Weligama · 4-star
22Weligama Bay
22Weligama Bay is one of the beach hotels our Colombo team uses in Weligama. We book it direct, so we can match the room type and board basis to your trip.
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Tailor-made Sri Lanka holidays designed by our own team in Colombo.
Explore Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka packs an enormous amount into a small island. Ancient capitals and cave temples in the Cultural Triangle, a rock fortress at Sigiriya, tea country reached by one of the world's best train rides, leopards and elephants in Yala and Udawalawe, and a long southern coastline of quiet beaches.
Distances are short, so you can move from ruins to hills to sand in a fortnight without ever feeling rushed. Every itinerary below is a starting point. Tell us how you like to travel and our Colombo team will reshape the route, the pace and the hotels around you.
- Best time to visit
- December to April
- Flight time from the UK
- ~11 hours
- Currency
- £1 ≈ Rs395
Our Sri Lanka experts · based in Colombo
“We plan your Sri Lanka the way we would plan it for a friend coming to stay.”
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Where to stay
Hand-picked Sri Lanka hotels
Colonial villas in Galle, tea bungalows in the hills, safari lodges near the parks and beach resorts along the south coast. Our team books them all direct.
Ella · 5-star
98Acres Resort & Spa
98Acres Resort & Spa is one of the hill country hotels our Colombo team uses in Ella. We book it direct, so we can match the room type and board basis to your trip.
Sigiriya · 4-star
Aliya Resort & Spa
Aliya Resort & Spa is one of the hotels our Colombo team uses in Sigiriya. We book it direct, so we can match the room type and board basis to your trip.
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Sri Lanka, by the people who know it
Long-form guides written by our Colombo specialists, genuinely useful before you go.
The Globe difference
Why travel with us
01
Specialist expertise
Your holiday is designed by specialists who live and travel in Sri Lanka, with first-hand knowledge of the routes, the seasons and the hotels.
02
Personalised service
Private chauffeur-driven cars, English-speaking local guides, a dedicated guest-relations manager and support throughout your journey.
03
Peace of mind
An established UK company with its own team on the ground in Colombo, and 24/7 UK and local support from arrival to departure.
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Reviews
What our guests say
JHJilly Hazell
@jillyhazell
We have just returned from the most amazing trip to Sri Lanka and Kerala. Globe Travel have come up trumps, once again, for us.
BFThe Byrne Family
@thebyrnefamily
We travelled as a family of six and everything ran like clockwork. The drivers were fantastic and the hotels beyond expectations.
D&David & Sue
@davidandsue
Nothing was too much trouble. Small changes on the ground were handled instantly and with a smile.
CThe Coopers
@thecoopers
Superb value for money and a wonderful mix of culture, wildlife and relaxation. Cannot recommend highly enough.
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Tell them how you want to feel and roughly when, and they'll shape a Sri Lanka journey around you. No call centre, no obligation, a reply usually within a day.
Good to know
Sri Lanka holiday FAQs
December to April is the driest spell for the west and south coasts, the Cultural Triangle and the hill country. The east coast runs on the opposite pattern and is at its best from May to September, so there is somewhere good to go all year.