Every trip we run is tailor-made — but these sample itineraries show how the island comes together across different durations and themes. Use one as a starting point; we’ll shape it around you.
Heritage Circuit12 nights · from £6,420 ppAnuradhapura · Sigiriya · Kandy
A long, slow reading of the Cultural Triangle and its capitals — from Anuradhapura's reservoirs to Kandy's last lake. Three UNESCO sites, two private archaeologists, one tooth relic.
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Hill Country Focus10 nights · from £5,180 ppHatton · Nuwara Eliya · Ella
Ten nights in restored 1890s planter's bungalows above the tea — Castlereagh, Norwood, Adisham. We ride the narrow-gauge from Kandy to Ella; you read; the kettle does the rest.
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British Ceylon9 nights · from £4,640 ppGalle · Mirissa · Kataragama
Galle Fort's seventeenth-century ramparts, a chef's table in a 1690 Dutch warehouse, blue-whale season off Mirissa, and a private dawn at the Kataragama pilgrim road.
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Heritage Circuit7 nights · from £3,820 ppMatale · Aluvihare · Embekka
A week of cardamom, pepper and ola-leaf manuscripts — cooking residencies, the cave where the Pali Canon was first written down, and the timber carvings of Embekka.
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Wildlife & Beaches14 nights · from £7,920 ppWilpattu · Knuckles · Horton Plains
Two weeks of golden hours — leopards in Wilpattu, the ridgeline of Adam's Peak, Horton Plains at first light, Yapahuwa's carved staircase, and a final five nights inside Galle Fort.
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Honeymoon11 nights · from £8,640 ppKandy · Nuwara Eliya · Tangalle
Eleven nights of nothing in particular — a Geoffrey Bawa hotel above Bentota, a planter's suite in Hatton, a private villa on a Tangalle headland, and a final two nights inside Galle's ramparts.
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Classic Sri Lanka9 nights · from £3,480 ppSigiriya · Kandy · Ella · South Coast
The whole island in one well-paced fortnight — the Cultural Triangle, a safari, the hill-country train and a finish on the south coast. The ideal first trip.
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Family Adventure10 nights · from £3,960 ppSigiriya · Kandy · Udawalawe · South Coast
Short drives, an easy safari, a fort to explore, a train through the tea and a soft landing on a calm south-coast beach — paced for real families.
View itineraryBritish Ceylon13 nights · from £6,980 ppColombo · Galle · Kandy · Tea Country · Sigiriya
Fourteen days for the heritage traveller — colonial Colombo and Galle Fort, the cultural triangle, the great hill-country railway and a planter’s bungalow above the tea. The signature Ceylon journey.
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