Holidays in Sri Lanka

This stunningly beautiful island destination offers a rare combination of holiday options from golden beaches to historical ancient cities, lush tea plantations and rainforests, a variety of wildlife and national parks, all complemented with a vibrant culture. These are just some of the reasons why Sri Lanka is known as the ‘pearl of the Indian Ocean’.

With a long history of tourism dating as far back as early 1960’s, the island offers a number of well-developed resorts, boutique properties and off the beaten track hideaways, popular amongst families, couples and single travelers alike.

With nearly 1600km of palm fringed coastline Sri Lanka is the perfect destination for beach lovers, whether it’s for watersports such as windsurfing, kayaking, yachting, water skiing and scuba diving or simply just lazing around getting the perfect tan.

The surrounding ocean is home to numerous species and is renowned as one of the best locations for whale and dolphin watching. Inland, despite its small size, Sri Lanka has an abundance of plants, animals and bird species and is included in the top five biodiversity hotspots in the world. Favourites are the Asian elephants, sloth bear and sambar.

Be it white-water rafting in Kitulgala, tea and temples in Kandy, wildlife safaris in Yala or surfing on the south coast there is a place and pursuit to suit everyone on this beautiful island. Captivating Travel create tailor made holidays in Sri Lanka.