Ceylon
Travelex
Private Sri Lanka holidays from Battaramulla, planned around your pace since 2010
How a trip is put together
The samples on this site are routes we already run. Your version changes the nights, the hotels and the order once we know the dates.
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A route, not a catalogue
Culture, the tea train, Yala, a south-coast villa, or a retreat week. Most trips are two of those, not all five.
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A car and a person
An English-speaking guide or chauffeur, a private car, and an airport meet. The Battaramulla desk stays reachable while you travel.
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Papers, then a hold
We can handle the Sri Lanka visa process. Rooms and the car are held when the plan is confirmed in writing, not when you first write to us.
Sample tours
Published shapes, with a sample rate where we have one. The Cultural Triangle and the short tea trails are priced from the rooms that are free.
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Ceylon signature escape
Six nights from the tea hills to Galle Fort and a Colombo send-off, with the Nanu Oya to Ella train when the railway has seats.
Sample from USD 1,615
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Cultural Triangle classics
Sigiriya, Dambulla, Polonnaruwa and Kandy with a private guide, and nights close enough that the early starts stay civil.
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Ella, the parks and Galle
Six nights through Ella, Udawalawe, Yala and Galle, with one half-day jeep safari in each park.
Sample from USD 1,050
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South coast villas
Five nights in a private pool villa around Ahangama, with Galle and Mirissa close enough for a slow day out.
Sample from USD 520
How people usually ask
Honeymoon, safari, villas, Ayurveda and cultural routes — the ways people usually ask for Sri Lanka, each linked to the sample tours that fit.
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Sri Lanka honeymoon
Private days for two through the tea hills and Galle, with a dinner reserved for the pair and a chauffeur who stays with you.
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Sri Lanka safari
Jeep mornings in Udawalawe and Yala, with Ella or Mirissa before the parks and Galle after, timed for the useful light.
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Private pool villas
Ahangama, Weligama or Tangalle houses with a pool, a private car when you want Galle or Mirissa, and no obligation to sightsee every day.
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Ayurveda retreat
A treatment stay near Dambulla with a short Kandy ending, using the retreat’s physician and meal plan rather than a massage add-on to a tour.
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Cultural tours
Sigiriya, Dambulla, Polonnaruwa and Kandy at a private pace, with nights close enough that the early starts stay civil.
Places on the route
The island stops we keep coming back to. Maldives, Japan, Vietnam and the rest of the outbound list sit further down the destinations page.
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Sigiriya
The rock fortress in the Cultural Triangle. Stay nearby and climb before the heat.
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Kandy
The lake city, the Temple of the Tooth, and the usual bridge between the ruins and the tea.
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Nuwara Eliya
Tea country, a cool night, and the station for the train down to Ella.
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Ella
Nine Arch Bridge, Little Adam’s Peak and Ravana Falls. Worth nights, not a window stop.
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Galle
The Dutch fort on the south coast. The lanes are better after the day trips have left.
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Yala
Dry-zone park for a leopard chance and a great deal of other wildlife. Sightings stay outside the contract.
Extra hands, when you want them
A holiday can stay a car, a guide and a good bed. These are the additions when the trip asks for more.
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Private charter flights
When a scheduled flight does not fit, we price a private charter around the timetable you want.
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Yacht charter
A private yacht for a day or a longer passage, with the boat and the crew arranged for you.
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Luxury cars
A prestige car with a driver, or a self-drive car when you want the wheel.
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Airport greeting
A chauffeur when you land, including an airside pickup where the airport allows it.
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Security
Close protection for the journey, if you want someone besides the guide and the driver.
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Houses and villas
Pool villas, private houses and country stays, matched to the size of the group.
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Gems and jewellery
A guided introduction to the gem trade, when shopping is part of the trip rather than a detour.
Partners we book with
Hotels, airlines and day operators we already work with on the island. The list is a start, not a closed catalogue.
Outbound with
Stays
Air, boats and days out
CTX Foundation · Yuthukama
$10 smile
Ten US dollars from every invoice goes to the CTX Foundation, through Yuthukama, for sanitation and hygiene in rural schools.
With just $10, place a smile on children’s faces as they look toward a cleaner school day — and a brighter stretch of their future.
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