Cycling holidays in Sri Lanka

A cycling holiday in Sri Lanka just seems like the best way to see the country. Imagine peacefully arriving at its many sacred sites, such as Anuradhapura or Sigirya, on a bike. Popular routes include the tropical backroads that wind their way through tea plantations around Ella, or saunter along the coastal wetlands of Bundala National Park, with cool off sessions on Sri Lankan beaches such as Mirissa. Our Sri Lanka cycling holidays explore with local guides, and patronise small businesses along the way, from tiny streetside food vendors to family run hotels. In this way, you can be assured that, that whilst you're enjoying the thrill of hills, jungles and temples, you're not negatively impacting communities along the way.

A cycling holiday in Sri Lanka is so much more than just a cycling holiday. Yes, pedal power is your main form of transport, and you’ll be in the saddle most days, but rather than zipping from A to B in a blur of Lycra, cycling in Sri Lanka is about stopping in villages for tea and fresh fruit where children rush out to greet you, spotting a peacock strutting by the road and breathing in the smell of a spice market as you push up into the cool highlands. And when you’re not cycling, you can be climbing rocks to ancient temple ruins, spotting leopards, visiting a tea factory, swimming in the sea, watching whales, elephants and birds of every variety and wandering around a temple or two. The sights of ancient, beautiful Sri Lanka and the sheer joy of cycling rolled into one, and doable in just two weeks. What are you waiting for?