
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.
Kandy
Day 1 · Kandy
You are met at the airport and driven up to Kandy, the last royal capital before British rule. Visit the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, the bazaar and market, a gem museum and a crafts centre before dinner at your hotel.
Day 2 · Kandy
Take a tuk-tuk to the Udawattakele forest reserve on the ridge above the old palace, known for its birdlife. In the afternoon walk the Royal Botanical Gardens at Peradeniya, with its orchid house and giant Javan fig, then watch an evening show of Kandyan dance and drumming.
Nuwara Eliya
Day 3 · Nuwara Eliya
Ride the train through hills covered in tea bushes and waterfalls to Nanu Oya, then drive the short last stretch to Nuwara Eliya. Colonial bungalows and cool air give the town its old nickname of Little England, and Lake Gregory is pleasant for an evening walk or bike ride.
Day 4 · Nuwara Eliya
A walk of around three hours on the Horton Plains plateau takes you to Baker's Falls and the sheer drop at World's End. Sambar deer are common here, and with luck you may see wild boar or other wildlife.
Ella
Day 5 · Ella
Walk among the tea bushes and see how the leaves are processed and graded at a factory, ending with a cup of Ceylon tea. Continue to Ella, where Little Adam's Peak, Ella Rock and the Nine Arch Bridge are all close by.
Colombo
Day 6 · Colombo
Drive back to the coast for a free afternoon in Colombo. Browse local designer shops, walk the busy streets of Pettah or spend the evening at the Dutch Hospital precinct with its restaurants and live music.
Day 7 · Colombo
Breakfast at the hotel and a private transfer to the airport for your flight.
The hotels for each stop. Your advisor confirms them, or something just as good, for your dates.
Kandy · 2 nights
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Nuwara Eliya · 2 nights
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Ella · 1 night
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Colombo · 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.
Begin in Kandy, the old royal capital, then take the train up into the tea country around Nuwara Eliya. A morning walk on Horton Plains and a tea factory visit lead on to Ella, before a last night in Colombo.
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 | 7 days | Colombo · Kandy · Bentota
Private tour | 6 days | Colombo · Dambulla · Unawatuna
Private tour | 8 days | Colombo · Habarana · Koggala | Price on enquiry.
Private tour | 9 days | Negombo · Kandy · Colombo
