Grand Sri Lanka Tour

Arrive, meet your chauffeur-guide, and ease into island life with a gentle first day in Colombo's seafront capital.

• Airport pickup & welcome

  08:00 – 08:30

• Colombo city drive & Galle Face Green

• Pettah market walk

• Welcome dinner

Head north-east to Sigiriya, stopping at Dambulla's golden cave temples along the way.

• Drive to Sigiriya

  08:00 – 12:00

• Dambulla cave temples

  13:30 – 15:00

• Sunset at Pidurangala Rock

Climb the Lion Rock at first light, then slow down with a catamaran ride, bullock cart and home-cooked village lunch.

• Sigiriya Rock climb

  06:30 – 10:00

• Traditional village experience & lunch

• Minneriya elephant safari (seasonal)

  15:00 – 18:00

About 1,200 steps — an early start avoids the heat.

Travel to Kandy via a Matale spice garden. Evening puja at the Temple of the Tooth and a Kandyan cultural show.

• Matale spice garden

• Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic

  Evening puja

  17:30 – 18:30

• Kandyan cultural dance show

  19:00 – 20:00

Wind up through waterfalls and plantations to Nuwara Eliya. Tour a tea factory and sip single-estate Ceylon at the source.

• Ramboda Falls stop

• Tea factory tour & tasting

  11:00 – 12:30

• Gregory Lake stroll

Cool evenings — bring a jacket.

The famous blue train glides through cloud forest to Ella. Evening golden hour at the Nine Arch Bridge.

• Train Nanu Oya → Ella

  Reserved window seats

  09:30 – 13:00

• Nine Arch Bridge sunset

  16:30 – 18:00

Hike Little Adam's Peak at sunrise, then descend to leopard country on the edge of Yala National Park.

• Little Adam's Peak hike

  05:30 – 07:30

• Ravana Falls stop

• Drive to Tissamaharama

  10:00 – 13:00

• Evening lake birdwatching

Dawn and dusk 4x4 game drives tracking leopards, elephants and sloth bears with an expert naturalist.

• Dawn game drive

  05:30 – 10:00

• Bush breakfast

• Dusk game drive

  15:00 – 18:30

Neutral clothing; binoculars provided.

Trade jungle for ocean: explore Galle Fort's Dutch-era lanes, then sink your toes into Mirissa's golden sand.

• Galle Fort walking tour

  10:00 – 12:30

• Seafood lunch on the ramparts

• Mirissa beach afternoon

• Farewell beach BBQ

An optional dawn whale-watching cruise, one last swim, and a comfortable expressway transfer to the airport.

• Whale-watching cruise (optional)

  Blue whales & dolphins

  06:30 – 10:30

• Late breakfast & check-out

• Airport transfer

  11:30 – 14:30

Keep 3 hours before your departure flight.