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Tea picking & factory tours
Walk the estates with a tea picker and see the leaf-to-cup process in the hill country, then taste the season's flush a few metres from where it was grown.
Explore Nuwara Eliya
Experiences
Moments you'll carry home
Beyond sightseeing: the experiences that bring you closer to how Sri Lankans live, cook, work and spend their time.
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Home-style cooking classes
Learn to make rice and curry, hoppers or sambol in a family kitchen, with spices bought that morning and a long lunch at the end of it.
Discover Sri Lankan food
03
Whale & dolphin watching
Boat trips from Mirissa and Trincomalee during the seasonal migration window, when blue whales, spinner dolphins and turtles pass close to shore.
Explore Mirissa
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Scenic train journeys
The Kandy–Ella line is one of the most scenic rail routes in Asia: tea terraces, waterfalls and tiny stations where vendors sell snacks through the windows.
See the train journey
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Wildlife safaris
Open-jeep safaris in Yala, Udawalawe and Wilpattu national parks, in search of leopards, elephants, sloth bears and extraordinary birdlife.
See the Yala safari
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Surf lessons
Beginner-friendly breaks at Weligama, and bigger swells at Arugam Bay. Warm water, patient instructors and a coconut on the beach afterwards.
Explore Arugam Bay
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Ayurveda & wellness
Traditional herbal treatments, sunrise yoga by the sea and quiet hill country retreats. Add a few restorative days to any route.
Discover wellness