Wellness
Village gardens (arranged near your stay)
Barefoot Earthing Morning
Dew still on the grass and the village just waking: a guided sunrise walk without shoes, slow walking meditation and a warm…
- 1–1.5 hours
- Year-round, early morning
✦ EXPERIENCES
Experiences
Tea country, whale watching, wildlife safaris.
50 experiences
Wellness
Culture
Southern / Central Sri Lanka
Handloom and Craft Village Visit
The steady clack of a wooden shuttle sets the rhythm in a weaver's workshop, where cotton becomes sarongs and hana fibre becomes…
- 3 hours
- Year-round
Culture
Ambalangoda
Traditional Mask Carving Workshop
Fresh shavings of pale kaduru wood curl from the carver's chisel as a demon's face slowly emerges. In Ambalangoda, on the south-west…
- 2–3 hours
- Year-round
Culture
Ratnapura
Gem and Jewellery Heritage Visit
Muddy water swirls through a woven basket until a glint of colour appears among the gravel. Ratnapura, Sri Lanka's 'city of gems',…
- 3–4 hours
- Year-round
Culture
Kandy
Kandy Cultural Performance
Drummers pound the double-headed geta bera as dancers in silver-beaded headdresses spin across the stage, before performers stride barefoot over glowing coals.…
- 1–2 hours
- Year-round
Culture
Colombo
Colombo Architecture and Fort Walk
Colonnades from the Dutch era, red-brick Edwardian facades and a candy-striped mosque share a few busy blocks of Colombo. Walk through Fort…
- 3 hours
- Year-round
Nature
Negombo
Negombo Lagoon Boat Ride
Fishermen mending nets on the shore, egrets lifting from the mangroves and the creak of an outrigger canoe set the mood on…
- 2–3 hours
- Year-round
Culture
Negombo / South Coast
Traditional Fishing Experience
Before sunrise, a line of fishermen leans into a rope, hauling a vast beach-seine net from the surf. Join coastal fishing communities…
- 2–3 hours
- Year-round
Nature
Anuradhapura / Polonnaruwa
Paddy Field Cycling
Morning mist hangs over emerald rice fields as you pedal along narrow earth bunds, past ancient reservoirs and grazing water buffalo. Explore…
- 2–4 hours
- Year-round
Food
Cultural villages
Village Lunch and Farm Visit
Woodsmoke from a clay hearth, the snap of fresh curry leaves and a meal served on a lotus leaf define this morning…
- 3–4 hours
- Year-round
Wellness
Kandy
Meditation Session in Kandy
Temple bells drift across Kandy Lake and a trace of incense hangs in the air as you settle onto a cushion. A…
- 1–2 hours
- Year-round
Wellness
South / East Coast
Yoga by the Coast
Salt air, the hush of breaking waves and the first warm light on the sand make an easy start to the day.…
- 1–2 hours
- Year-round (south coast November–April, east coast May–September)