✦ TOURS
Private, guided journeys across the island.
51 tours
Beach
Trincomalee–Nilaveli–Pasikuda
Children can wade far out into Pasikuda's shallow, reef-sheltered bay, and the snorkelling at Pigeon Island is a short boat ride from…
Heritage
Jaffna–Mannar
Across the long Sangupiddy bridge, the far north-west feels a world away from the beach resorts. Five days explore Jaffna's kovils, island…
Culture
Colombo–Anuradhapura–Jaffna
Roughly four hundred kilometres separate Colombo from Jaffna, and few drives in Sri Lanka show so much change. Travel up the west…
Luxury
Kandy–Hatton–Ella
Two nights in a tea-country bungalow near Hatton, then one of the island's great train rides: this five-day journey moves from Kandy…
Honeymoon
Kandy–Ella–Yala–South Coast
Picture an open train window with tea slopes sliding past, a quiet jeep at dawn in Yala and a long beach with…
Private
Negombo–Anuradhapura–Sigiriya–Kandy–Ella–Galle
Rather than a new hotel every night, this ten-day journey gives most places two. Linger by the Negombo lagoon, cycle between Anuradhapura's…
Craft
Colombo–Kandy–Matale–Ambalangoda
Behind every Kandyan carving, brass lamp and painted Ambalangoda mask stands a family of makers. Spend five days meeting them, from Colombo's…
Rail
Colombo–Kandy–Nuwara Eliya–Ella–Galle
Hear the whistle at Colombo Fort station and watch the city give way to rubber country as the train climbs the Kadugannawa…
Photography
Kandy–Nuwara Eliya–Ella
For photographers, the hill country is all about timing. Reach World's End before the mist rises, catch tea pickers at work on…
Beach
Jaffna–Trincomalee–Pasikuda
This journey links two regions that most itineraries keep apart. Spend three days among Jaffna's kovils, lagoons and the wild ponies of…
Beach
Negombo–Bentota–Galle–Weligama–Tangalle
Outrigger canoes rest on Negombo's sand at dawn, and by the end of the week you will have traded them for the…
Culture
Anuradhapura–Polonnaruwa–Sigiriya–Kandy
Kings ruled from Anuradhapura for more than a thousand years before power shifted to Polonnaruwa and, much later, to Kandy. Trace that…