Sri Lanka Highlights — 5-Day Private Tour
Short on days, big on Sri Lanka: the two greatest UNESCO sites, the royal city of Kandy and Ceylon tea country, door to door with your own guide.
Five days, well spent
Designed for stopovers and short holidays — minimum backtracking, maximum island.
Arrival · into the Cultural Triangle
Meet your chauffeur guide at the airport and drive straight into the island's ancient heart, stopping for a proper rice-and-curry lunch en route. Evening at leisure near Sigiriya — village tank sunsets and birdsong.
Sigiriya Rock & Dambulla caves
Climb Sigiriya early, before the heat and the crowds — frescoes, the Lion's Paw staircase and a summit view over the jungle canopy. Afternoon at Dambulla's painted cave temples, then an optional village tour by catamaran and bullock cart.
UNESCO x2Matale spice country → Kandy
Wind south through Matale's spice gardens to Kandy. Evening ritual at the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic and a lakeside walk through the last royal capital.
Temple of the ToothKandy → Colombo the slow way
Botanical gardens at Peradeniya in the morning, a tea factory stop to see Ceylon tea made, and an elephant encounter en route before descending to the coast.
Ceylon teaColombo & departure
A compact Colombo circuit — the old fort quarter, Gangaramaya Temple, Galle Face Green — timed around your flight, with shopping stops on request.
What's covered
Included in every tour
- Private air-conditioned car or van for your whole trip
- Licensed English-speaking chauffeur guide
- Airport pickup & drop-off with name-board meet & greet
- Fuel, parking, highway tolls and all vehicle costs
- Driver's accommodation and meals
- Bottled water on board, local SIM assistance
- Free itinerary changes before and during the tour
Not included
- Hotel accommodation (we book on your behalf at direct rates, or travel with your own bookings)
- Entrance tickets to sites and national parks
- Meals and personal expenses
- Safari jeep hire inside national parks
- Tips (at your discretion)
No payment until your route & hotels are confirmed
Quick facts
- Duration
- 5 days / 4 nights
- Route
- BIA → Sigiriya → Kandy → Colombo
- Style
- Private chauffeur-guided
- Best months
- Year-round
- Start / end
- Colombo Airport (BIA)
Only have 3 or 4 days?
We build shorter custom loops too — Kandy overnights, Galle day trips, layover tours from the airport. Say the word.
Plan a short tour