01 · Spice and the sea
Culinary journeys
Sri Lankan food is mild, subtly spicy and delicious. Learn to cook it the local way.
Special interest tours
Sri Lankain depth.
Culinary journeys, festivals and serious study tours in history, architecture and agriculture, each one built around the subject you care about most.
- Subjects
- Any field of interest
- Experts
- Consulted as needed
- Languages
- English & German
Your passion,
our research.
Whatever your area of interest, our promise is to invest the time and resources to design an insightful programme around it.
Where needed, we consult specialists in the relevant field and bring in the historical and traditional flavours of Sri Lanka, to create timeless itineraries that leave you with a deep understanding of the Sri Lankan perspective on your passion.
Some programmes are run with expert partners: architecture tours in collaboration with the Geoffrey Bawa Trust, crocodile conservation boat tours with research scientist Dinal Samarasinhe, and overnight stays at the Primate Research Center, the world’s oldest primate study.
Fields include
- Cuisine
- Agriculture
- History
- Architecture
- Art & music
- Festivals
- Yoga & ayurveda
Fields of interest
Follow your
curiosity.
A few of the fields we work in. If yours is not among them, tell us all the same.
04 · A potter at work
Traditional crafts
Time with craftspeople at work, such as a village potter shaping clay by hand.
07 · Medirigiriya Vatadage
Architecture
From pillared ancient ruins to the twentieth-century buildings of Geoffrey Bawa.
02 · Two leaves and a bud
Agriculture & tea
Agricultural study tours, from the tea plantations of the hills to the rice fields and village farming of the dry zone.
05 · Temple drummers
Art & music
Drumming, dance and painting belong to temple life here. An art and music tour brings you close to all three.
03 · Anuradhapura
History & heritage
A history spanning 2,500 years, traced through Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa, the rock of Sigiriya and the Dambulla cave temple.
06 · Esala Perahera, Kandy
Festivals & the Perahera
Festivals found nowhere else. We can time your journey to one, such as the Perahera, a night procession of dancers and drummers in Kandy.
Journey ideas
Three ways
to go deeper.
Starting points, not set itineraries. Each one is reshaped around your dates, your group and what you most want to see.
- 018 days
A taste of Sri Lanka
Colombo · Kandy · tea country · Galle
A culinary journey from market to kitchen, tasting how the food changes between the hill country and the coast.
- Hands-on cookery lessons
- Markets and spice gardens around Kandy
- Tea from the bush to the cup
- Seafood and curries on the southern coast
LevelEasy
Plan this - 029 days
The ancient cities
Anuradhapura · Polonnaruwa · Sigiriya · Dambulla · Kandy
A serious study tour of sacred cities, royal capitals and cave temples, at an unhurried pace.
- Anuradhapura and the sacred mountain of Mihintale
- Polonnaruwa and the Medirigiriya Vatadage
- The rock fortress of Sigiriya
- Dambulla’s cave temple and Kandy’s Temple of the Tooth
LevelModerate
Plan this - 037 days
Drums & the Perahera
Colombo · Kandy · Dambulla
A journey timed to the Perahera in Kandy, with temple arts and village crafts along the way.
- Perahera nights in Kandy
- Temple drumming and Kandyan dance
- The painted caves of Dambulla
- A morning with village potters
LevelRelaxed
Plan this
Every programme is tailor-made. Festival dates and specialists’ availability are confirmed with you before you travel.
Is it for you?
Shaped to
your subject.
- Who it suits
- Curious travellersFood lovers, students of history and architecture, study groups and anyone with an interest to pursue.
- Programme
- Tailor-madeNever off the shelf: every itinerary is researched for you, then refined together.
- Expertise
- SpecialistsPeople who know the field, brought in for the parts of your journey that need them.
- Best season
- All yearSri Lanka has no prolonged monsoon. For festival journeys, the dates set the calendar.
Who leads it
“I enjoy leading serious ‘study tours’ which give me the opportunity to delve into reservoirs of knowledge in various fields, and share this knowledge with eager explorers.”
Begin with
a question.
Tell us what fascinates you, and we will take it from there.