Sri Lanka Itineraries

Seven ways to experience the island.

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Aerial view of Sri Lanka's Nine Arch Bridge sweeping through lush green highlands
Train curving through the forested hills around Ella in Sri Lanka
01 Classic Sri Lanka
01 11 nights · 12 days
Classic Sri Lanka

Discover Sri Lanka

Twelve days across one island — ancient cities and living temples, leopards and elephants in the wild, mist and tea gardens in the highlands, and a slow finish on the palm-fringed southern coast.

Route Colombo → South Coast → Yala → Ella & Nuwara Eliya → Kandy → Dambulla & Sigiriya → Negombo
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Journey highlights

  • Colombo and the ramparts of Galle Fort
  • Leopard country in Yala and elephant herds at Minneriya
  • Tea country, Kandy and Sigiriya Rock Fortress
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Sigiriya Rock Fortress rising above the surrounding forest in Sri Lanka
02 Essential Highlights
02 9 nights · 10 days
Essential Highlights

Highlights of Sri Lanka

Ten days across one island — ancient cities and living temples, elephants in the wild, mist and tea gardens in the highlands, and a slow finish on the palm-fringed southern coast.

Route Negombo → Cultural Triangle → Kandy → Nuwara Eliya → South Coast
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Journey highlights

  • Sigiriya, Polonnaruwa and a Hiriwadunna village experience
  • Pinnawala, Kandy and the Royal Botanical Gardens at Peradeniya
  • Nuwara Eliya and three nights on the South Coast
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Luxury lodge in Sri Lanka glowing beneath a starry evening sky
03 Luxury Sri Lanka
03 10 nights · 11 days
Luxury Sri Lanka

LUX EXPERIENCE

An eleven-day island journey built around celebrated design-led boutique stays, combining the Cultural Triangle, Kandy, tea country, Yala and a three-night beach finish at Balapitiya.

Route Kotugoda → Habarana & Sigiriya → Kandy → Nuwara Eliya → Yala → Balapitiya
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Signature stays

  • Water Garden Sigiriya and Jetwing Kandy Gallery
  • Camellia Hills above the tea country
  • Uga Chena Huts and Kumu Beach
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Couple sitting together on coastal rocks at sunset in Sri Lanka
04 Honeymoon
04 11 nights · 12 days
Honeymoon

Island Bliss Honeymoon

Twelve days across Sri Lanka for two — a quiet lagoon arrival, the Cultural Triangle, misty highlands and leopard country, ending with three unhurried nights together on the South Coast.

Route Negombo → Habarana → Kandy → Nuwara Eliya → Yala → South Coast
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Journey highlights

  • Sigiriya and elephant country in the Cultural Triangle
  • Kandy, tea gardens and the highlands above Nuwara Eliya
  • Yala, whale watching in season and a private beach dinner
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Outdoor yoga session at a wellness retreat in Sri Lanka
05 Wellness
05 3 · 5 · 7 · 14 nights
Ayurveda & Wellness

Wellness Bliss in the Cultural Triangle

A single-property Ayurveda retreat at Amuna, set across twelve acres of paddy land between Sigiriya and Kandalama Lake, with individually planned therapy, twice-daily yoga and a wholly Ayurvedic kitchen.

Setting Amuna Ayurveda & Wellness Retreat · Kumbukkadanwala, Kimbissa · near Sigiriya
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Retreat highlights

  • Resident Ayurvedic consultation and daily tailored therapy
  • Twice-daily yoga, meditation and an Ayurvedic kitchen
  • Eco-built dwellings, treehouses and restorative paddy-field walks
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Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic beside Kandy Lake in Sri Lanka
06 Sri Lanka Short Escape
06 5 nights · 6 days
Sri Lanka Short Escape

Sri Lanka in Five Nights

Five nights across Sri Lanka’s classic heart — Colombo’s colonial streets, the painted cave temples and rock fortress of the Cultural Triangle, sacred Kandy, and a two-night finish on the palm-fringed southern coast.

Route Airport → Colombo → Dambulla → Kandy → South Coast → Airport
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Journey highlights

  • Colombo and the painted cave temples of Dambulla
  • Sigiriya Rock Fortress and sacred Kandy
  • Two relaxed nights on the South Coast, with Galle and seasonal whale watching
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Wild Asian elephants grazing beside the water in Sri Lanka
07 Essential Sri Lanka
07 7 nights · 8 days
Essential Sri Lanka

Essentials of Sri Lanka

Eight days across one island — cave temples and Sigiriya in the Cultural Triangle, gathering elephant herds in the wild, mist and tea gardens in the highlands, Kandy, and a slow finish on the southern coast.

Route Airport → Negombo → Dambulla & Sigiriya → Kandy → Nuwara Eliya → South Coast → Colombo → Airport
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Journey highlights

  • Dambulla, Sigiriya and elephant country at Minneriya
  • Kandy, tea country, Ella and the Nine Arch Bridge
  • Two nights on the South Coast followed by a final night in Colombo
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