UK travellers · private holidays · since 2010
Ceylon
Travelex
Private Sri Lanka holidays for UK travellers — planned from Battaramulla, quoted in pounds, since 2010
United Kingdom
Reasons to choose Ceylon Travelex
Real desk support, private cars, and itineraries built for how UK travellers actually want to see Sri Lanka — with indicative GBP samples you can reshape.
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A desk that stays reachable
While you travel, the Battaramulla team answers the phone and WhatsApp — including after hours when UK plans shift.
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Private car, not a coach
An English-speaking guide or chauffeur and an air-conditioned car are yours. No shared transfers unless you ask for them.
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Samples you can reshape
Published routes show pace and an indicative pound figure. Your dates change the nights, hotels and order.
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ETA, then a hold
We help with the Sri Lanka ETA for UK passport holders. Rooms and the car are held when the plan is confirmed in writing.
Sample figures on this UK site are shown in pounds sterling for guidance. Final quotes are confirmed in GBP for your dates.
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Tailored travel experiences
Four ways people usually ask for Sri Lanka. Each links to sample tours you can reshape.
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Honeymoon
Hills, the Ella train when seats allow, and Galle nights for two.
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Safari
Udawalawe for elephants, Yala when you hope for a leopard.
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Villas
South-coast pool houses with a car when you want Galle or Mirissa.
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Culture
Sigiriya, Dambulla, Polonnaruwa and Kandy at a private pace.
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Sample tours
Published shapes with an indicative pound figure where we have one. Confirm the GBP quote for your dates before anything is held.
- Hills, fort and Colombo 6 nights
Ceylon signature escape
Six nights from the tea hills to Galle Fort and a Colombo send-off, with the Nanu Oya to Ella train when the railway has seats.
From £1,275
View details - Cultural Triangle 5 nights
Cultural Triangle classics
Sigiriya, Dambulla, Polonnaruwa and Kandy with a private guide, and nights close enough that the early starts stay civil.
Rate Ask for dates
View details - Hills, parks and south coast 6 nights
Ella, the parks and Galle
Six nights through Ella, Udawalawe, Yala and Galle, with one half-day jeep safari in each park.
From £830
View details - South coast 5 nights
South coast villas
Five nights in a private pool villa around Ahangama, with Galle and Mirissa close enough for a slow day out.
From £410
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Where to next
Popular destinations
Island stops we keep coming back to for UK travellers.
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Fortress and early starts
Destination guide
Sigiriya
The rock fortress in the Cultural Triangle. Stay nearby and climb before the heat.
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Temple and lake city
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Kandy
The lake city, the Temple of the Tooth, and the usual bridge between the ruins and the tea.
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Destination guide
Nuwara Eliya
Tea country, a cool night, and the station for the train down to Ella.
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Extra hands
When the trip asks for more
A holiday can stay a car, a guide and a good bed. These are the additions when you want them.
Trusted on the ground
Partners we book with
Hotels, airlines and day operators we already work with.
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Stays
Air, boats and days out
From the desk
Travel notes
Seasons, safari timing, and what a sample rate actually buys.
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Best time to visit Sri Lanka
The island does not have one season. The south and west, the east, and the hills take turns being the easier place to be.
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How we build a private itinerary
What we ask for first, why the sample routes exist, and the moment a trip is actually held.
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How to time Yala and Udawalawe
Two parks, two jobs. Elephants in the open at Udawalawe, a leopard chance at Yala, and no safari on the morning you leave the hills.
CTX Foundation · Yuthukama
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Ten US dollars from every invoice goes to the CTX Foundation, through Yuthukama, for sanitation and hygiene in rural schools.
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