A hand-picked guide to Sri Lanka · with a planner inside
Build a Sri Lanka trip from places worth your time.
Pick the stops, fit them into real driving times and day breaks, share the plan with whoever you're going with.
11 regions55 towns covered8 UNESCO sitesNo sponsors
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Every place in the guide by region, category, town, or heritage status.
The planner
Not another list. A trip that actually fits together.
Every place carries a visit length, and the planner strings your picks into days with real driving times between stops — so five days means five days, not a wish list.
Start a tripSouthern coast — draft
Day 1 of 5
Starter routes
A few starter routes
Each one is a real trip — tap to load it as a draft you can edit.
5 days · southern coast
Beaches, surf, and old port towns along the south.
- Galle Fort
- Weligama Beach
- Mirissa Beach
- Unawatuna
- Hikkaduwa Beach
5 days · hill country
Tea estates, train rides, and viewpoints above the cloud line.
- Ella Rock
- Nine Arch Bridge
- Lipton's Seat
- Adam's Peak (Sri Pada)
- Horton Plains National Park
1 week · across the island
One stop in each major region — west, centre, hills, east, south.
- Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage
- Sigiriya Rock Fortress
- Ella Rock
- Arugam Bay
- Galle Fort
From the guide
Some places we've written up
Coming soon
Hotels, cafés and restaurants are next.
A handful are already written up — they'll publish once we have a way to keep menus and rates accurate. Sneak peek below.
In the archive — publishing soonHotel
Galle Face Hotel
Colombo · Western
In the archive — publishing soonCafé
Café Kumbuk
Colombo · Western
In the archive — publishing soonRestaurant
Ministry of Crab
Colombo · Western
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No sponsored listings, no affiliate links, no algorithmic ranking. A fixed list, hand-picked, with the planner built in.
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