First, who are we?
Sarisara Lanka, in a few lines.
Sarisara Lanka is a Sri Lankan-owned home for the people who make a trip to our island special: licensed guides, drivers, hotels, home stays and activity hosts.
You list the routes you drive — the hill country, the cultural triangle, the south coast. A traveller from Germany or Australia finds your route on Sarisara and books it with you. Not with an agency in another country. With you.
Once they land, we want every traveller to feel like one of us. Often the first Sri Lankan they meet is the driver who picks them up.
Why we built it
Because drivers told us the same story, again and again.
What drivers told us
“Travellers bargain with me at the airport, and every trip the price is different.”
Sarisara’s answer
On Sarisara the price is clear before the trip: Sarisara’s rate per kilometre for your vehicle, times the real road distance. No bargaining.
What drivers told us
“The agent who gives me the trip keeps a big part of it.”
Sarisara’s answer
The traveller books your route directly. Sarisara keeps 15%, and pays the rest straight to your bank.
What drivers told us
“I wait weeks, sometimes months, for my money.”
Sarisara’s answer
Sarisara pays you on the 25th of the month, 14 days after the trip ends.
What drivers told us
“I have no website and no social pages. Travellers cannot find me on their own.”
Sarisara’s answer
Sarisara gives you your own page, a link to share and a QR code to print — free. Show the world who you are, proudly, as a Sarisarian.
What drivers told us
“Travellers bargain with me at the airport, and every trip the price is different.”
Sarisara’s answer
On Sarisara the price is clear before the trip: Sarisara’s rate per kilometre for your vehicle, times the real road distance. No bargaining.
So Sarisara gives you a fair road ahead.
The traveller sees your route. The traveller books your route. Sarisara pays you directly.
- A clear price: the rate for your vehicle, times the real road distance.
- Sarisara keeps 15% — only when a traveller books.
- Joining and listing your routes is free.
- Your own Sarisara page, share link and QR code — free.
Our promise to drivers
Free to join. Free to list.
No sign-up fee, no monthly bill. Sarisara earns only when a traveller rides with you — 15% of that trip, and nothing else.
Rs 0
to join Sarisara. No sign-up fee.
Rs 0
to list your routes and your vehicles.
Rs 0
a month. No membership, no monthly bill.
15%
only on trips booked through Sarisara. Out of the trip price.
Registered as an SLTDA tourist driver? Our door is open.
We welcome drivers who hold SLTDA’s Tourist Driver Identity and a valid driving licence, in vehicles with valid insurance, Revenue Licence and registration. That is why travellers trust every Sarisarian behind the wheel.
Have a Chauffeur Guide licence? You join as a guide — and your guiding fee stays 100% yours.
Have your Tourist Driver Identity in hand before you apply. We only welcome drivers who already hold one.
Would you like to become a ?
Who is a Sarisarian?
A Sarisarian is a licensed Sri Lankan service provider who has joined the Sarisara family — and shares our island with the world.
You belong here. We proudly recognise you as a Sarisarian because you are one of us — one of Sri Lanka’s own service providers, the driver our travellers ride with and remember. Every Sarisarian is checked by us personally, so a traveller who rides with one knows they are safe, in a licensed vehicle, with someone proud of their island.
- Your own Sarisara page to share with travellers
- A team in Sri Lanka you can call or message
- Paid on the 25th of every month
How to become a Sarisarian
Six friendly steps. We walk with you on every one.
Step 1
Say hello to our AI assistant
Make your free account and chat with Sarisara’s AI assistant. Tell it about you, your vehicle and the roads you love, in your own words — in English or Sinhala.
Step 2
Share your papers
Send your Tourist Driver Identity, your driving licence, your vehicle papers and a short video of you, right inside the chat.
Step 3
We get in touch
We call the people who have all their papers. Someone from the Sarisara team checks your details and contacts you.
Step 4
Tell us more
We ask about your vehicles, your routes and the languages you speak.
Step 5
Welcome to the family
Once everything is checked, you are approved. You are now a Sarisarian.
Step 6
List your routes — free
Add your routes and choose the vehicle for each. Sarisara measures the distance and works out the price.
What to keep in your hand
Everything we ask for. Have clear photos on your phone and you are ready.
About you
- National Identity Card, passport or driving licenceA clear photo of the front and the back
- A photo of youTravellers like to see who will pick them up
- A few lines about yourselfIn your own words — at least 150 characters
Your licences
- Your SLTDA Tourist Driver IdentityRegistration number, licence number, end date, and the card front and back
- Your RMV driving licenceNumber, class, end date, and the licence front and back
For every vehicle
- Vehicle insuranceValid for this year
- Revenue LicenceValid for this year
- RMV Certificate of Registration
- Photos of the vehicleOutside and inside
- Fitness certificateOptionalIf your vehicle has one
To get paid
- Your bank accountIn your own name
- Your address
- VAT numberOptionalOnly if you are VAT-registered
A person checks every paper
Your routes go live only with a valid Tourist Driver Identity, and each vehicle only with valid insurance, Revenue Licence and registration.
Staying a Sarisarian
Keep your licence up to date and your routes keep running.
- We remind you, starting 60 days before your licence ends.
- If it ends, your routes rest until we see the new one.
- Send the renewed licence; we check it and your routes come back.
You might be wondering
Short, honest answers.
How is my price worked out?
Sarisara’s rate per kilometre for your size of vehicle, times the road distance of your route — on the normal driving route, never a straight line on the map — so every driver is paid fairly for the real road.
How much does Sarisara keep?
15% of each trip booked through Sarisara, taken out of the trip price. Example: a route priced at USD 200 — Sarisara keeps USD 30, and you receive USD 170, paid into your bank in rupees.
I have a Chauffeur Guide licence. Is this page for me?
Chauffeur guides join as guides, on the guided tours page. Your guiding fee stays 100% yours.
Will travellers see my phone number or email?
No. You talk to travellers inside Sarisara. Your phone and email stay private.
Your vehicle. Your roads. Your travellers.
Say hello to our assistant and take your first step to becoming a Sarisarian.