Your Sri Lanka travel guide
Plan Sri Lanka, town by town
Where to sleep, how many nights, and honest travel times between towns. Then hear the story of every place you see, in your language.
- Free trip planner
- 251 places
- The app in 5 languages
Free on iPhone and Android. Planning stays free for everyone.
Cultural TriangleSigiriya1–3 hours · USD 35 (foreign adult) · Culture & History
Hill CountryTemple of the Sacred Tooth Relic1–3 hours · Foreign-visitor ticket may apply; check before you go · Culture & History
Colombo & West CoastColombo Lotus Tower1–4 hours · Paid entry; check the current foreign-visitor price
Hill CountryElla Rock3–7 hours · No general admission fee · Hikes
East CoastArugam Bay1–3 days · No general admission fee · Culture & History
South CoastMirissa1–3 days · No general admission fee · Culture & HistoryWorth the trip this week
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1–3 hours · Foreign-visitor ticket may apply; check before you go · Culture & History
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1–3 hours · USD 35 (foreign adult) · Culture & History
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1–3 days · No general admission fee · Culture & History
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3–7 hours · No general admission fee · Hikes
What do you love to explore?
When to go
Two monsoons. Always a dry coast.
The south-west monsoon runs roughly May to September, the north-east November to February. Read the board, then go where the sun is.
| Coast | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| South and west | Dry season | Dry season | Dry season | Hot and still | Monsoon | Monsoon | Monsoon | Monsoon | Easing | Showers | Clearing | Dry season |
| East and north | Monsoon | Clearing | Dry season | Dry season | Dry season | Dry season | Dry season | Dry season | Dry season | Turning | Monsoon | Monsoon |
Dry, the coast to be on Monsoon or showers
Routes that work: 4 to 14 days
Audio stories
Hear every story, right where it happened.
Stories told in chapters by a natural voice, in English, Deutsch, Français, Русский and 中文. They follow the app’s language, and you can change it any time, even in the middle of a story. The first chapter of every story is free.
The Rock Above the Forest, Sigiriya
Chapter 1 of 5, free · a 6-minute story
New in SriLor 2.2
The whole app, in your language.
SriLor speaks English, Deutsch, Français, Русский and 中文: every screen, every place page, the Guide and the audio stories. It follows your phone’s language, and you can choose another on the first screen or any time in You → Language.
- HelloEnglish
- HalloDeutsch
- BonjourFrançais
- ПриветРусский
- 你好中文
The SriLor app
Plan Sri Lanka town by town. Free.
Tell SriLor when you land, how long you have and what you love. It lines up your towns and nights, and you change anything you like.
- Your whole route on a map of the island, every town numbered in order
- Honest travel times for trains, buses, tuk-tuks and cars, with a tip for each
- A word for every day: easy, full, moving, free, or too much, with a fix
- Today’s places and tonight’s town on your home screen
- The whole app in English, Deutsch, Français, Русский and 中文
Free to download. Planning is free for everyone.
Questions travellers ask
Short answers from the people who write SriLor. Something else? Ask us.
Is SriLor free?
Yes. The website is free, and so is the app: places, guides, maps and planning your whole trip, town by town. The first chapter of every audio story is free too. The Island Pass is one payment in the app, nothing monthly: it opens every story in full and keeps places offline with their stories.
Can I plan a Sri Lanka trip in the app for free?
Yes. Tell SriLor when you land, how long you have and what you love, and it lines up your towns and nights with honest drive times between them. Change anything you like. Planning is free for everyone; you book your stays your way.
When is the best time to visit Sri Lanka?
There is always a dry coast. The south and west are best from December to April; the east and north from April to September. When to go shows every month.
Who checks the information?
Local editors who live in Sri Lanka. Every place shows the date its facts were last verified and who verified them.
Which languages does SriLor speak?
The whole app speaks five languages: English, Deutsch, Français, Русский and 中文. That includes every screen, the place pages, the Guide and the audio stories. It follows your phone’s language; to choose another, use the first screen or You → Language. You can change it any time, even in the middle of a story. This website is in English.