Sri Lanka, done right

Sri Lanka, Done Right — an 8-day itinerary, priced two ways

Most Sri Lanka guides give you a list of places. This one gives you our actual card statement.

We travelled Sigiriya → Trincomalee → Kandy → Colombo in July 2026 and tracked every rupee — hotels, food, park fees, the driver, all of it. This guide has that route, laid out day by day, with real costs at two comfort levels:

• Luxury — what we paid: ₹3.2L for two, chauffeur car, beachfront resort, Ministry of Crab

• Lean — the same route on guesthouses and public transport: ₹1.2L for two

What’s inside:

• Day-by-day itinerary, 8 days / 7 nights, with timings and logistics

• The monsoon map — why the “right” season depends on which coast you’re on, and how most guides get this backwards

• The ₹7,000 sentence — the SAARC discount at heritage sites almost no one asks for

• Honest hotel and restaurant picks, tagged, not sponsored

• A Minneriya-vs-Pinnawala comparison most guides won’t touch

• What we’d do differently, stated plainly

19 pages. Built from a trip we actually took, not stock recommendations.