Tours
Currently we are offering a choice of 5 premium round trips in Sri Lanka, ranging from 6 to 16 days. Each tour offers you the very best of exciting discoveries, valuable cultural highlights and uncommon extras. All tours are based on the concept of ecological responsible traveling and respect for indigenous culture and nature. We expect you to underwrite to these principles (respect for local traditions, including proper dress code - respect for the natural environment - no littering along the road - no alcohol consumption until the bikes are parked for the night).
You ride in principle on well-paved roads (but expect potholes at times), with some occasional stretches on commonly used unpaved gravel/sand roads, but no off-road tracks.
Tour highlights
(for more info on each tour with prices and tour details see the CALENDAR page)Tour 1 - Northern Delights 
The fascination of a 5,000 year old culture - 11 days - 1150 km
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DAY-BY-DAY PROGRAM
1. Negombo - Chilaw (Munneswaram) - Uddapuwa - Kalpitiya - 175 km
2. Kalpitiya - Talawila - Puttalam (African village) - Wilpattu NP - 95 km + 4X4 safari (100 km)
3. Wilpattu NP - Mahavilachchiya - Tantirimale - Anuradhapura - 180 km
4. Anuradhapura (excursion to sacred city and Mihintale - 40 km round)
5. Anuradhapura - Ritigala Reserve - Sigiriya - 105 km
6. Sigiriya (balloon flight in season Oct-April) - Minneriya/Giritale (4X4 safari)- Polonnaruwa - 58 km
7. Polonnaruwa (city visit, rest day) - free excursion to Gunner's Quoin - 50 km round
8 Polonnaruwa - between Wasgomuwa (4X4 safari) and Maduru Oya NP - Mahiyangana - 150 km
9.Mahiyangana - Victoria Dam - Kandy - 90 km
10. Kandy (visit) - Knuckles Range - Elkaduwa - 45 km
11. Elkaduwa - Pinawela (visit) - Negombo - 155 km
Tour 2 - The Central Highlands
A fascinating Trip through the glories of the Kandyan Kingdom - 10 days - 850 km
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DAY-BY-DAY PROGRAM
1. Negombo - Chilaw (Munneswaram - visit) - Panduwas Nuwara - Kurunegala - Pinnawela (visit) - 148 km
2. Pinnawela - Peradeniya (visit) - Kandy (city visit) - 45 km
3. Kandy - excursion to Victoria Dam - 76 km
4. Kandy - excursion to Knuckles Range - 78 km
5. Kandy - Pusselawa - Ramboda Falls - Nuwara Eliya - 86 km
6. Nuwara Eliya - Brookside - Uda Pussallawa - Istripura Caves (visit) - Welimada - Horton Plains (visit) - Pattipola - Hakgala (visit) - Nuwara Eliya - 170 km
7. Nuwara Eliya - Hatton - Maskeliya - Dalhousie - 63 km
8. Climb to Adam's Peak - [Alternative] touring the tea estates
9. Dalhousie - Laxapana Falls (trek) - Norton Bridge - Hatton - Kitulgala (rafting) - 76 km
10. Kitulgala - Avissawela - Negombo - 95 km
Tour 3 - Tea, Gems and Spices
The Splendors of Sri Lanka- 10 days - 960 km
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DAY-BY-DAY PROGRAM
1. Negombo - Chilaw (Munneswaram) - Panduwas Nuwara - Maho (Yapahuwa) - [Kahalla-Pallekele Sanct.] Dambulla - 191km
2. Dambulla -Sigiriya (balloon flight in season) - Dambulla Cave Temple (visit) - Nalanda - Matale - Elkaduwa - 96 km
3. Elkaduwa - Kandy (city visit)- rest day - 25 km
4. Kandy - Victoria Dam - Pannala - Brookside - Nuwara Eliya - 101 km
5. Nuwara Eliya - Lindula - Agrapatana - Dickoya - Norwood - Maskeliya - Dalhousie - 77 km
6. Dalhousie - Laksapana Falls - Norton Bridge - Norwood - Bogawantalawa - Pinnawala - Balangoda - Ratnapura - 125 km
7. Ratnapura visit
8. Ratnapura - Pelmadulla - Rakwana - Kalawana - Agalawatta - Matugama - Kalutara - Wadduwa - 151 km
9. Wadduwa - Horana - Hanwella - Avissawela - Kitulgala - 98 km
10. Kitulgala (rafting) - Urapola - Negombo - 95 km
Tour 4 - Wildlife Explorer
A Grand tour of national parks and sanctuaries - 16 days - 1580 km
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DAY-BY-DAY PROGRAM
1. Negombo - Chilaw - Suruwila Reserve - Puttalam - Wilpattu - 146 km
2. Wilpattu NP 4x4 safari (150 km) - Anuradapura - 33 km
3. Anuradhapura (visit) - Ritigala (visit) - Habarana - 87 km
4. Habarana - Minneriya/Giritale (4x4 safari - 50 km) - Polonnaruwa - 44km
5. Polonnaruwa - Batticaloa - Ampara - Gal Oya (camp) - 203 km
6. Gal Oya full day safari (boot & 4x4)
7. Gal Oya - Monaragala - Tissamaharama - 162 km
8. Ruhuna/Yala full day safari (160 km)
9. Tissa - Bundala - Hambantota - Uda Walawe - 103 km
10. Uda Walawe safari (55 km) - Ratnapura - 62 km
11. Ratnapura - Sinharaja Rain Forest - Ratnapura - 120 km
12. Ratnapura - Balangoda - Horton Plains - 91 km
13. Trekking in Horton Plains - Nuwara Eliya - 32 km
14. Relax day
15. Nuwara Eliya - Hatton - Kitulgala - rafting - 76 km
16. Kitulgala - Negombo - 95 km
Tour 5 - Dutch Heritage
An easygoing coastline tour discovering the colonial past - 6 days - 625 km
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DAY-BY-DAY PROGRAM
1. Negombo - Avissawela - Ratnapura (city visit) - 106 km
2. Ratnapura - Pelmadulla - Nonagama - Tangalle - 129 km
3. Tangala (fort) - Hummanaya blowhole - Mulkirigala (visit) - Morawaka - Akuressa - Matara - 135 km
4. Matara - Dondra Head - Mirissa - Weligama - Kataluva Temple - Galle - 68km
5. Galle - Hikkaduwa - Coral boat trip - Kosgoda (Turtle hatchery) - Bentota - 65 km
6. Bentota - Brief Garden - Kalutara - Colombo - Negombo - 120 km
Driving in Sri Lanka
Perhaps the most noticeable difference between riding in Europe and riding in Sri Lanka (except if you're from the UK or Ireland) is that in Sri Lanka you'll ride on the left side of the road. If you're not familiar with riding on the "wrong" side of the road, we encourage riders to ride with the tour leader, at least for the first few days, until you become accostumed to it. You may ride with the tour leader during the whole trip of course, and often this is the safest option to get used to the often "undisciplined" driving of the locals. Road conditions in Sri Lanka vary from smoothly paved 4 lane main roads to dirt and gravel roads. Most of the time you'll be on undivided hard roads going from smooth to "bumpy" (long years of continuous repairs), but some parts will be considerably better (newly laid much broader roads) and some parts considerably worse (sprinkled with potholes). Most roads have unreliable road edges. The most unreliable factors on the road are a lot of cattle grazing free along the roadsides, and anticipating what other road users are going to do.
Trivial differences are:
- Mirrors are used for cosmetic purposes only, not to look for traffic behind them. If there's a hindrance at the roadside, people move automatically to the middle of the road. So, always look far forward for what is happening on the road.
- From a left junction, people turn onto the main road without looking, and in either way (keeping left when turning left, or keeping right when turning right.
- Buses can stop anywhere to let people on or off: at the left side, at the RIGHT side, or even in the MIDDLE of the road. And if there is a regular bus stop, it's either full of people or not used at all.
- For short distances (a few hundred meters is considered small), many vehicles drive on the RIGHT side of the road.
- Turning right at a junction is often done quite in advance: crossing the road to the other (right side) and driving at that side for hundreds of meters.
- Never count on turning signals. Most people are not using them, and once used don't turn them off. So don't be surprised that a car signalling a left turn, all of a sudden turns to the right at the next junction.
Once you get used to the above guidelines, traffic is surprisingly safe, as long as you remember that 'power gives priority' and as a biker you score pretty low on the power scale, just above stray dogs and pedestrians. Riding low profile is your best safety option.