15 Days in Sri Lanka

Time of visit: January

Total cost of Accomodation and internal transport (per person): £758.85

General comments:

• The Holiday Homes Guest Inn (Ella) was by far one of the best accomodations we stayed at on this trip, highly recommend staying here! They have a great view, incredible breakfasts, and are one of the few places that has an AC.

• I suggest booking the Kandy > Ella train a few weeks in advance for best prices. We booked this train 5 days before departure and ended up paying a hefty premium of ~£57pp whereas other travellers mentioned paying only £18.

• Esperanza Beach Mawella (although based in prime location) was not great due to the insane amount of sandflies. Some guests also complained there was a mouse in their room whilst we were there. NOTE: this place also does not have an AC (which was a huge con for us since it was extremely hot when we were there)

• All our taxi transfers were booked a day in advance of departure which I HIGHLY recommend over booking through Uber or PickMe (Sri Lankan taxi service) because these take a very long time (we waited almost 2h for a PickMe taxi from Sigiriya to Kandy). Instead asking one of the locals at your accomodation is more efficient (just note that you will have to pay for all taxi transfers in cash).