All Sri Lanka itineraries

17 curated Sri Lanka itineraries and 8,915 total route options by trip length. Open one for the full day-by-day plan, then tailor it to your dates, group and budget.

• Quick 4 nights: Colombo and Bentota · 5 days, Colombo → Bentota · from ₹33,000 per person, base estimate before flights. A long weekend: two city nights for temples, markets and crab, then two on the beach.
• Quick 4 nights: Colombo and Galle Fort · 5 days, Colombo → Galle · from ₹26,050 per person, base estimate before flights. One night in the capital, the coastal train and three slow nights in and around the Galle Fort.
• Kandy and Nuwara Eliya: temples and tea · 6 days, Kandy → Nuwara Eliya → Negombo · from ₹34,425 per person, base estimate before flights. Hill country only: Kandy's temple and gardens, then tea estates and Horton Plains, with a beach night by the airport.
• Cultural Triangle and Kandy · 7 days, Negombo → Sigiriya & Dambulla → Kandy · from ₹44,075 per person, base estimate before flights. Three nights for the rock fortress, cave temple, Polonnaruwa and wild elephants, then Kandy's temple and gardens.
• Tea country by train: Kandy, Nuwara Eliya and Ella · 7 days, Kandy → Nuwara Eliya → Ella → Colombo · from ₹45,225 per person, base estimate before flights. Hill country by rail, with tea factories at each stop and the best of Ella before a last night in Colombo.
• East coast summer: Sigiriya and Trincomalee · 8 days, Negombo → Sigiriya & Dambulla → Trincomalee · from ₹52,075 per person, base estimate before flights. The mid-year option (May–September): the Cultural Triangle, then four calm-sea nights on the east coast while the south-west monsoon hits the other side.
• Family week: Kandy, tea hills and Bentota beach · 8 days, Negombo → Kandy → Nuwara Eliya → Bentota · from ₹55,800 per person, base estimate before flights. Short drives, gardens, a tea factory and three beach nights with boat rides and turtles, paced for children.
• Ramayana trail: Munneswaram, Sita Eliya, Ella and Kelaniya · 8 days, Negombo → Kandy → Nuwara Eliya → Ella → Galle → Colombo · from ₹47,475 per person, base estimate before flights. The temples and sites linked to the Ramayana in Sri Lankan tradition, from the Shiva temples near Chilaw to Sita Eliya, Ravana Falls, Rumassala and Kelaniya.
• South coast beaches: Bentota, Galle and Mirissa · 8 days, Bentota → Galle → Mirissa · from ₹51,650 per person, base estimate before flights. Beach-only week down the west and south coast with short drives: river boats, the Galle Fort, whales and surf.
• Sri Lanka classic: Sigiriya, Kandy, tea country and Galle · 8 days, Negombo → Sigiriya & Dambulla → Kandy → Nuwara Eliya → Ella → Galle · from ₹56,600 per person, base estimate before flights. The standard first loop by car and driver: Lion Rock and elephants, Kandy's temple, a tea factory, the scenic train to Ella and a night in Galle Fort.
• Hills to the south coast: Kandy, Ella, Yala and Mirissa · 9 days, Kandy → Nuwara Eliya → Ella → Yala & Tissamaharama → Mirissa → Galle · from ₹62,325 per person, base estimate before flights. Skip the Cultural Triangle and go straight to the hills, then a leopard safari and the south coast.
• Wildlife: Minneriya elephants, Yala leopards and Bundala birds · 9 days, Negombo → Sigiriya & Dambulla → Kandy → Ella → Yala & Tissamaharama · from ₹66,475 per person, base estimate before flights. Elephants in the Cultural Triangle, the train through the hills and two dawn starts at Yala for leopards, with Bundala for birds.
• Honeymoon: Kandy, Ella, Mirissa and Bentota · 10 days, Kandy → Ella → Mirissa → Bentota · from ₹67,200 per person, base estimate before flights. Hill views and the scenic train first, then five nights on the south and west coast with whale watching, quiet coves and an Ayurveda day.
• Backpacker: trains, hikes and surf · 11 days, Colombo → Kandy → Ella → Mirissa → Galle · from ₹70,000 per person, base estimate before flights. Trains and buses instead of a driver: Kandy, three nights of Ella hikes, surf and whales on the south coast, and the Fort to finish.
• Summer loop: Cultural Triangle, Trincomalee and the hills · 11 days, Negombo → Sigiriya & Dambulla → Trincomalee → Kandy → Nuwara Eliya → Colombo · from ₹83,825 per person, base estimate before flights. Built for July–August school holidays: ancient sites, east-coast beaches in season, Kandy (time it for the Perahera) and tea country.
• Grand tour: Cultural Triangle, hills, Yala and the south coast · 13 days, Negombo → Sigiriya & Dambulla → Kandy → Nuwara Eliya → Ella → Yala & Tissamaharama → Mirissa → Galle · from ₹97,800 per person, base estimate before flights. The full island loop in under two weeks: ancient cities, Kandy, the scenic train, a leopard safari and the south coast.
• Slow fortnight: the full circuit at an easy pace · 15 days, Negombo → Sigiriya & Dambulla → Kandy → Nuwara Eliya → Ella → Mirissa → Colombo · from ₹96,675 per person, base estimate before flights. Two or three nights at each stop, so long drives alternate with rest days and the beach comes at the end.