Discover the very best of Sri Lanka on this 15 day, 14 night tour. Spend time in Anuradhapura, Kandy, Dickoya, Ella, Pottuvil and Kotugoda, seeing the top sites and experiencing everything this magnificent country has to offer.

Sri Lanka has a recorded history that spans back 3000 years. Like its massive neighbour India, Sri Lanka is a diverse country, home to many religions, ethnicity and languages. It is also still blessed with a variety of wildlife that has survived alongside this human civilization, on this small island for centuries. Today it offers tourists a diverse experience - from the modern city of Colombo with its skyscrapers to national parks teeming with elephants and religious and cultural buildings of multiple origins.

Discover Sri Lanka's rich diversity on this fantastic tour. The first part of the tour visits a tea plantation where you will experience the local lifestyle centred around tea production. Watch the tea plucking process, visit a tea factory and learn the secret art of tea. Enjoy high tea in your bungalow every day with author Ashok Ferrey.

Ashok is Sri Lanka’s biggest-selling author in English. His work takes a satirical look at the complex and often inscrutable lives of Sri Lankans. Ashok is the author of five books – two collections of short stories (Colpetty People, The Good Little Ceylonese Girl) and three novels (Serendipity, The Professional, The Ceaseless Chatter of Demons). Of these five, four have been shortlisted for the Gratiaen Prize (Sri Lanka’s premier literary award, founded and funded by Michael Ondaatje), and the fifth for Sri Lanka’s State Literary Award. His most recent book (Demons) will be translated into French and published by Mercure de France (Gallimard) in the spring of 2018.  You will pick three of his books to review with Ashok during the days of this tour. Learn from Ashok Ferry as he chronicles the journeys of characters, seeking something beyond the barriers of nations and generations. Read about his tales of social-climbing Sri Lankans, of the pathos of immigration, of rich people with poor taste, of ice-cream karma, of innocent love, eternity, and more. He accurately portrays Sri Lanka in all its diversity. Ashok Ferrey writes about Sri Lanka and its people, wherever they roam, with remarkable acuity. 

The second half of your journey visits one of the most breathtaking lake front properties in Asia – Tri. Flanking Sri Lanka's finest lake, this luxury hotel features living walls, green roofs, solar hot water, recycled wood and is made of entirely local materials. Simply relax with a good book or enjoy one of the excursions on offer including a cinnamon experience, a visit to a celebrated local artist, a natural experience at a turtle hatchery, a culinary journey experience including a visit to a local market, whale watching boat tours and cultural excursions.

Highlights of this tour include white water rafting and canyoning in the Kelani River, hiking the Little Adam’s Peak, leopard and sloth bear safaris in Yala National Park and accommodation in properties such as Amangalla, Wild Coast Lodge, Galle Face Hotel, 98 Acres and Palmstone Retreat with 2 interconnecting/adjoining rooms at all times. All meals will be provided throughout the tour including spa treatments for the parents as mentioned below and you will also enjoy VIP arrival and departure services with executive lounge access at the airport.

Highlights of this tour include travel in two vintage train carriages in the hill country, witnessing the world famous Kandy Perahera which has been continuously happening since the 3rd century BC, exploring the UNESCO sacred city of Kandy including the Temple of the Tooth, a tea experience in the mountains and accommodation in properties such as Galle Face Hotel, Kandy House, Ceylon Tea Trails (Relais & Chateaux) and Cape Weligama (Relais & Chateaux). All meals throughout the tour including spa treatments.