Sri Lanka’s capital is more interesting than its reputation suggests – a layered port city of Dutch canals, colonial buildings,

Sri Lanka’s cultural capital has been the country’s most important city for longer than most countries have existed. The temple

Two UNESCO World Heritage Sites in one day – Sigiriya Rock Fortress and the Dambulla Cave Temple – and they

Sri Lanka’s oldest capital is one of the great ancient cities of Asia – a UNESCO World Heritage Site that

The most immediately impressive of Sri Lanka’s ancient cities – a compact, well-preserved medieval capital where the finest sculpture in

A genuinely excellent full day on the south coast – the UNESCO-listed Dutch sea fortress, the iconic stilt fishermen, the

One of Sri Lanka’s most unexpectedly excellent half-day experiences – a slow motorboat through 900 hectares of mangrove waterways, small

Blue whales, sperm whales, and spinner dolphin pods in the open ocean off the south coast – a pre-dawn departure

If you want to see wild Asian elephants properly – in large numbers, in open terrain, with excellent visibility and

Sri Lanka’s largest national park without the crowds – a vast, ancient landscape of natural lake basins and dense dry

Sri Lanka’s best adventure activity day – Grade 2 and 3 white water through a jungle river gorge that was

A highland day built around Ceylon tea – the industry that transformed the central highlands, still producing what many consider

The best natural viewpoint in Sri Lanka – a UNESCO-protected highland plateau at over 2,000 metres where the open montane

The west coast’s most complete water sports day – the Bentota River estuary offers protected conditions for everything from jet

One of Sri Lanka’s most genuinely unusual culinary day tours – combining the world’s only producer of Virgin White Tea