Grand Island Circuit

Multi-Day

Grand Island Circuit

14 days · 13 nights Transport from US$1,120, all-inclusive

The complete Sri Lanka — ancient kingdoms, misty tea estates, two contrasting safaris, whale-rich seas and slow days on the island's finest beaches.

Highlights

  • Anuradhapura & Polonnaruwa ancient cities
  • Sigiriya and the Cultural Triangle
  • Tea-estate stay in Nuwara Eliya
  • Yala + Udawalawe twin safaris
  • Whale watching in Mirissa (in season)
  • Galle Fort, Unawatuna & hidden south-coast bays

Itinerary

Days 1–3

Negombo → Ancient Cities

Ease in on the lagoon coast, then journey through Anuradhapura's sacred stupas and Polonnaruwa's stone gardens by bicycle.

Days 4–5

Sigiriya & Knuckles foothills

The Lion Rock at dawn, cave temples at Dambulla and an elephant safari at Minneriya.

Days 6–7

Kandy → Tea Country

The sacred city, then climbing roads through emerald estates to a colonial-era tea bungalow in Nuwara Eliya.

Days 8–9

The Railway → Ella

The celebrated blue train through cloud forest, Nine Arch Bridge and highland hikes.

Days 10–11

Safari Country

Udawalawe's elephant herds and Yala's elusive leopards, with a night between the parks.

Days 12–13

The South Coast

Whales at Mirissa, snorkelling coves, and lazy afternoons behind Galle's Dutch ramparts.

Day 14

Departure

A scenic expressway transfer back to the airport — or extend with extra beach days.

Curated route, not a fixed package

A route to steal, priced the honest way

Every journey here is a real, drivable itinerary we would happily run tomorrow — take it exactly as written, stretch it, or lift two days out of it. What we don't do is sell it at a shelf price, because the biggest number in any package is the hotels, and those move by season and by how far ahead you book. So you pay for the one thing we control: the vehicle and the chauffeur, by the day, all in.

Price this as a private trip

Begin the journey

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