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Sigiriya rock rising above a lotus-covered tank, with birds on the water and a wide pale-blue sky.

Sri Lanka, arranged by people who live here

The island,
connected.

Tea-country mornings, quiet beaches, and the long way round. We plan private journeys across Sri Lanka and stay with you from the first email to the last transfer.

Typical journeys run 7–14 days, priced around your dates

Journeys

Journeys to start from, not to stick to.

Three of the journeys we plan most often. Every one gets rebuilt around your dates, your pace, and how much driving you’re willing to do.

All journeys
Terraced tea bushes sweeping down a green hillside towards a wooded ridge under a pale morning sky.Hill country013 nights / 4 days

Hill Country · South Coast

Ceylon Serenity

Three nights from Kandy to the coast — the temple and the lake, the tea country at Nuwara Eliya, then Bentota.

Kandy – Nuwara Eliya – BentotaView

Best months December to April

Sigiriya rock rising above a lotus-covered tank, with birds on the water and a wide pale-blue sky.Culture025 nights / 6 days

Cultural Triangle · Hill Country · South Coast

Ceylon Highlights

Five nights from Sigiriya to Bentota — the Cultural Triangle, the hill country and the south coast in one line.

Sigiriya – Kandy – Nuwara Eliya – Ella – BentotaView

Best months December to April

An empty sweep of pale sand and calm blue sea, with palms standing at the edge of the beach.Grand tour037 nights / 8 days

Photo: Honeplus, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons — cropped and resized.

Cultural Triangle · East Coast · Hill Country · South Coast · Colombo

Ceylon Grand Escape

Seven nights from Sigiriya to Colombo, with the east coast at Trincomalee along the way.

Sigiriya – Trincomalee – Kandy – Nuwara Eliya – Ella – Bentota – ColomboView

Best months December to April and May to September

Why travel with us

A small company with a long memory of the island.

We are not a booking platform. We are a team of planners and guides in Colombo who take a limited number of journeys each month, so the person who builds your itinerary is the person you can call while you’re here.

“We asked for ‘not too much driving’. What we got was three days in Ella we hadn’t thought to ask for.”

Hannah & Tom · Bristol · 13 days in February
More about us
  1. 01

    Local money stays local

    We book family-run hotels and pay guides directly, not through an agency chain. The person driving you owns the car.

  2. 02

    Honest about fit

    If a place isn’t right for you, we say so — even when it’s the one everyone asks for. A shorter journey done well beats a full one done badly.

  3. 03

    Slow over full

    Fewer stops, longer stays. The itinerary is a plan, not a checklist, and there is always room for the thing you didn’t know about.

  4. 04

    Leave the island as we found it

    No elephant rides, small groups, and no sending people where the wildlife doesn’t want them. We’d rather lose the booking.

Plan with a local

Tell us the journey you’re imagining.

Dates, budget, who’s coming, and the things you’d rather skip. We’ll come back with a plan in two working days.

We reply within one working day