Explore the island
Ten destinations,
one quiet island.
From misted tea estates to leopard country and the south's wildest beaches — the destinations that define a luxury Sri Lanka journey.
Hill Country
Ella
Misted hills and the world's most cinematic train ride.
Cultural Triangle
Sigiriya
A 5th-century rock fortress rising from the jungle.
Hill Country gateway
Kandy
Lakeside royal capital and Sri Lanka's spiritual heart.
South Coast
Galle
A 17th-century Dutch fort by the Indian Ocean.
South Coast
Mirissa
Crescent beach, blue whales offshore.
South Coast
Tangalle
Long empty beaches and Sri Lanka's most refined villas.
Hill Country
Nuwara Eliya
Little England — colonial bungalows in the high tea country.
East Coast
Arugam Bay
The east coast's mythical right-hand point break.
Southern Wildlife
Yala
The world's densest leopard population, privately.
South Coast
Hiriketiya
The horseshoe bay everyone whispers about.
Cultural Triangle
Dambulla
Cave temples and granite hills at the heart of the ancient kingdoms.
Cultural Triangle
Polonnaruwa
Sri Lanka's medieval capital, best explored by bicycle at dawn.
Cultural Triangle
Anuradhapura
The island's first capital and one of Buddhism's most sacred cities.
Cultural Triangle
Mihintale
The cradle of Sri Lankan Buddhism, climbed at sunset.
Cultural Triangle
Habarana
The natural hub for Sigiriya, Minneriya and the cultural sites.
East Coast
Trincomalee
Sri Lanka's deep-water harbour and the gateway to the east coast.
East Coast
Nilaveli
A long, quiet white-sand beach with a coral island offshore.
East Coast
Pasikuda
A shallow, sheltered bay — the calmest swimming on the east coast.
Northern Province
Jaffna
Sri Lanka's Tamil capital — palm-flat, sun-bleached, full of stories.
Hill Country
Haputale
A cliff-edge tea town with Sri Lanka's most spectacular views.
Hill Country
Hatton
The heart of the highest tea estates and the gateway to Ceylon Tea Trails.
Hill Country
Adam's Peak
Sri Lanka's sacred mountain — climbed by pilgrims in the small hours.
Hill Country
Kitulgala
Sri Lanka's adventure capital — rainforest, rapids and birds.
Hill Country
Knuckles Range
A UNESCO mountain wilderness east of Kandy — the most remote walking on the island.
Hill Country
Horton Plains
A high-altitude plateau ending in a 870-metre cliff — World's End.
Hill Country
Riverston
A little-known cliff-edge ridge at the northern edge of the Knuckles.
Hill Country
Belihuloya
A hidden river valley between the highlands and the south.
West Coast
Colombo
Sri Lanka's reinvented capital — galleries, gardens and Geoffrey Bawa.
West Coast
Negombo
The airport beach town — convenient, candid, full of fishing boats.
West Coast
Bentota
The original West Coast resort — Geoffrey Bawa's beach.
South Coast
Ahangama
The design-led surf village between Galle and Weligama.
South Coast
Weligama
A wide sheltered surf bay anchored by the Cape Weligama cliff resort.
South Coast
Unawatuna
A sheltered crescent bay a short tuk-tuk from Galle Fort.
South Coast
Talalla
A long, empty palm-fringed bay east of Mirissa — the south's quietest beach.
South Coast
Dickwella
A long quiet stretch east of Tangalle anchored by Cape Weligama's sister resort.
Wildlife
Wilpattu
Sri Lanka's largest national park — quieter than Yala, with sloth bear and leopard.
Wildlife
Udawalawe
Sri Lanka's elephant park — herds of up to a hundred at the reservoir.
Wildlife
Kumana
A remote bird-rich park east of Yala — the quietest of the south's safaris.
Wildlife
Sinharaja
Sri Lanka's last primary lowland rainforest — UNESCO-listed.
Wildlife
Gal Oya
Sri Lanka's only park where elephants swim between islands.