Our promise to every traveller
Arrive as a traveller,Live as a Sri Lankan,Leave as family.
Wherever you come from, the day you land you are one of us. You eat what we eat, go where we go, and spend your days with the people who live here. Every Sarisara trip is built for that.
Who we are
Sarisara Lanka, in a few lines.
A Sri Lankan travel company, built in Sri Lanka by Sri Lankans.
Sarisara Lanka brings travellers together with the people who make our island special: licensed guides and drivers, hotels and home stays, activity hosts and Local Experts. We call them Sarisarians.
You book your trip with the people who lead it, and our team in Sri Lanka looks after you from your first message to your last day.
Why we built Sarisara
What we want every trip to feel like.
Sri Lanka is best lived, not watched from a bus window.
The real Sri Lanka is in a family kitchen, on a tea path at sunrise, in a village temple on a full-moon night. It lives with our people.
So we built one place where those people are found: the guide with years on the road, the home stay with a grandmother’s recipes, the fisher who knows the morning tide.
You meet them, you live with them for a while, and you leave with friends here. That is why we exist.
What Sarisara stands for
Six values. Every trip, every partner, every day.
- One of usEvery traveller is welcomed like family, from the first message to the last goodbye.
- Honest pricesThe full price before you pay anything. What you see is what you pay.
- Checked peopleEvery guide, driver, host and Local Expert is checked by our team before they join.
- Your privacyYour phone number and email are never shared with anyone.
- Designed for every journeyA honeymoon, a family trip, a solo walk in the hills. Every trip fits the person taking it.
- We value your experienceThe years our people spent learning their craft, and the days you will spend living ours.
How a Sarisara trip works
From your first message to your last day.
- 01Tell us your dreamPick a trip you like, or tell us what you dream of: the places, the pace, the people with you.
- 02A licensed guide builds itDay by day, with the right stays, drivers and experiences for you.
- 03See every price firstThe full price, before you pay anything. Nothing is added later.
- 04Live it as one of usYou land, and the island opens up. Our team in Sri Lanka is one message away, every day.
The people behind every trip
One family: the Sarisarians.
- Licensed tour guidesThey build your trip day by day, and lead it. Some have spent a lifetime showing travellers this island.NationalAreaChauffeurSite
- Tourist driversLicensed drivers who know every road on the island.
- Hotels and home staysSLTDA-registered hotels, villas, Home Stay Units and Heritage Homes.
- Activity hostsRafting, safaris, cooking classes and village crafts.
- Local ExpertsHome cooks, farmers, fishers and craftspeople.
Celebrate with us
Sri Lanka celebrates all year. On a Sarisara trip, you join in.
JanuaryDuruthu PeraheraElephants and drummers at Kelaniya temple, near Colombo.
JanuaryThai PongalThe first rice of the harvest, cooked until it overflows.
FebruaryNavam PeraheraA full-moon procession around Gangaramaya temple in Colombo.
13 and 14 AprilSinhala and Tamil New YearMilk rice, oil lamps, drums and village games.
MayVesakVesak lanterns in every street, and free food for all.
JunePosonPilgrims in white climb the steps of Mihintale.
July and AugustKandy Esala PeraheraPerahera nights: elephants, fire dancers and drums.
October or NovemberDeepavaliOil lamps and kolam patterns in Hindu homes.
December to MaySri Pada pilgrim seasonA night climb with pilgrims, in time for sunrise.
DecemberChristmas in Sri LankaMidnight mass, carols and lights from Negombo to Colombo.
Come and live it with us.
Find a trip built by a licensed guide, or talk to us and we will find the right one.