A beautifully refined seven-day journey through Kandy’s cultural depth, the Ceylon Tea Trails’ highland elegance, the Taj Bentota’s west coast luxury, and the Shangri-La Colombo for a final city evening – a complete short circuit that delivers the best of the highland and coastal Sri Lanka experience within a week.
Every day is designed to offer a new perspective of this beautiful island. From the cool hills to the warm beaches, experience it all.
Airport arrival and The Wallawwa first night.
Stay: The Wallawwa, Negombo
Scenic drive to Kandy via lush countryside for a Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic visit, Kandy Lake stroll, and boutique shopping in the city’s most characterful streets.
Stay: The Kandy House, Kandy
The highland road to the Ceylon Tea Trails via Pedro Tea Estate – the cool air, the plantation scenery, and the planter’s bungalow arrival that captures the Sri Lankan highland experience in its most refined form.
Stay: Ceylon Tea Trails
The scenic drive through the southern highland countryside to the southwest coast and the Taj Bentota – a luxury beachfront resort on one of the west coast’s finest stretches of sand, with river estuary water sports and the quality ocean swimming that makes Bentota the most complete west coast resort destination.
Stay: Taj Bentota Resort & Spa
A full Bentota leisure day – optional river safari on the Bentota lagoon, spa treatments, or simple beach relaxation on the golden west coast shore. The kind of day that makes a short Sri Lanka circuit feel genuinely restful.
Stay: Taj Bentota Resort & Spa
The coastal drive to Colombo for a private city tour covering the Fort district, Gangaramaya Temple, and Colombo City Centre Mall, before settling into the Shangri-La Colombo for a farewell evening dinner with views over the Indian Ocean.
Stay: Shangri-La Colombo
