Sri Lanka packages for 5, 6, 7 and 8+ days
Five days covers Kandy with the Pinnawala elephants on the way, two nights on the Bentota coast with a Madu river boat ride, and a Colombo city tour; six days adds a Galle Fort and Mirissa day or a night in Nuwara Eliya's tea country; seven days fits a Sigiriya day, Kandy, Nuwara Eliya or Ella and the south coast; eight days adds a Yala jeep safari or slows the same loop down. Four days is too short for more than Kandy and one beach, which is why the plans here start at five.
Stays are in Kandy for the hill capital, Dambulla or Sigiriya for the rock fortress, Nuwara Eliya or Ella in the tea country and Bentota on the south-west coast for the beach days, with Galle and Mirissa as day trips and a last night in Colombo.
5 days / 4 nights, from ₹35,000 per person: 5 Days Sri Lanka Bentota Beach Retreat (5D/4N, from ₹35,000); 5 Days Sri Lanka Kandy Bentota Bliss (5D/4N, from ₹35,000); 5 Days Sri Lanka Luxury Coast Retreat (5D/4N, from ₹48,990).
6 days / 5 nights, from ₹35,000 per person: 6 Days Sri Lanka Sigiriya Dambulla Adventure (6D/5N, from ₹35,000); 6 Days Sri Lanka Kandy Coast Getaway (6D/5N, from ₹38,000); 6 Days Sri Lanka Kandy Galle Bliss (6D/5N, from ₹41,000).
7 days / 6 nights, from ₹44,500 per person: 7 Days Sri Lanka Ella Hill Country Escape (7D/6N, from ₹44,500); 7 Days Sri Lanka Kandy Sigiriya Escape (7D/6N, from ₹48,100); 7 Days Sri Lanka Kandy Sigiriya Honeymoon (7D/6N, from ₹50,100).
Eight days and longer, from ₹48,950 per person: 8 Days Sri Lanka Grand Island Escape (8D/7N, from ₹48,950); 8 Days Sri Lanka Yala Safari Escape (8D/7N, from ₹51,500).
Sri Lanka trip cost from Chennai
Sri Lanka packages from Chennai start at ₹35,000 per person: ₹35,000 for 5 days and ₹44,500 for 7 days. That is a land package: the hotels, airport transfers, the sightseeing and activities listed on each trip page, and a planner on WhatsApp through the trip. Flights from Chennai are not included; they are quoted separately so you pick the airline and dates. Visa and entry fees are paid separately unless the trip page lists them, and the planner helps with the paperwork.
Sri Lanka is one of the closest foreign holidays from South India: under an hour and a half of flying from Chennai or Bengaluru, a free ETA for Indian passport holders (as of September 2026), food that feels familiar, and tea hills, a rock fortress, elephants, Ramayana sites and beaches within one week's drive. The price moves with the hotel category, the month and the group size, so share those three and you get an exact quote rather than a starting figure.
Sri Lanka for honeymoons, families and friends
Couples: 2 honeymoon plans, with the honeymoon touches each trip page lists, from ₹50,100: 7 Days Sri Lanka Kandy Sigiriya Honeymoon (7D/6N, from ₹50,100); 5 Days Sri Lanka Luxury Coast Honeymoon (5D/4N, from ₹50,990).
Families: 4 family plans, from ₹38,000: 6 Days Sri Lanka Kandy Coast Getaway (6D/5N, from ₹38,000); 7 Days Sri Lanka Kandy Sigiriya Escape (7D/6N, from ₹48,100); 8 Days Sri Lanka Grand Island Escape (8D/7N, from ₹48,950).
Luxury: 2 luxury plans, from ₹48,990: 5 Days Sri Lanka Luxury Coast Retreat (5D/4N, from ₹48,990); 5 Days Sri Lanka Luxury Coast Honeymoon (5D/4N, from ₹50,990). Each trip page shows the hotel category it is priced on.
Friends and solo travellers take the standard plans and split rooms; every trip here is planned around your dates and group, and where a tour or day trip runs on a shared basis, the trip page says so.
Kandy and Bentota packages
Bentota is about four hours' drive from Kandy and the easiest beach base on the south-west coast: a boat ride through the Madu river mangroves at Balapitiya, a turtle hatchery, water sports where the river meets the sea, and Galle Fort and Mirissa close enough for a day trip.
10 trips on this page, from ₹35,000 per person: 5 Days Sri Lanka Bentota Beach Retreat (5D/4N, from ₹35,000); 5 Days Sri Lanka Kandy Bentota Bliss (5D/4N, from ₹35,000); 6 Days Sri Lanka Kandy Coast Getaway (6D/5N, from ₹38,000); 6 Days Sri Lanka Kandy Galle Bliss (6D/5N, from ₹41,000).
Kandy and Sigiriya packages
Sigiriya is a granite rock about 180 metres high with the ruins of a fifth-century palace on top, climbed past the frescoes and the Lion's Paw, and the Dambulla cave temple is about half an hour away. From Kandy both fit into one long day trip, about two and a half hours' drive each way, or you spend a night near Dambulla and see them at an easier pace.
5 trips on this page, from ₹35,000 per person: 6 Days Sri Lanka Sigiriya Dambulla Adventure (6D/5N, from ₹35,000); 7 Days Sri Lanka Ella Hill Country Escape (7D/6N, from ₹44,500); 7 Days Sri Lanka Kandy Sigiriya Escape (7D/6N, from ₹48,100); 7 Days Sri Lanka Kandy Sigiriya Honeymoon (7D/6N, from ₹50,100).
Nuwara Eliya and Ella packages
Nuwara Eliya sits at about 1,870 metres among tea estates, two and a half to three hours up from Kandy past the Ramboda falls and its Hanuman temple, with the Seetha Amman temple, linked by tradition to the Ramayana, a few kilometres outside town. Ella, about two hours further along the hills, has the Nine Arches Bridge, Little Adam's Peak and Ravana Falls.
6 trips on this page, from ₹35,000 per person: 6 Days Sri Lanka Sigiriya Dambulla Adventure (6D/5N, from ₹35,000); 6 Days Sri Lanka Kandy Galle Bliss (6D/5N, from ₹41,000); 7 Days Sri Lanka Ella Hill Country Escape (7D/6N, from ₹44,500); 7 Days Sri Lanka Kandy Sigiriya Escape (7D/6N, from ₹48,100).
Sri Lanka from Chennai: visa, flights and the best time
Visa: Indian passport holders need a Sri Lanka ETA (Electronic Travel Authorization). Sri Lanka's Department of Immigration and Emigration says every foreign visitor must obtain one before arrival, so apply on the official eta.gov.lk site before you fly. As of September 2026 it is issued free of charge to Indian nationals, under a scheme in force since 25 May 2026. It allows 30 days in the country with a double entry and can be extended inside Sri Lanka for a fee. Your passport needs at least six months of validity from the day you land, and immigration can ask to see a confirmed return ticket and proof of funds. The free scheme is a government decision that has changed before, so check eta.gov.lk again close to your travel date.
Flights: Chennai to Colombo is about 1 hour 20 minutes non-stop, one of the shortest international flights from India, with several departures a day on SriLankan Airlines and IndiGo as of September 2026.
Best time: December to April is the season for the classic circuit, and January to March are the driest months: sunny weather on the west and south coasts at Bentota, Galle and Mirissa, and clear days at Sigiriya and in Kandy. December can still be showery in Kandy and the hills, and April turns hot with afternoon thunderstorms. Late December, January and mid-April are the busiest and dearest weeks. From May to September the south-west monsoon brings rain (heaviest in May and June) and rough seas to that coast, which is when the east coast has its best months and west-coast hotels are cheapest. October and November are the wettest months in Colombo, Kandy and much of the island.
Money: Sri Lankan rupee (LKR), about 3.4 rupees to one Indian rupee as of September 2026. Visa and Mastercard work in hotels, larger restaurants and shops; carry cash for tuk-tuks, small cafes, temple offerings and roadside stalls. Not every ATM accepts foreign cards and card skimming is common, so use ATMs inside banks or hotels. UPI works at some Sri Lankan merchants through NPCI International, but acceptance is patchy, so treat it as a back-up rather than the plan.
