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Stilt fishermen on their poles off Koggala, silhouetted against an orange sunset. Tea terraces covering rolling hills in the central highlands, mountains behind. Sigiriya rock seen from the causeway through the water gardens, under a clear blue sky. The beach at Bentota, a curve of white sand under coconut palms with turquoise water offshore.

Sri Lanka

One island, every landscape

Private, guided trips, planned from Colombo.

  • 7 packages
  • 5 to 12 days
  • 1,868 m at the highest night
  • 8 World Heritage Sites
See the seven trips +94 76 733 1600
Seven trips below
What
Private, guided trips. One vehicle, one driver guide, no coach and no group.
Where
The whole island. Seven regions, eight World Heritage Sites, twenty six national parks.
How much
Priced on request, to your dates, your group and the hotel tier you choose. Ask, and the figure comes back inside two working days.
Reach us
+94 76 733 1600 or the enquiry form. A reply inside two working days.

Your trip, your way

Seven ways to see the island

Every one is private and driven, and every one can be moved by a week, a night or a region. These are starting points, not products.

The trips in full

Three to start with

All seven trips
Sigiriya rock seen from the causeway through the water gardens, under a clear blue sky.

11 days West coast · Cultural Triangle · Hill country · Deep south · South coast

Panoramic Sri Lanka

The whole island in eleven days: Sigiriya and Polonnaruwa, Kandy, the tea country and Horton Plains, a game drive in Yala and two nights on the beach at Bentota.

Price on request

The white Thuparamaya dagoba at Anuradhapura, ringed by slender stone pillars under a blue sky.

9 days Cultural Triangle · Hill country · South coast

Cultural and Historical

Nine days through two thousand years: Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Sigiriya and Dambulla, then Kandy and the tea country, and two days at Bentota to finish.

Price on request

The beach at Bentota, a curve of white sand under coconut palms with turquoise water offshore.

12 days West coast · South coast

Beach Holiday Getaway

Twelve days down the west and south coasts: Negombo, Mirissa and its whales, the reef at Hikkaduwa, the lagoon at Bentota and two last nights at Kalutara.

Price on request

Our island

Seven regions, and when each one is good

A map of Sri Lanka with the seven regions Ceylon Getaways travels marked on it.
  1. 01 The Cultural Triangle February to September
  2. 02 Kandy and the hill country January to March, and December
  3. 03 The south coast December to March
  4. 04 Yala and the dry-zone parks February to July
  5. 05 Sinharaja and the wet zone January to March, and August
  6. 06 Colombo Any month. It is hot and humid throughout
  7. 07 The east and the north May to September
Close view of wet tea leaves on the bush.
There is no best time to visit Sri Lanka. There is a best time for each coast, and they are six months apart.
Which is the whole of the planning problem

When to go

Two monsoons, running opposite each other

The full guide
Typical pattern by region. Not a forecast.
Region JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
West and south coast Jan: Book it Feb: Book it Mar: Book it Apr: Workable May: Wrong season Jun: Wrong season Jul: Workable Aug: Workable Sep: Wrong season Oct: Wrong season Nov: Workable Dec: Book it
Hill country Jan: Book it Feb: Book it Mar: Book it Apr: Workable May: Wrong season Jun: Wrong season Jul: Workable Aug: Workable Sep: Workable Oct: Wrong season Nov: Wrong season Dec: Book it
Cultural Triangle Jan: Workable Feb: Book it Mar: Book it Apr: Book it May: Book it Jun: Book it Jul: Book it Aug: Book it Sep: Book it Oct: Wrong season Nov: Wrong season Dec: Wrong season
East coast Jan: Wrong season Feb: Wrong season Mar: Workable Apr: Workable May: Book it Jun: Book it Jul: Book it Aug: Book it Sep: Book it Oct: Workable Nov: Wrong season Dec: Wrong season
North Jan: Wrong season Feb: Workable Mar: Book it Apr: Book it May: Book it Jun: Book it Jul: Book it Aug: Book it Sep: Book it Oct: Workable Nov: Wrong season Dec: Wrong season

Book it Workable Wrong season

A tea plucker working through waist-high bushes on a hill-country estate, seen from behind at a distance.

How it works

Four steps, and no booking engine

Nothing on this site books itself. Every trip is drafted by a person, argued over, and changed two or three times before anything is paid for. That is slower than a booking engine and it is the only way to get the months right.

  1. 01

    Tell us the dates and the shape

    Two lines is enough to start: when you can travel and roughly how long. Everything else can be worked out in conversation.

  2. 02

    We send a draft, with the reasoning

    A day by day plan within two working days, and the reasons for it. If a month is wrong for a coast, we say so and move the coast rather than the month.

  3. 03

    You change it

    Most plans go through two or three rounds. Nothing is booked until the shape is right and you have said so.

  4. 04

    We book, and you have a number that answers

    A deposit confirms the trip. From then until you fly home there is one person on the other end of the phone who knows your itinerary.

Above: a plucking crew on a hill-country estate. Stock photography, not our own guides.

Tell us when you can travel

Two lines is enough to start. Dates and roughly how long, and we will send a day by day plan within two working days with the reasoning behind it.

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