Are dietary requirements catered for?

Yes. Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal options can be arranged in all classes – tell us when booking.

Is this tour private?

Yes. The tour is private for your group with your own vehicle and chauffeur-guide – you won't share with strangers.

Can I customise this itinerary?

Of course. You can add or remove days, change hotels, upgrade to boutique or luxury properties or swap activities. We'll send a revised quote within 24 hours.

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Village, Food & Culture Experience – 6 Days

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Tour Overview

Taste your way across Sri Lanka. Visit fish and spice markets, cook with village families and home chefs, learn to make hoppers and kottu roti with street-food masters, and join a tea-tasting session – all combined with the key cultural sights.

Where you spend the nights

Area / base	Nights
Negombo	1
Sigiriya / Habarana	2
Kandy	2
Total nights	5

Trip at a glance

Detail	Information
Duration	6 days / 5 nights
Tour type	Special Interest
Group size	Private tour: 1–12 guests
Difficulty	Easy
Best season	All year
Approx. road distance	~445 km
Guide languages	English, German and Hindi (others on request)
Departure dates	Any date – private tour, all year

Tour summary – arrival to drop-off

Day	Route (arrival → drop-off)	Night stay	Destination & main points	Distance	Meals
1	Airport (CMB) → Negombo	Negombo	Arrival in Sri Lanka – Welcome to Negombo	~10 km	Dinner
2	Negombo → Sigiriya / Habarana	Sigiriya / Habarana	Negombo to Sigiriya – Village Cooking Experience	~150 km	Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
3	Stay in Sigiriya / Habarana	Sigiriya / Habarana	Sigiriya Rock Fortress & Dambulla Cave Temple	~45 km	Breakfast, Dinner
4	Sigiriya / Habarana → Kandy	Kandy	Spice Garden Masterclass & Kandy	~95 km	Breakfast, Dinner
5	Stay in Kandy	Kandy	Kandy Home Cooking Class & Tea Tasting	~30 km	Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
6	Kandy → Airport (CMB)	— (departure)	Colombo Street-Food Walk & Departure	~115 km	Breakfast, Lunch

Highlights

Negombo fish market
Village cooking on lotus leaves
Spice garden masterclass
Home cooking class in Kandy
Tea tasting at a tea factory
Colombo street-food evening walk

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Every tour is 100% flexible and customizable. This itinerary is a starting point – we can change the order of the days, add or remove nights, swap activities or extend the tour to match your exact dates, pace and interests.

Hotels and accommodation are not included in the standard tour price. You are free to book your own stays, or let us organise a complete accommodation package for you in your preferred hotel tier (guesthouse, 3★, 4★, 5★ or boutique/villa). We work with hotels across the island and can quote your whole trip as one package.

Please contact us before you place a booking so that we can finalise your customised itinerary and your accommodation plan, confirm availability for your dates and send you a final price.

Family, senior and accessibility friendly. We can arrange an elder-friendly set-up (slower pace, shorter drives, ground-floor rooms, lift-access hotels, wheelchair-friendly vehicles and skip-the-climb alternatives such as the Sigiriya museum and gardens or the Pidurangala base viewpoint) and a child-friendly set-up (child and booster seats, family or connecting rooms, hotels with pools, shorter driving days and kid-friendly meals).

Guides and languages. Our chauffeur-guides work in English, German and Hindi, and we can arrange French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Chinese and Japanese speaking guides on request.

Meals. The meals shown in the itinerary are what we include when we arrange your accommodation on half board. If you book your own hotels, your meals follow your own hotel booking – tell us which you prefer.

Any start date. All tours are private and run on any date you choose, all year round, subject to availability. Tell us your arrival and departure dates and we will build the itinerary around your flights.

Contact us before booking: [info@lankaitinerary.com] · WhatsApp [+94 XX XXX XXXX]

Day 01 :

Arrival in Sri Lanka – Welcome to Negombo

Ayubowan! Your Lanka Itinerary chauffeur-guide meets you in the arrivals hall at Bandaranaike International Airport with a name board and a cold drink. Negombo is only 20 minutes away, so there is time to rest after the flight. In the late afternoon, take an easy walk along the Dutch-era canal, visit the busy fish market (best before noon) or watch the outrigger fishing boats return at sunset. Your guide will brief you on the journey ahead over dinner.

Meals: Dinner · Overnight: Negombo · Travel: 20 min (10 km) · Distance: ~10 km

Day 02 :

Negombo to Sigiriya – Village Cooking Experience

Drive to the Cultural Triangle. In the afternoon, join a village family to cook a traditional rice-and-curry lunch served on lotus leaves, with a bullock cart and catamaran ride.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner · Overnight: Sigiriya / Habarana · Travel: 20 min · Distance: ~150 km

Day 03 :

Sigiriya Rock Fortress & Dambulla Cave Temple

Start early (7:00 am) to climb Sigiriya before the heat and the crowds. The 5th-century citadel of King Kashyapa rises 200 m above the jungle: walk through the symmetrical water gardens, see the famous cloud-maiden frescoes and the mirror wall, pass between the giant lion paws and reach the palace ruins on the summit for a 360° view. After lunch, visit the Dambulla Cave Temple (UNESCO), five caves filled with over 150 Buddha statues and painted ceilings. Return to your hotel for a relaxed evening.

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner · Overnight: Sigiriya / Habarana · Travel: 40 min each way · Distance: ~45 km

Day 04 :

Spice Garden Masterclass & Kandy

Drive south to Kandy through Matale. Stop at a spice garden to see cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg and pepper growing and learn how they are used in Ayurveda and Sri Lankan cooking. Continue to Kandy, check in and in the evening watch a traditional Kandyan dance and fire-walking show. Then visit the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic (UNESCO) for the evening puja, when drummers and pilgrims bring flowers to the golden shrine.

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner · Overnight: Kandy · Travel: 2.5 hrs (90 km) · Distance: ~95 km

Day 05 :

Kandy Home Cooking Class & Tea Tasting

Morning market visit and cooking class with a Kandyan family, then an afternoon tea-tasting session at a nearby tea factory.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner · Overnight: Kandy · Travel: Half day · Distance: ~30 km

Day 06 :

Colombo Street-Food Walk & Departure

Drive to Colombo for a guided street-food walk in Pettah and Galle Face Green (hoppers, kottu roti, isso wade), then transfer to the airport.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch · Overnight: — · Travel: 3.5 hrs · Distance: ~115 km

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