All Food Packages Include (Standard)
Airport pickup & drop-off
Professional English-speaking chauffeur guide
throughout
Private air-conditioned vehicle (car/van)
Star-class air-conditioned hotels
Half Board Basis (Breakfast & Dinner Included
Daily)
All transport, fuel & parking charges included
Hands-on cooking classes, local market visits
& culinary events
Deep dives into regional spice profiles & island
food culture
7 Nights / 8 Days
1. Into Sri Lanka – Flavours of Spice Trail
Theme: Cooking, spice gardens, street food & cultural cuisine
Tour Itinerary
Day 1 Arrival / Negombo: Airport
greeting by your private guide and check-in to your beach hotel. Rest and prepare for your food journey.
Day 2 Colombo Street Food
Experience: Explore lively food streets to taste iconic local dishes like crispy hoppers,
savory kottu roti, fresh coastal seafood, and local tropical fruits. Wrap up with a private introduction
to island cuisine by a local chef.
Day 3 Spice Garden Experience
(Matale): Journey inland to explore multi-generation spice gardens. Discover how fresh
cinnamon, cardamom, black pepper, and cloves grow, and learn their roles in ancient Ayurvedic cooking
traditions.
Day 4 Kandy Cooking Class:
Participate in a hands-on culinary workshop focusing on authentic local favorites. Master the art of
balanced rice & curry preparations, scratch-made coconut sambol, and custom spice blending.
Day 5 Village Cooking Experience
(Habarana): Head into a quiet village home to prepare an authentic rural lunch. Learn to
manage heat levels using traditional clay pots and open firewood flames alongside a local family.
Day 6 Nuwara Eliya Tea & Food
Fusion: Move up into the cool hill country for an immersive plantation tour. Sip
single-origin blends and enjoy a tasting menu of colonial-era fusion cuisine.
Day 7 Beach Transfer to Weligama:
Drop down to the warm southern coastline. Settle into your beachfront hotel and spend the evening
enjoying ocean views.
Day 8 Departure: Enjoy your final
island breakfast before your private transfer to Colombo International Airport.
10 Nights / 11 Days
2. Into Sri Lanka – Grand Culinary Journey
Theme: Deep culinary exploration + regional food diversity. An unhurried tour tracking the distinct flavors across the island's unique climates.
Tour Itinerary
Day 1 Arrival / Negombo:
Meet your guide at the airport and transfer directly to your coastal hotel to recover from your flight.
Day 2 Colombo Food
Markets: Dive headfirst into the island's food ecosystem. Tour energetic open-air fruit
markets, wholesale spice warehouses, and witness fast-paced street food prep.
Day 3 Coastal Seafood Cooking
(Negombo): Spend the morning at a bustling lagoon fish auction. Take your fresh selections
back to a private cooking class to prepare traditional lagoon crab curry.
Day 4 Kandy Spice Cooking
Experience: Head to the hill capital for a dedicated regional cooking workshop highlighting
rich, slow-simmered Kandyan curries and historic spice rubs.
Day 5 Sigiriya Village
Cooking: Experience a true farm-to-table day. Harvest fresh seasonal vegetables directly from
a rural plot before cooking a fresh lunch in a traditional mud-brick kitchen.
Day 6 Dambulla Market & Herbal
Cooking: Visit the massive Dambulla economic hub to see distribution scale. Later, join an
expert to learn about immunity-boosting herbal broths and functional Ayurvedic food pairs.
Day 7 Hill Country Food & Tea
Experience: Ascend to Nuwara Eliya for an analytical tea cupping session with an expert
sommelier, followed by a multi-course historic colonial estate dinner.
Day 8 Southern Cooking (Galle
Area): Travel down to the historic south coast to explore its signature flavors. Master the
punchy, sour notes of ambul thiyal (sour fish curry) and coconut-milk-infused cookery.
Day 9 Weligama Transfer:
Travel down the southern arc to your beach resort in Weligama. Unwind by the Indian Ocean.
Day 10 Beach Cooking & Seafood
Grill Night: Learn professional, beach-style hot-charcoal seafood grilling techniques. Enjoy
your fresh-caught creations at a private farewell dinner right on the sand.
Day 11 Departure: Check
out after breakfast for your coordinated private vehicle ride back to the airport.
6 Nights / 7 Days
3. Into Sri Lanka – Chef for a Day Experience
Theme: Hands-on cooking + immersive food culture. Designed specifically for enthusiastic home cooks who want to bring authentic techniques home.
Tour Itinerary
Day 1 Arrival / Negombo: Airport
reception by your chauffeur guide and check-in to your starting accommodation.
Day 2 Colombo Cooking Studio:
Step into a modern culinary studio for an upscale, structured class. Work alongside a professional chef
to deconstruct and modernise classic Sri Lankan flavor bases.
Day 3 Spice Market Exploration:
Navigate the sensory labyrinth of the historic Pettah markets. Learn to test spice quality, negotiate
for premium whole seeds, and sample local street treats along the way.
Day 4 Kandy Cooking & Temple Food
Culture: Travel to the sacred capital to study the origins of temple-inspired, plant-based
cookery. Discover delicate vegetarian textures, heirloom grains, and clean, unrefined coconut oil bases.
Day 5 Habarana Village Kitchen
Experience: Switch gears to rural traditions. Spend the day inside an authentic country
kitchen gathering firewood and using stone grinders to pulverize sambols from scratch.
Day 6 Beach Cooking Experience
(Weligama): Arrive at the southern coast to learn the arts of shoreline fish selection and
maritime spice rubs, concluding with a casual coastal barbecue.
Day 7 Departure: Morning
relaxation followed by a private vehicle transfer directly back to the airport terminals.
