Itineraries
Sri Lanka Itineraries: Find Your Route
Every Sri Lanka itinerary here is a route our drivers actually run, laid out day by day with honest driving times. Pick by style, season and length, then make any of them yours: free with our trip planner, or hand it to our Kandy team for a personal version and a quote.
31 of 31 routes
- 5 daysNov - Apr
South Coast Express
Two beach bases and nothing forced: Bentota's calm river-mouth sands, then Mirissa, where blue whales feed offshore between November and April.
Beach & Water · 2 overnight stops
- 5 daysYear-round
Cultural Triangle and Kandy Express
Sri Lanka's classic express in five days: the 200-metre rock fortress at Sigiriya, the Temple of the Sacred Tooth in Kandy, and a Galle Face Green sunset before the flight home.
Classic · 3 overnight stops
- 5 daysMay - Oct
Elephant Safari & Cultural Triangle
One spectacle at the centre of it: The Gathering, when several hundred wild elephants crowd Minneriya's shrinking reservoir between July and October.
Wildlife & Nature · 3 overnight stops
- 6 daysNov - Apr
Colombo and Bentota Wellness Retreat
Two easy nights in Colombo, three on the beach at Bentota. Ayurveda treatments, a mangrove river, and a schedule with room in it.
Wellness · 2 overnight stops
- 7 daysNov - Apr
South Coast and Whales
A week on the southwest coast in its dry season: Bentota's river and beach, Unawatuna's swimming bay beside Galle Fort, and whale boats out of Mirissa.
Beach & Water · 3 overnight stops
- 7 daysYear-round
Classic Ceylon Highlights
The week most first-time visitors are actually after: the rock fortress, the Temple of the Tooth, a tea-country morning, wild elephants at Udawalawe, and a night inside Galle Fort.
Classic · 5 overnight stops
- 7 daysMay - Oct
Classic Ceylon Summer Highlights
The May-to-September version of the classic week: the cultural triangle first, then the east coast at Trincomalee while its sea is at its calmest.
Classic · 4 overnight stops
- 7 daysYear-round
Ramayana Heritage Trail
The Ramayana sites in a single week: Munneswaram temple, the shrines above Kandy, and Seetha Amman in the hills where Sita is held to have been kept.
Culture & Heritage · 5 overnight stops
- 7 daysNov - Apr
Relaxed Sigiriya, Kandy and Mirissa
The classic sights at a gentler pace, with two unhurried beach nights at Mirissa in whale season to finish.
Relaxed Pace · 5 overnight stops
- 7 daysNov - Apr
Sigiriya, Tea Country and Coast Honeymoon
A honeymoon week without the resort cliches: the rock fortress at sunrise, tea-country air, a private jeep among elephants, dinners by the water at Mirissa.
Romantic · 5 overnight stops
- 7 daysYear-round
Wildlife Triangle to Udawalawe
Two safaris a week apart in habitat: elephant herds at Minneriya or Kaudulla, then Udawalawe's open grassland, with Ella's ridge walks between.
Wildlife & Nature · 5 overnight stops
- 8 daysNov - Apr
Adventure & Hill Country
White-water rafting where The Bridge on the River Kwai was filmed, a night climb up Adam's Peak, ridge hikes at Ella, then surf lessons at Weligama.
Adventure · 4 overnight stops
- 8 daysYear-round
Hill Country and Wildlife Classic
The classic week stretched by a day: the hill train to Ella, the Nine Arch Bridge that afternoon, then a second day hiking Little Adam's Peak and Ella Rock.
Classic · 6 overnight stops
- 8 daysNov - Apr
Family Highlights
Paced for children: short drives, elephants at Pinnawala and Minneriya, a rock fortress straight out of an adventure story, and calm water at Bentota.
Family · 5 overnight stops
- 8 daysNov - Apr
South Coast Beaches and Yala Safari
Down the coast to Yala, Sri Lanka's most visited national park: beach days at Bentota and Mirissa, a Galle Fort night, then two days of leopard drives at Yala.
Wildlife & Nature · 4 overnight stops
- 10 daysMay - Oct
East Coast Beaches
The east coast in its calm season: Trincomalee's bays, Pasikudah's knee-deep lagoon, and surf at Arugam Bay, with a safari on the way back west.
Beach & Water · 6 overnight stops
- 10 daysMay - Oct
Classic Ceylon Summer Circuit
The summer shape: Sigiriya first, then Pasikudah and Arugam Bay while the east coast sea is calm, climbing home through Ella, the tea country and Kandy.
Classic · 6 overnight stops
- 10 daysNov - Apr
Wildlife and South Coast Classic
Ten days, unhurried: the cultural triangle, three nights around Ella's trails, an elephant safari, and Mirissa in whale season.
Classic · 6 overnight stops
- 10 daysNov - Apr
Yala Safari Classic
The classic circuit with Yala in it: fortress, temple, tea country and Ella, then leopard country, then the beach.
Classic · 6 overnight stops
- 10 daysYear-round
Temple and Heritage Circuit
Sacred Sri Lanka in ten days: Anuradhapura's great stupas, Mihintale at dusk, the Dambulla caves, and two temple days in Kandy.
Culture & Heritage · 5 overnight stops
- 10 daysYear-round
Jaffna and the Ancient North
Jaffna and the far north: island temples, a Portuguese fort, wild ponies on Delft, and roads most visitors never take.
Off the Beaten Path · 5 overnight stops
- 10 daysNov - Apr
Relaxed Hill Country and Beaches
Ten relaxed days: Sigiriya, Kandy's temple town, a tea estate, the hill train to Ella, an Udawalawe safari, and two Mirissa beach nights in whale season.
Relaxed Pace · 6 overnight stops
- 10 daysNov - Apr
Hill Country and Beaches Honeymoon
Hill air and sea air in one trip: tea-country mornings, the Ella train, a private safari, and Mirissa's headland at sunset.
Romantic · 6 overnight stops
- 10 daysMay - Oct
Hill Country and East Coast Summer Honeymoon
The warm-season honeymoon: a quiet shallow bay at Pasikudah, surf-town evenings at Arugam Bay, then the hill train and tea country on the way back.
Romantic · 6 overnight stops
- 10 daysNov - Apr
Wildlife, Whales & Rainforest
Three ecosystems in ten days: elephant parks in the dry zone, the Sinharaja rainforest's endemic birds, and blue whales off Mirissa.
Wildlife & Nature · 7 overnight stops
- 12 daysYear-round
Family Adventure
Twelve days the whole family can actually enjoy: elephant safaris at Habarana and Udawalawe, the Nanu Oya to Ella hill train, and a fort town with ice cream on the ramparts.
Family · 6 overnight stops
- 14 daysMay - Oct
Grand Ceylon Route
The full island in two summer weeks: ancient capitals, the calm east coast, tea country, three Ella nights, a safari and the southern fort coast.
Classic · 9 overnight stops
- 14 daysNov - Apr
Deep Culture and Ancient Kingdoms
Two weeks anchored in Sri Lanka's Cultural Triangle, from Anuradhapura's stupas and Sigiriya's rock fortress to Dutch Galle, with Bentota beach nights to break the pace.
Culture & Heritage · 7 overnight stops
- 14 daysMay - Oct
East Coast and the Far North
The whole eastern seaboard plus Jaffna, in the season it all works: temples, lagoons, quiet beaches and a surf town, with a safari on the way home.
Off the Beaten Path · 9 overnight stops
- 14 daysNov - Apr
Grand Honeymoon Tour
The unhurried honeymoon: two nights each in Sigiriya, Nuwara Eliya, Ella, Mirissa and Bentota, with the hill train linking Nuwara Eliya and Ella at the midpoint.
Romantic · 8 overnight stops
- 21 daysMay - Oct
The Grand Off-Beat Circuit
Three weeks off the classic circuit: the sacred cities, the Tamil north, Trincomalee, Pasikudah, Batticaloa's lagoon and Arugam Bay's surf, the hills, and the fort coast.
Off the Beaten Path · 13 overnight stops
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