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Journeys

Routes we have already driven.

Each journey joins stays we know with the days between them: a driver throughout, experiences arranged privately, and room left to do nothing. Take one as it is, or let us redraw it for you.

11journeys5 to 28nights1driver, throughout

The Fort and the Sea

6 nights

The Fort and the Sea

Two nights inside the ramparts, four with the ocean at the door.

  1. Galle Fort
  2. Talpe

The seaCultureHeritage

Tea, Lake and Surf

8 nights

Tea, Lake and Surf

From a ridge of tea bushes down to the water, then east to a horseshoe bay.

  1. Koggala
  2. Ahangama
  3. Hiriketiya

Tea countryActive and sportWellness

West to East

10 nights

West to East

The whole coast in four stays, from the sands of Bentota to the hills of Weligama.

  1. Bentota
  2. Galle Fort
  3. Talpe
  4. Weligama

CultureThe seaWildlife

The Gathering

5 nights

The Gathering

One villa, six bedrooms, and everyone you would like to bring.

  1. Galle hills

FamilyNature

Heritage of the South

8 nights

Heritage of the South

Dutch ramparts, rock temples, mask carvers and the plantation hills, with a historian for company.

  1. Galle Fort
  2. Weligama
  3. Koggala

HeritageCulture

Slow Romance

7 nights

Slow Romance

A beach for the sunsets, then a honeymoon villa with its own pool among the tea.

  1. Bentota
  2. Koggala

RomanceWellness

The Wild South

9 nights

The Wild South

Blue whales, wild elephants and leopards, from a bird island above a lake and a villa by the surf.

  1. Ahangama
  2. Hiriketiya

WildlifeNature

Surf and Salt

10 nights

Surf and Salt

Waves, reefs and wrecks, with a coach and a dive master who know them, and two villas to come back to.

  1. Talpe
  2. Hiriketiya

Active and sportThe sea

Restore

12 nights

Restore

Twelve days of Ayurveda, yoga and quiet, between a lake and a tea estate.

  1. Ahangama
  2. Koggala

Wellness

Family by the Sea

10 nights

Family by the Sea

A walled garden by a sheltered lagoon, then a hilltop villa with a Jungle Room, and days planned around the children.

  1. Talpe
  2. Galle hills

FamilyThe sea

A Month on the Coast

28 nights, a long stay

A Month on the Coast

The winter in three homes: the fort, the ocean and the hills. Staff who learn how you like things, and no hurry at all.

  1. Galle Fort
  2. Talpe
  3. Weligama

WellnessCultureThe seaNature

A month, or the whole winter

Why some guests stay a month.

The longer the stay, the more the coast gives back: staff who learn how you like things, a driver who becomes a friend, and days with nothing in them at all.

A month on the coast
  1. 01

    The winter, somewhere warm

    From December to April the coast is dry, the sea is calm and the days are long. Many guests come for the whole of it.

  2. 02

    Ayurveda takes time

    A real programme runs two to four weeks. It works best in a villa with a cook who follows the doctor's notes.

  3. 03

    Work from a verandah

    Fast connections, a desk with a view, staff who keep the day running, and Europe's morning in the Sri Lankan afternoon.

  4. 04

    The surf season

    November to April on this coast. Some come for a lesson; others stay until they are good.

  5. 05

    A family sabbatical

    A term away for the children, with villas that welcome them and teachers or tutors arranged nearby.

  6. 06

    Three homes, one driver

    The fort, the ocean and the hills, a week or more in each. The longer the stay, the more the staff learn how you like things.

Everything there is to do.

Every experience on this coast that we arrange, by what it is for. Any of them can join any journey.

Culture

Heritage

Romance

Wildlife

Nature

Active and sport

The sea

Wellness

Food

Family

Tea country

Something else in mind?

Tell the concierge who is coming, when and what you love, and it will draw you a journey of your own in a minute.

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