Escape to Sri Lanka

Tailor-made Sri Lanka holidays arranged from the UK

Escape to Sri Lanka is a UK-based travel agent specialising in personalised holidays to Sri Lanka. Rather than selling fixed departures, the company builds itineraries around each traveller's interests, preferences and budget, covering beaches, UNESCO World Heritage sites and wildlife encounters. A dedicated agent handles the arrangements, from airport transfers and accommodation to tours, private transport and what the company calls signature experiences.

What a booking includes

The operator lists the components it builds into a trip:

• Breakfast
• Local transfers
• Accommodation
• Private activities and tours, explicitly without groups
• 24-hour support during the trip

Published packages and prices

The site presents six sample itineraries, each with a duration and a starting price per person as shown in the catalogue:

• Family Adventure, 12 days, from £1,295 per person
• Sri Lanka Highlights, 10 days, from £1,095 per person
• Hidden Gems of Sri Lanka, 14 days, from £1,495 per person
• South Coast Serenity, 8 days, from £1,195 per person
• Luxury Honeymoon, 10 days, from £1,845 per person
• Sri Lanka Unleashed, 10 days, from £2,150 per person

These figures are the advertised starting prices and are presented as catalogue information rather than fixed rates.

How the planning process works

The booking path is set out in four steps. Travellers first browse the packages, which combine beaches, safaris and cultural sites. They then request a quote through a short form to speak with an expert, receive a custom holiday proposal and quote, and finally review the itinerary and pricing before confirming the booking.

Accommodation selection

The company highlights a hand-picked list of hotels and stays across the island, including Ceylo Villas in Bentota, Jetwing Villa 700, Cinnamon Wild Yala, Hilton Yala Resort, Tribe Yala luxury camping, Jetwing Yala, Jetwing Saman Villas (an adults-only luxury reserve), Anantara Peace Haven Tangalle Resort, Hikka Tranz by Cinnamon, Shangri-La Hambantota, Jetwing Kaduruketha, 98 Acres Resort & Spa, eSKPe Haputale, Ella Alpine Resort, Heritance Kandalama, Amaara Forest Hotel Sigiriya and Amaya Lake Dambulla.

Experiences featured in the itineraries

The site describes a range of activities used to build trips: climbing Sigiriya Rock Fortress; the scenic train ride to Ella through tea country; wildlife safaris in parks such as Yala and Minneriya for elephants, leopards, sloth bears and birds; a traditional village tour with bullock cart, canoe and a fire-cooked curry; exploring Jaffna's Hindu temples, colonial forts and islands; sacred sites and ancient cities including Anuradhapura, Dambulla and the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy; the World's End viewpoint in Horton Plains; a working tea plantation visit in Nuwara Eliya; a Kandyan cultural performance; and time on the south coast beaches at Mirissa, Unawatuna or Tangalle.

Customer feedback shown on the site

The website reproduces several testimonials from UK travellers. They describe last-minute bookings, family trips of four covering Colombo, Mirissa, Yala, Haputale and Sigiriya, and itineraries combining beach, culture and wildlife. Reviewers name individual staff members and drivers, mention hotels in the hill country, airport pickups and the handling of multiple changes to requests. These are individual accounts published by the company, not an aggregate rating.

Financial protection

The packages are described as 100% protected by Financial Failure Insurance, with policy number EV2511UKFI0319 quoted on the site.