Island-wide0114 days
Classic
The Long Way Round
Colombo, the Cultural Triangle, the hill country and the south coast in one unhurried loop.
From $2,480 per personView
Sri Lanka, arranged by people who live here
The island,
connected.
Tea-country mornings, quiet beaches, and the long way round. We plan private trips across Sri Lanka and stay with you from the first email to the last transfer.
Typical trips run 7–14 days, from $150 per person per day.
- years planning
- 17
- years planning
- travellers hosted
- 2,400+
- travellers hosted
- local guides
- 40
- local guides
- SLTDA-licensed guides
- Private driver throughout
- Handpicked, family-run hotels
- 24-hour support in Colombo
Itineraries
Itineraries to start from,
not to stick to.
Three of the shapes we build most often. Every one gets rebuilt around your dates, your pace, and how much driving you’re willing to do.
Hill Country028 days
Walking
Tea, Trails & Waterfalls
The Kandy–Ella train, tea estate walks, and three days of cool mornings in the hills.
From $1,390 per personView
South Coast037 days
Beach
South Coast Slow
Galle, Mirissa and Tangalle — three bases, short drives, and almost nothing scheduled.
From $1,150 per personView
Why travel with us
A small company with a long memory of the island.
We are not a booking platform. We are a team of planners and guides in Colombo who take a limited number of trips each month, so the person who builds your itinerary is the person you can call while you’re here.
More about us“We asked for ‘not too much driving’. What we got was three days in Ella we hadn’t thought to ask for.”
- 01
Local money stays local
We book family-run hotels and pay guides directly, not through an agency chain. The person driving you owns the car.
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Honest about fit
If a place isn’t right for you, we say so — even when it’s the one everyone asks for. A shorter trip done well beats a full one done badly.
- 03
Slow over full
Fewer stops, longer stays. The itinerary is a plan, not a checklist, and there is always room for the thing you didn’t know about.
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Leave the island as we found it
No elephant rides, small groups, and no sending people where the wildlife doesn’t want them. We’d rather lose the booking.
Where we go
Six reasons to leave the coast.
Sri Lanka is small enough to cross in a day and varied enough to spend a month. These are the regions we know best — and the right months to see each one.
- 01Colombo & the WestWhere most trips beginNovember to April
- 02The Cultural TriangleAnuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Sigiriya, DambullaDecember to April
- 03Hill CountryKandy, Nuwara Eliya, Ella, HaputaleJanuary to March, July to September
- 04The South CoastGalle, Unawatuna, Mirissa, TangalleNovember to April
- 05Yala & the Deep SouthYala, Udawalawe, TissamaharamaFebruary to June
- 06Jaffna & the NorthJaffna, Delft, Point PedroMay to September
How it works
A trip comes together in three steps.
No forms that go nowhere. A planner reads what you send, replies personally, and keeps the same thread through to the end.
- 01
Tell us the shape of the trip
Dates, budget, who’s coming, and the things you’d rather skip. A phone call is often quicker than email.
- 02
A draft in two working days
An outline with hotels, driving times, and a price that includes everything we’ve listed.
- 03
Refine it, then we book
Two or three rounds of changes, usually. Then we hold the rooms and send the final documents.
In their words
“We asked for ‘not too much driving’. What we got was three days in Ella we hadn’t thought to ask for, and a driver who knew which side of the train to sit on.”
Plan with a local
Tell us the trip you’re imagining.
Dates, budget, who’s coming, and the things you’d rather skip. We’ll come back with a plan in two working days.
We reply within one working day