Become a Sarisarian

Sri Lanka’s own people,
sharing Sri Lanka with the world.

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Who is a Sarisarian?

The family name of everyone who serves our travellers.

A Sarisarian is a Sri Lankan service provider who has joined the Sarisara family — and shares our island with the world.

Every Sarisarian is checked by us personally. Licensed partners show their licence. Local Experts, who need no licence, are vouched for by their Grama Niladhari and someone who knows them well.

So a traveller who meets a Sarisarian knows they have met someone real, and proud of their place.

Find your page

Choose what you do. Each page tells you the papers to have ready and what you keep.

Tour guidesFor SLTDA-licensed National, Area, Chauffeur and Site guides.You keep 100% of your feeRead more →Hotels and home staysFor SLTDA-registered hotels, villas, Home Stay Units and Heritage Homes.You keep 85%Read more →Tourist driversFor drivers with SLTDA’s Tourist Driver Identity.You keep 85%Read more →Activity hosts89 kinds of activity — from rafting and safaris to cooking classes and crafts.You keep 85%Read more →Local ExpertsHome cooks, farmers, fishers and craftspeople. No licence needed.You keep 85%Read more →DiscoverersAnyone in Sri Lanka who knows a hidden place and can film it.Opening soonRead more →

Our promise to every Sarisarian

Free to join. Free to list.

No sign-up fee and no monthly bill, for anyone. Sarisara earns only when a traveller books — and a licensed guide’s own fee is never touched.

Paid on the 25th of every month, to your bankEach trip is paid 14 days after it endsYour phone and email are never shown to travellers

How joining works

Nobody joins by themselves. We check every Sarisarian personally.

  1. Step 1

    Make your free account and say hello

    Chat with Sarisara’s AI assistant about you and what you offer. Local Experts: message us on WhatsApp instead — we come to you.

  2. Step 2

    Share your papers

    Your licence or registration, your ID and a short video. Have them in hand before you start.

  3. Step 3

    We get in touch

    We call the people who have all their papers.

  4. Step 4

    Welcome to the family

    Once everything is checked, you are approved. You are now a Sarisarian.

  5. Step 5

    List what you offer — free

    Add your tours, rooms, routes or activities, set your price, and welcome your first travellers.

Good to know

Three short pages for partners and travellers alike.

Fees and paymentsWhat a trip costs a traveller, and when they pay.One fee, shown firstRead more →How a trip is builtDay by day, with every price shown before anyone pays.Every price firstRead more →Places and festivalsThe sights and celebrations every trip is built around.Tickets at the gateRead more →

Your island. Your work. Your travellers.

Say hello to our assistant and take your first step to becoming a Sarisarian.

Become a Sarisarian +94 774 731 731