01 / 06Ancient Kingdom
7.9570° N / 80.7603° E
Sigiriya
A 200-meter rock citadel rising from the jungle, frescoes still glowing after 1,500 years.
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Private journeys · Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
is closer
than you think.
Private journeys designed around you
Sigiriya Sunrise
Lion Rock, 5th-century sky citadel
01 — A portfolio of places
An island worth
getting lost in.
Eight destinations, drawn from twenty years of running private journeys through Sri Lanka. Each one is a chapter — pick the ones that pull at you.
02 — Choose your direction
Where will Sri Lanka take you?
02 / 06Above the Clouds
6.8667° N / 81.0466° E
Ella
Tea-carpeted hills, misty ridgelines, and the slow blue train that everyone falls in love with.
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03 / 06Into the Wild
6.4450° N / 81.4750° E
Yala
Sri Lanka's largest national park — leopard country, elephant herds, and dunes that meet the ocean.
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04 / 06Meet the Indian Ocean
5.9484° N / 80.6853° E
Mirissa
A crescent of coconut palms, slow surf, and blue whales feeding a mile off the beach.
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05 / 06The Last Kingdom
7.2906° N / 80.6337° E
Kandy
Sri Lanka's last royal capital — a sacred lake, a temple holding the Buddha's tooth, and cool hills.
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06 / 06Stories by the Sea
6.0269° N / 80.2170° E
Galle
A 400-year-old Dutch fort, lived-in lanes, and the southern coast's most romantic evenings.
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03 — The shape of a journey
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Arrive
We meet you at Bandaranaike International. A private car is waiting, your driver is the same one who'll be with you the whole journey, and the only thing on the schedule for tonight is dinner under the stars.
02 —
Explore
Sigiriya before dawn. The Kandy–Ella train by 8am. A leopard-tracking jeep into Yala at first light. We move at your pace — not on a tour bus's clock — and every drive is broken up with the small detours you'd never find on your own.
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Experience
Mountains and tea in the morning. Wildlife by lunch. A different ocean by dinner. Sri Lanka is the rare island where four climates sit within a four-hour drive, and we'll show you all of them if you want.
04 —
Remember
Hand-bound photo books. A private chef's recipes for the dishes you couldn't stop talking about. A handwritten letter from your driver. A journey designed around you doesn't end at the airport — it just becomes yours.
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04 — The magazine
Right
Now.
August / Sri Lanka
Issue 24
Cover · Arugam Bay · 6.8400° N
№ 24
Cover story
The east coast
opens up.
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East Coast Season
Sun, surf and long evenings.
Arugam Bay is on now. The south-west monsoon flips the island's swell to the east coast, and the point at Arugam Bay turns into one of the world's most laid-back longboard breaks.
Read story
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The Hill Country
Cool mornings in Ella.
Up in Uva Province the temperature drops ten degrees. Mist sits in the tea valleys until 9am, the blue train rolls through twice a day, and the ridgeline walks are at their best before the cloud lifts.
Read story
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Into the Wild
Safari season in Yala.
Block 1 of Yala is at its driest. Water is concentrated at the rivers and pans, which means leopard sightings spike. We run pre-dawn jeeps from a private camp just outside the park gate.
Read story
05 — Sample journeys
Journeys
A 12-day loop through Sri Lanka's centre and south. Use it as a starting point — every route is rebuilt around you.
Day 01
Colombo
Arrive, jet-lag recovery, seafood dinner
Day 03
Sigiriya
Lion Rock at dawn, Dambulla caves
Day 05
Kandy
Temple of the Tooth, botanical gardens
Day 06
Ella
The blue train, Nine Arch Bridge
Day 09
Yala
Pre-dawn leopard safari, private camp
Day 11
Galle
The fort, sapphire country, sunset ramparts
06 — The next step
Make it
your journey.
Tell us where you're flying from, when, and what calls to you. We'll come back within 24 hours with a hand-drawn route, a private driver, and the kind of small details you won't find on a tour.