The Colonial Coast
9 nights · Galle · Mirissa · Kataragama · from £4,640 pp
Galle Fort’s seventeenth-century ramparts, a chef’s table in a 1690 Dutch warehouse, blue-whale season off Mirissa, and a private dawn at the Kataragama pilgrim road.
Day by day
- Day 1
Arrive Colombo
A night in the capital with a curated walk through Pettah and the colonial quarter.
- Day 2
Bentota
Down the coast to a Geoffrey Bawa landmark where the river meets the sea.
- Days 3–5
Galle Fort
Three nights within the ramparts — the Dutch streets, the lighthouse, and a chef’s table dinner.
- Days 6–7
Mirissa
Blue-whale watching at dawn and quiet beach afternoons on the deep south.
- Day 8
Yala & Kataragama
An afternoon safari and a private dawn at the great pilgrim shrine.
- Day 9
Tangalle
A final slow day on a headland villa with the ocean to yourself.
- Day 10
Departure
Coastal transfer back to Colombo for your flight.
- Colombo→
- Bentota→
- Galle Fort→
- Mirissa→
- Tangalle→
- Yala→
- Kataragama
Best time to travel
December–April, the dry season on the south coast and peak blue-whale window.
- Galle Fort’s 17th-century ramparts
- Blue-whale watching off Mirissa
- Chef’s table in a 1690 Dutch warehouse
- A private dawn on the Kataragama pilgrim road
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