Curry & Culture

Culinary & Heritage

Curry & Culture

4.8 (52 reviews)8 days2–6 guests

Overview

An immersive journey through Sri Lanka's spice gardens, village kitchens, and UNESCO heritage cities — cooked, tasted, and lived from the inside.

Tour Highlights

  • Hands-on cooking class with a village family
  • Spice plantation tour, Kandy
  • Ancient Sigiriya rock fortress
  • Street food tour, Colombo Pettah
  • Temple of the Tooth ceremony

Day-by-Day Itinerary

1Colombo Arrival

Street food tour through Pettah market. Dinner at a rooftop restaurant.

2Colombo to Kandy

Spice garden visit en route. Afternoon in Kandy's cultural quarter.

3Temple & Cooking

Temple of the Tooth morning ceremony. Afternoon village cooking class.

4Peradeniya Gardens

Royal Botanical Gardens. Train to Ella through tea country.

5Ella & Tea

Visit a working tea factory. Learn to blend your own tea.

6Sigiriya

Sunrise climb of Sigiriya Rock. Afternoon at Dambulla Cave Temple.

7Cultural Immersion

Village stay, rice-paddy walk, traditional lunch with a local family.

8Departure

Return to Colombo. Final breakfast with your guide.

What's Included

  • All accommodation (heritage hotels)
  • Private driver-guide throughout
  • Daily breakfast + 5 dinners
  • 3 cooking experiences
  • All entrance fees & tastings

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