Eight days that show you the very best of Sri Lanka at a relaxed pace. Climb the Lion Rock at sunrise, ride the famous blue train through emerald tea estates, look for leopards in Yala and end with sundowners on the ramparts of Galle.
You travel privately with your own chauffeur-guide and stay in hand-picked boutique hotels.
8 days · 7 nights · 10 stops
Your chauffeur-guide welcomes you at the airport with a garland and cold king coconut. Drive north through coconut plantations and paddy fields to your jungle lodge near Sigiriya.
Beat the heat with a sunrise climb of Sigiriya, then visit the golden cave temples of Dambulla in the afternoon. Optional village cooking class at sunset.
Drive into the hills via a spice garden in Matale. In the evening join the drummers and pilgrims at the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic.
Climb through waterfalls and terraced tea to Nuwara Eliya. Visit a working tea factory and taste fresh BOP straight from the withering lofts.
Board the blue train at Nanu Oya for three hours of tea estates, tunnels and waterfalls. Your driver meets you in Ella for a walk to the Nine Arch Bridge.
Descend from the hills to the dry south-east. Afternoon jeep safari in Yala with a naturalist – leopards, elephants, crocodiles and hundreds of birds.
Follow the coast past stilt fishermen to Mirissa for a swim, then on to Galle. Wander the cobbled lanes and watch the sunset from the ramparts.
A leisurely breakfast, then the Southern Expressway to the airport – or extend your stay with a few more beach days.
The perfect first trip: ancient cities, the sacred tooth temple, tea country by train, a leopard safari and the sea forts of the south coast.
Five days among the royal capitals: sacred Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa by bike, Sigiriya and the cave temples of Dambulla.
Four cool, green days in the hill country: tea factories, World’s End at dawn and the blue train to Ella.
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