15 Day Trips from Sri Lanka You Can Book Today

1.From Colombo: Sigiriya and Dambulla Day Trip with Safari

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 842 reviews · 14 - 16 hours · from $53Our pick

Review of a Colombo day trip to Sigiriya, Dambulla, village life, and safari, with practical advice on costs, climbing, timing, and value.

“Great day and trip. Comfortable bus to take us from Colombo to sigiriya area. The tour guide helped us get to our hotel in sigiriya as we weren’t returning to Colombo with the group. He also gave us some contacts for a tour for polunnarwaru the next day”

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2.Kandy: Nuwara Eliya Day Trip

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 198 reviews · 10 hours · from $27Best value

Review of Kandy’s Nuwara Eliya day trip, with tea estates, waterfalls, temples, viewpoints, costs, timing, transport, and booking advice.

“Roshan was a great guide. He picked us up at our hotel and took us for a full day tour through tea plantations, spice gardens and temples. We had a great time and would recommend Roshan”

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3.Hikkaduwa/Galle/Mirissa/Hiriketiya/Tangalle:Day Trip to ELLA

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 171 reviews · 6 - 14 hours · from $60

Review of the Ella Highlands day trip from Sri Lanka’s south coast, covering temples, waterfalls, tea, trains, hikes, and ziplining.

“Chamarindu was an excellent person. He was on time, drove safely and ensured that we are able to experience all that the trip has to offer. The trip was a good decision as we got to see a lot of stuff in a packed day.”

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4.From Colombo: Kandy Full-Day Trip

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 169 reviews · 12 - 14 hours · from $50

Review of the Colombo to Kandy day trip, with Pinnawala elephants, temples, gardens, tea, costs, timing, and practical tips.

“It was really nice tour. My tourguy Kanishka was really wonderful! I recommend this tour and specially this tourguy.”

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5.From Colombo: Kandy, Pinnawala and Tea Factory Full-Day Trip

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 99 reviews · 12 hours · from $55

See Kandy’s sacred temple, Pinnawala elephants, tea-making, crafts, and hill-country views on a long but rewarding Colombo day trip.

“The trip to Kandy was a great experience. The elephant orphanage was an amazing first encounter with one of the country’s pride. This mountainous area is very beautiful. Kandy was sadly too full due to the festival, but discovering the area was enchanting. Complete with the visit of the herbal garden, the tea factory was the highlight of the trip for a tea lover (like me). Highly recommend my guide Tuan who was very knowledgeable and thoughtful.”

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6.Colombo/Negombo: Sigiriya, Kandy, Ella 3-Day Trip with Train

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 93 reviews · 3 days · from $250

Review of Sri Lanka’s 3-day Sigiriya, Kandy, Ella and Udawalawe tour, with train views, temples, hotels, costs, guides and practical tips.

“it was great guide was very much supportive. tour company also give us advised.”

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7.Galle/Weligama/Mirissa/Hiriketiya/Tangalle: Day Trip to Ella

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 77 reviews · 12 hours · from $57

Review of Ella day trip from Sri Lanka’s south coast, covering temples, tea, waterfalls, train views, ziplining, and Little Adam’s Peak.

“Amazing day so many great sights and the zip line topped it off! Ojitha our driver was amazing. Would recommend”

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8.From Galle/Hikkaduwa/Mirissa: Day Trip to Experience Ella

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 75 reviews · 14 hours · from $57

Review of the 14-hour Ella day trip from Sri Lanka’s south coast, covering tea, waterfalls, trains, viewpoints, costs, and practical tips.

“The trip was great!We hat a wonderful day. Thx to our tour guide Sam.”

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9.From Ella- All inclusive Day Trip of 8 Iconic Sights & Train

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 54 reviews · 1 day · from $28

Review of Ella’s $28 private day trip, with Ella Rock, Nine Arch Bridge, train ride, waterfalls, hikes, and optional zipline.

“Nuwan was an excellent guide, (especially photographer) he was super friendly and extremely helpful especially with the hikes in the rain. He even showed me some of the local plants and creatures we came across. I was so so happy to get both little Adam’s peak and Ella rock completed in one day!”

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10.From Kandy: Sigiriya and Dambulla Day Trip

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 48 reviews · 10 hours · from $70

Review of the $70 Kandy day trip to Sigiriya and Dambulla, with transport, guide details, costs, practical tips, and honest advice.

“A bit pricey but everything went great. Chamara was very kind, on time and the drive was very smooth and nice 😊”

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11.From Ella – All Inclusive Unforgettable Day Trip Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 44 reviews · 1 day · from $46

Review of Ella’s full-day tour with waterfalls, tea-country train views, Nine Arch Bridge, hikes, lunch, and optional zipline.

“Nuwan was a great guide, and very fun to hang out with all throughout the day! Highly recommended, especially the motorbike option!”

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12.From Negombo: Sigiriya and Dambulla Day Trip and Safari

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 32 reviews · 14 hours · from $75

Review of a Negombo day trip to Dambulla, Sigiriya, and safari, with practical advice on timing, costs, climbing, temples, and value.

“Our trip was amazing we both had an awesome time.the guide was great giving us loads of time to look around and take photos he was very knowledgeable about the sight and told us plenty of history we both would highly recommend.”

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13.From Colombo to Galle Fort and Unawatuna Beach Day Trip

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 27 reviews · 1 day · from $48

Review of the Colombo to Galle Fort day trip, with turtles, Madu River, moonstones, Hikkaduwa, Unawatuna, costs, and honest tips.

“Not much information given my the guide about Galle Fort, was a little lost. Overall, an enjoyable day.”

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14.From Colombo to Galle Fort and Jungle Beach Day Trip

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 26 reviews · from $70Top rated

Review of a private Colombo to Galle Fort day trip with temples, mangroves, turtles, stilt fishermen, Jungle Beach, and practical tips.

“My guide Shaminda was the funniest, friendliest and most helpful person I could have imagined. He is also an excellent driver and brought me to the places safely. He gave me typical Sri Lankan snacks, fruits and drinks and told me a lot about the country. At the places he gave me recommendations about where to go, what to do and picked me up when I was done and took nice photos. Thank you very much for making me fall in love with this beautyful country in such short time. I will definitely come back and highly recommend this tour.”

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15.Galle/Mirissa: Yala & Udawalawe Safari Day Trip with Picnic

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 21 reviews · 16 hours · from $101

Review of a 16-hour Yala and Udawalawe safari from Mirissa, with leopard sightings, baby elephants, picnic lunch, costs, tips, and honest drawbacks.

“It was a fantastic day from beginning to end. Our transportation was very efficient and on time. Our guide was amazing at spotting the wildlife. We were lucky enough to see a leopard and the elephants came so close to us!! We saw a huge variety of species as we visited both of the parks and I’d highly recommend this day out. Just remember the entrance fee to the parks is not included and they only take cash. It cost us 26,000 RPS in total for entry. The picnic lunch was in a local restaurant which we weren’t expecting but the service was fantastic and owners were very kind. We…”

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