How we build a private itinerary
What we ask for first, why the sample routes exist, and the moment a trip is actually held.
A private itinerary starts with four facts: the dates, who is travelling, the airports you can use, and what you want the days to feel like. Culture, tea country, wildlife, a villa, a retreat, a pilgrimage, or a mix. The mix is normal. The mistake is trying to do all of them in a week.
We then put a sample next to those facts. The routes on this site are routes we already sell: a six-night signature week, a wildlife order of Ella then the parks then Galle, a five-night villa, a nine-night Ayurveda stay, a honeymoon without the Colombo night. They are there so you can see the pace. They are not a menu you have to order from.
The car is private and air-conditioned. The person with you is an English-speaking guide or chauffeur, sometimes both jobs, sometimes split. Someone from the company meets the flight when that transfer is in the plan. While you are in Sri Lanka the Battaramulla desk stays reachable, including overnight.
Hotels in a sample are a named room or a named house: a Dwellings room at Amuna, the Lemongrass Room at The Elephant Stables, a deluxe room at South Point Villa, a superior room on the Ella station side. If that room is gone, the contract we actually sign uses a similar one, and you hear about the swap before you pay. We do not hold a room on a maybe.
The price can move until it is confirmed in writing. Taxes, fuel, entrance fees, the hotel’s own rate and the exchange rate are the usual reasons. Peak supplements and gala dinners are written separately. Ten US dollars from each invoice goes to the CTX Foundation for sanitation and hygiene in rural schools. That ten dollars is not a tip and it is not optional on our invoices.
You still need a passport that is valid for the trip, and travel insurance is yours to buy. We handle Sri Lanka visa paperwork if you want us to. The ETA fee itself is not inside the sample tour rates.