Wellness

Ayurveda, retreats, hill air and slow days.

6 destinations10 places

Wellness destinations

Country
Sri Lanka
Heritage cities, misty tea highlands, leopard country and two coastlines — an island that fits a fortnight and rewards a month.
68 places
Culture · Wildlife · Beach
Region
Hill Country
Kandy, the tea highlands of Nuwara Eliya and the hiking town of Ella, joined by the island's most scenic railway.
19 places
Culture · Adventure · Wellness
City
Kandy
The last royal capital, home of the Sacred Tooth Relic, ringed by hills, a lake and the Peradeniya gardens.
7 places
Culture · Family · Wellness
City
Ella
A laid-back highland town of viewpoint hikes, waterfalls and the Nine Arch Bridge.
6 places
Adventure · Wellness · Family
City
Nuwara Eliya
'Little England' at 1,900 m: tea estates, cool air, Gregory Lake and the gateway to Horton Plains.
6 places
Wellness · Family · Adventure
Area
Bentota
Resort beaches and a river estuary an hour south of Colombo, with Bawa's gardens and turtle hatcheries.
4 places
Beach · Family · Luxury

Town
Nuwara Eliya
Nuwara Eliya, Central Province
Highland tea town at 1,900 m with colonial hotels and a cool climate.
WellnessFamily
Town
Ella
Ella, Uva Province
Hiking and café town in the southern highlands.
AdventureWellness
Garden
Royal Botanical Gardens, Peradeniya
Peradeniya, Kandy
60 hectares of orchids, giant bamboo and a famous avenue of royal palms beside the Mahaweli river.
FamilyWellnessSustainable
Lake
Kandy Lake
Kandy
Bogambara Lake — an evening circuit walk beside the Temple of the Tooth.
FamilyWellness
Lake
Gregory Lake
Nuwara Eliya
Boating, pony rides and lakeside lawns in the middle of town.
FamilyWellness
Garden
Hakgala Botanical Garden
Hakgala, Nuwara Eliya
Cool-climate garden of roses, ferns and monkeys below Hakgala rock.
FamilyWellnessSustainable
Garden
Brief Garden
Kalawila, Beruwala
Bevis Bawa's sculpted hillside garden and home, 10 km inland from Bentota.
CultureWellness
Garden
Lunuganga
Dedduwa Lake, Bentota
Geoffrey Bawa's country estate — the garden that shaped tropical modernism.
LuxuryCultureWellness
Lake
Tissa Wewa
Tissamaharama
Ancient reservoir in the safari base town, ringed by rain trees and fruit-bat colonies.
FamilyWellness

Showing 9 of 10 places