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14-Day Private Sri Lanka Tour: Sigiriya, Ella Train & Yala Safari

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14-Day Private Sri Lanka Tour: Sigiriya, Ella Train & Yala Safari

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Car & Driver Only Package

Duration: 14 days
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Duration: 14 days Semi Luxury Car or Van: - Maximum Paxs for a Car : 3 - Maximum Paxs for Van: 6 Contact us if your group has more than 6 people. Pickup included

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Highlights

Imagine Sri Lanka with your own private car and driver for 14 days. No crowded buses, no timetables — just you, the open road, and a local who knows every turn.


Climb Sigiriya's Lion Rock at sunrise, when the air is cool and the steps are quiet. Cook five curries on a wood fire in a village kitchen. Pick tea with the plucking team, then taste it fresh from the factory. Ride the famous blue train to Ella from a window seat as tea hills roll past.


Watch wild elephants gather at Minneriya, look for leopards in Yala, and head out to sea to spot blue whales with an operator that never chases them.


Early starts, easy afternoons, and a route planned by a local Sri Lankan team. You see more, rush less, and feel at home.

Itinerary

Arrival → Negombo
  • Negombo Lagoon

    1 hoursAdmission Ticket Not Included
    Your driver meets you inside the arrivals hall with a name board bearing your name, then a twenty-minute run to the hotel — deliberately no long drive on arrival day. Negombo Lagoon has an easy walk past the outrigger canoes and the drying racks as the day's catch comes in. Your driver stays with you throughout
Negombo → Sigiriya
  • Dambulla Cave Temple

    2 hoursAdmission Ticket Not Included
    Five caves cut into a granite overhang: 150 Buddha images and ceilings painted with two millennia of murals. Shoes off at the gate, socks help on hot paving, shoulders and knees covered.
  • Organic Cooking Class by Sinhagiri

    3 hoursAdmission Ticket Not Included
    A wood-fire kitchen: clay pots, coconut scraper, five curries and a coconut sambol. You eat what you cook — this is dinner, and good company on your first night inland.
Polonnaruwa & the Lake
  • Ancient City of Polonnaruwa

    5 hoursAdmission Ticket Not Included
    The 12th-century capital, entered before the heat with a professional site guide. Royal Palace, the Quadrangle, and Gal Vihara — four colossal Buddhas carved from a single granite wall. The toque macaques here have been studied for fifty years.
  • Athreya Ayurvedic Spa (sigiriya)

    1 hoursAdmission Ticket Not Included
    Herbal oil massage or a full body treatment at a proper clinic, not a spa menu. Female or Male therapist arranged as standard
Lion Rock & Elephant Safari
  • Sigiriya Lion Rock

    3 hoursAdmission Ticket Not Included
    First entry at the gate with a site guide. 1,200 steps past the mirror wall and the frescoes to a palace on the summit — about two hours up and down, and blessedly cool at that hour.
  • Nelum Bathik

    1 hoursAdmission Ticket Included
    A live wax-and-dye demonstration — the cloth is dipped, waxed and dipped again in front of you
  • Minneriya National Park

    4 hoursAdmission Ticket Not Included
    Forty to two hundred elephants gather at the tank by dusk. If the herds have moved to Kaudulla that week your driver takes you there instead.
Sigiriya → Kandy
  • Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic

    2 hoursAdmission Ticket Not Included
    The relic chamber opens to drumming and horns, with pilgrims carrying lotus buds. Loud, crowded and the most alive place in Kandy. Visited with a site guide who can read the ritual for you
  • Kandy Lake Club Cultural Show

    1 hoursAdmission Ticket Not Included
    Drums, masks and a fire-walking finish
Kandy — Tower & Gardens
  • Ambuluwawa Tower

    2 hoursAdmission Ticket Not Included
    A spiralling white tower on a peak above Gampola, with a 360-degree view over the hill country. The last stretch of stair is narrow and open to the drop — worth knowing before you start.
  • Royal Botanic Gardens Peradeniya

    2 hoursAdmission Ticket Not Included
    147 acres, a giant bamboo grove, an avenue of royal palms and a colony of flying foxes overhead. Flat, shaded and the easiest walking of the whole trip
Kandy → Nuwara Eliya
  • Ramboda Waterfall

    30 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    A 109-metre fall right beside the road, worth the twenty-minute stop.
  • Blue Field Tea Factory

    2 hoursAdmission Ticket Free
    Into the field with the plucking gang, basket strapped on. Two leaves and a bud — they will correct you, kindly, several times. This is a working estate, not a demonstration line.
  • Nuwara Eliya

    2 hoursAdmission Ticket Free
    The red-brick Old Post Office, Victoria Park and a turn around Gregory Lake as the mist comes down.
The Hill-Country Train → Ella
  • Nanu Oya railway station

    4 hoursAdmission Ticket Not Included
    Three and a half hours through tea estates, nine tunnels and a run of viaducts, with the hill country falling away below. A reserved seat booked the moment they release, so you have a window rather than a doorway. Your driver takes the car round by road and meets you on the platform.
  • Ella

    2 hoursAdmission Ticket Free
    One long street of cafés and craft shops, busy and well lit. Dinner wherever smells right.
Ella – Nine Arches Bridge & Little Adam's Peak
  • Nine Arches Bridge

    2 hoursAdmission Ticket Free
    A famous stone railway bridge in the jungle, built in the colonial era without steel. We time the visit so you can see a train cross.
  • Little Adam's Peak View Point

    2 hoursAdmission Ticket Free
    An easy 45-minute walk up a path to a viewpoint surrounded by tea fields and mountains. Best in the morning before it gets hot.
Ella to Yala – Evening Safari in Yala National Park
  • Yala National Park

    4 hoursAdmission Ticket Free
    An afternoon jeep safari in Yala, known for leopards (sightings not guaranteed). You may also see elephants, sloth bears, crocodiles, buffalo, and many peacocks.
Yala to Mirissa – Beach & Coconut Tree Hill
  • Mirissa Beach

    3 hoursAdmission Ticket Free
    A calm, shallow bay that is good for swimming. Relax on the beach for the afternoon.
  • Coconut Tree Hill

    1 hoursAdmission Ticket Free
    A famous viewpoint with palm trees on a cliff over the sea, a short walk from the beach.
Whale Watching, Galle Fort, Turtles & Stilt Fishermen
  • whale watching club

    4 hoursAdmission Ticket Not Included
    An early boat trip to look for blue whales, sperm whales, and dolphins. We use a licensed operator that keeps a safe distance from the animals.
  • Galle Dutch Fort

    2 hoursAdmission Ticket Free
    Walk the old Dutch fort walls, see the lighthouse, and explore streets of colonial houses, cafés, and shops. A UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  • Sea Turtle Hatchery

    1 hoursAdmission Ticket Not Included
    Learn how turtle eggs are protected and see baby turtles. If the timing is right, you can watch a release at sunset.
  • stilt fishermen Sri Lanka

    30 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    See the traditional stilt fishermen at sunset, one of Sri Lanka's most photographed scenes.
Mirissa to Colombo – City Tour & Gangaramaya Temple
  • Colombo

    3 hoursAdmission Ticket Free
    A driving tour of Colombo: Galle Face, the Fort area, Independence Square, the Old Parliament, and the busy streets of Pettah.
  • Gangaramaya Temple

    1 hoursAdmission Ticket Not Included
    A working Buddhist temple beside Beira Lake, with a shrine hall, a Bodhi tree, and a museum of gifts from pilgrims. Please cover shoulders and knees.
  • Galle Face Green

    1 hoursAdmission Ticket Free
    End the day on the seafront with local street food like isso wade (prawn fritters) as the sun sets.
Departure from Colombo
  • Bandaranaike International Airport

    1 hoursAdmission Ticket Free
    Free morning for shopping or relaxing, then a transfer to the airport (about 45 minutes) with plenty of time for check-in.

What's included

INCLUDED

Experienced English Speaking Driver
Private vehicle with A/C
Bottled water

NOT INCLUDED

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Additional information

Must Know
Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Good To Know
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

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Sinhagiri Tours

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