Scenic Sri Lanka Tout

An amazing nine-night tour of Sri Lanka, taking in UNESCO World Heritage sites, national parks with elephants and a blissful beach stay, including travel, safaris and excursions

Sri Lanka is a country strewn with cultural jewels and natural treasures. Its impressive landscapes host lush tropical forests, expansive dazzling lakes and magnificent mountain ranges. All this is scattered with captivating temples and ancient monuments, yet it remains largely untrodden by the typical tourist. With this nine-night tour, you can discover Sri Lanka’s best bits, with the unique advantage of your very own English-speaking chauffeur.

You’ll kick it all off in Dambulla, staying at Amaya Lake for two nights. Here, you’ll marvel at the impressive Sigiriya Rock Fortress, climbing to the summit of the eighth wonder of the world, as well as take a four-wheel-drive safari of Minneriya National Park – home to majestic elephants, leopards and sloth bears.

Next, it’s onto the UNESCO World Heritage City of Kandy in central Sri Lanka, famed for its sacred Buddhist sites. Here, you'll visit the mystical Dambulla Cave Temple and Temple of the Tooth – home to a tooth relic that belonged to Buddha himself – plus call by a Matale spice garden and eye up the colourful tropical displays at Peradeniya Botanical Gardens.

An overnight stay at a wilderness resort near Udawalawe National Park is next on the cards, parking you within a wildlife-rich pocket of Sri Lanka 200 kilometres southeast of Colombo city. A Jeep safari here will have you seeking out a menagerie of species that call this eco-park home – wild elephants, sambar deer, crocodiles, buffaloes, mongooses, water monitor lizards and sloths, to name but a few.

Last but not least, it’s time to slip down a few gears with five nights of beach bliss on Sri Lanka’s sandy shores in Bentota, at a dreamy beachside resort and spa.