✦ TOURS
Private, guided journeys across the island.
51 tours
Safari
Wilpattu–Minneriya–Yala–Udawalawe
Dawn mist lifting off Wilpattu's lake-like villus, elephants massing on the grassy shores of Minneriya, Yala's rocky outcrops where leopards sometimes rest:…
Culture
Colombo–Kandy–Matale–Galle
Cardamom, clove and cinnamon bark scent the air in Matale's spice gardens long before you see the plants. From Colombo's Pettah markets…
Nature
Colombo–Kandy–Ella–South Coast
Some journeys are about seeing more; this one is about feeling less hurried. Yoga as mist lifts over the Ella gap, a…
Family
Negombo–Sigiriya–Kandy–Ella–Bentota
Bullock-cart rides between paddy fields, a climb past giant lion's paws at Sigiriya and a slow train winding through tea estates make…
Luxury
Colombo–Cultural Triangle–Kandy–Ella–Yala–Galle
Frescoed maidens high on Sigiriya's rock face set the tone for ten days that also take in drumming at Kandy's Temple of…
Culture
Colombo–Kandy–Nuwara Eliya–Ella–South Coast
Long before tea and railways reached these hills, local tradition wove the Ramayana into them. This journey visits a Hanuman shrine above…
Culture
Ratnapura–Sinharaja
Muddy gravel swirls in a wicker basket beside a Ratnapura gem pit, and every so often something glints. Travellers see how sapphires…
Coast
Kalpitiya–Wilpattu
At first light, spinner dolphins often arc beside the boats off Kalpitiya, though no two mornings are the same. On this north-west…
Beach
Arugam Bay–Pottuvil
Watch a long right-hander peel off the point at sunset, then paddle out yourself on a gentler break the next morning. On…
Adventure
Kitulgala
Brown-green water foams over boulders on the Kelani River, rainforest presses in from both banks, and the call of 'paddle forward!' rings…
Culture
Kandy–Peradeniya
Drums beat out across the lake as lamps are lit at the Temple of the Tooth, and the hills around Kandy fade…
Heritage
Sigiriya–Dambulla
Painted ceilings glow in the dim caves above Dambulla, and a short drive away Sigiriya's sheer rock rises out of the forest.…