As your feet touch the soil of Sri Lanka, a warm breeze greets you — and so does your guide from Ceylon Leisure Plans, ready to take you on a journey not just across a land, but into its wild soul.
A short drive brings you to Negombo, where palm trees sway and the ocean hums its eternal lullaby. Rest, breathe, and prepare — your adventure is about to begin.
Overnight stay in Negombo.
After breakfast, set out to Wilpattu, Sri Lanka’s oldest and one of its most untouched national parks — a wilderness where leopards roam silently and lakes reflect the open sky.
The road gives way to forests and stillness. Check in to your eco-lodge, tucked away in the arms of the wild. In the afternoon, take your first jeep safari — and feel your pulse quicken with every rustle of leaves. This is not just sightseeing. This is belonging.
Overnight stay near Wilpattu.
Wake with the forest and set out for a full-day safari. Track footprints in the sand. Watch a lone tusker bathe in still waters. Listen as the wind tells ancient stories through rustling trees.
Wilpattu is vast and mysterious, its beauty revealed only to those who are patient and present. As dusk falls, return with dust on your clothes and wonder in your heart.
Overnight stay near Wilpattu.
Today, leave the deep forest and head to Sigiriya, where history and nature merge in majestic form.
In the evening, climb the iconic Sigiriya Rock Fortress or its wilder sibling, Pidurangala Rock, for a sunset that paints the sky in gold and silence.
Overnight stay in Sigiriya.
After breakfast, visit the ancient city of Polonnaruwa or explore village life near Habarana.
In the afternoon, take a jeep safari to Minneriya National Park home to the famous “Gathering,” where hundreds of elephants come together by the water. To watch a mother guide her calf, to hear nothing but their breath and the crunch of leaves — it moves you in ways words never could.
Overnight stay in Sigiriya.
Leave the dry forests and head into the cool embrace of Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka’s hill country — where tea carpets the mountains and waterfalls flow like poetry. Visit a tea factory, walk through plantations, and breathe in the crisp air that carries the scent of earth and leaves. As night falls, light jackets come on, and the mist wraps you in a quiet dream.
Overnight stay in Nuwara Eliya.
Before dawn, drive to Horton Plains National Park. Trek through cloud forests, cross dew-covered meadows, and stand at World’s End, where the land falls away into misty infinity. This place humbles you. Reminds you how small you are. And how beautiful that can be. Return for a warm meal and a slow evening in the hills.
Overnight stay in Nuwara Eliya.
Today, descend from the highlands into the dry wilderness of Yala National Park, one of the world’s best places to spot leopards. The landscape changes — from soft green to golden heat, from quiet fog to rustling undergrowth. Arrive by evening. The air smells of dust and distance. The night is alive with calls you don’t recognize — and that’s the beauty of it.
Overnight stay near Yala.
Before sunrise, enter Yala’s wild heart for a safari like no other. Every bend holds possibility — a leopard crouching in the bush, a sloth bear lumbering across the track, a lone elephant standing proud under a tree. Later, drive down the southern coast to Mirissa, where the wild meets the waves. Trade jungle calls for the ocean’s lullaby.
Overnight stay in Mirissa
If time allows, take an early morning whale watching tour — to witness the ocean’s giants rise from the deep. Then, with salty hair and a heart overflowing, make your way to Bandaranaike International Airport for departure.
Have a safe flight!