Fairway at Nuwara Eliya Golf Club with the hills of tea country behind

Golf in the hill country.Rest by the Indian Ocean.

Golf and wellness journeys to Sri Lanka, planned in England by people who know the island well, and looked after on the ground from the moment you land.

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A day on the island

First tee in the mist

Tea country is cool before breakfast. The fairways are still wet and you have the course to yourself.

Down through the tea

Lunch on a planter's veranda, then a slow drive through the estates while the heat rises off the valleys.

An afternoon in good hands

Your Ayurvedic treatment, a swim, and an hour with nothing to do. Your driver has the evening off too.

Sundown on the Indian Ocean

Dinner on the sand as the light goes. Tomorrow, another course or another slow day. Your choice.

Early morning fairway at Nuwara Eliya Golf ClubTea plantation terraces near HaputaleHotel pool beside the sea under palm treesSunset over a beach on Sri Lanka's south coast
Golf bags beside a green fairway

Golf tours

Four of the island's best courses, from the 1879 club in Colombo to the fairways of tea country. Tee times, caddies and transfers arranged.

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Silhouette of a yoga pose against a sunrise

Wellness retreats

Ayurvedic programmes set by a doctor, yoga by the sea, and slow days in the hills. A week on its own, or the second half of a golf trip.

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Four courses, one island

Land in Colombo and work inland to the hills, then down to the south coast. We plan rounds around the light, so you tee off in the cool of the morning.

  1. Colombo
  2. Kandy
  3. Nuwara Eliya
  4. Hambantota
Royal Colombo Golf Club, Colombo

Colombo

Royal Colombo Golf Club

One of the oldest clubs outside Britain, with the Kelani Valley railway running straight across the course. A gentle first round to shake off the flight.

Founded 1879
18 holes, parkland
Victoria Golf & Country Resort, Digana, near Kandy

Digana, near Kandy

Victoria Golf & Country Resort

Fairways folded into the hills above the reservoir, with the Knuckles range behind. Many golfers call it the most beautiful round in South Asia.

Hill course
Over the Victoria reservoir
Nuwara Eliya Golf Club, Nuwara Eliya, tea country

Nuwara Eliya, tea country

Nuwara Eliya Golf Club

Cool mornings, cypress-lined fairways and mist lifting off the tea estates. The ball flies further up here, which nobody complains about.

Founded 1889
About 1,880 m above sea level
Shangri-La Hambantota, The deep south coast

The deep south coast

Shangri-La Hambantota

Laid out through former cashew and coconut plantation near the Indian Ocean. Finish here and walk to the spa.

18 holes
Lakes and old plantation

Retreats that slow the whole trip down

Wellness here isn’t a spa menu. Sri Lanka has its own Ayurvedic hospitals and a long tradition of physicians who train for years. We work with retreats that take it seriously.

Garden paths at an Ayurvedic retreat surrounded by tropical trees

Ayurveda

Your stay begins with a consultation with an Ayurvedic doctor, who sets the treatments, herbal remedies and meals for the days ahead.

Seven nights is the least we'd suggest. Fourteen is where people tell us it starts to show.

Yoga practice by the sea at sunrise

Yoga and breath

Sunrise sessions facing the sea in small groups, with teachers who adapt to first-timers and to golfers' backs alike.

Pair it with a golf week, or make it the whole trip.

Mist over tea plantations in Sri Lanka's hill country

Tea-country stillness

A planter's bungalow above the estates, walking trails through the tea, and nothing on the schedule after lunch.

The quietest days of the trip are usually the ones people remember.

Fourteen nights, three landscapes

A sample of how a golf and wellness trip comes together. Yours will be built around your dates, your game and how much rest you want.

  1. Nights 1–2

    Colombo

    Met at the airport and driven to a colonial-era hotel by the sea. A late round at Royal Colombo once you've slept.

    Colombo

  2. Nights 3–5

    Kandy and Victoria

    Two rounds above the Victoria reservoir, an evening at the Temple of the Tooth, and dinner by Kandy lake.

    Kandy and Victoria

  3. Nights 6–8

    Nuwara Eliya

    Golf in the cool air of tea country, a morning in a working tea factory, then the hill-country train to Ella.

    Nuwara Eliya

  4. Nights 9–14

    The south coast

    Six nights at an Ayurvedic retreat near Galle. Treatments each morning, the old fort at sunset, and the ocean for everything else.

    The south coast

When to go

Sri Lanka has two monsoons that arrive at different times on different coasts, so somewhere on the island is almost always at its best.

Best months to visit each region of Sri Lanka
Region
West and south coastGalle, Bentota, MirissaJanuary: good time to visitFebruary: good time to visitMarch: good time to visitApril: good time to visitMay: less idealJune: less idealJuly: less idealAugust: less idealSeptember: less idealOctober: less idealNovember: less idealDecember: good time to visit
Hill countryKandy, Nuwara Eliya, EllaJanuary: good time to visitFebruary: good time to visitMarch: good time to visitApril: good time to visitMay: less idealJune: less idealJuly: less idealAugust: good time to visitSeptember: good time to visitOctober: less idealNovember: less idealDecember: less ideal
East coastTrincomalee, PasikudahJanuary: less idealFebruary: less idealMarch: less idealApril: less idealMay: good time to visitJune: good time to visitJuly: good time to visitAugust: good time to visitSeptember: good time to visitOctober: less idealNovember: less idealDecember: less ideal
Colombo golfYear-round, quieter in the May rainsJanuary: good time to visitFebruary: good time to visitMarch: good time to visitApril: good time to visitMay: less idealJune: less idealJuly: good time to visitAugust: good time to visitSeptember: good time to visitOctober: good time to visitNovember: good time to visitDecember: good time to visit

Best weather. Tap a month to see where’s good.

Booked from England, looked after in Sri Lanka

  1. 1

    A conversation in England

    Call or email Tom in Bamford. Tell us your handicap, how much rest you need, and who's coming.

  2. 2

    A plan written for you

    We send a day-by-day itinerary with hotels, tee times and treatments, and adjust it until it's right.

  3. 3

    Met on arrival

    Our team in Sri Lanka meets you at Colombo airport. Your driver stays with you for the whole trip.

  4. 4

    Someone to call

    One number answers day and night while you're away, whether it's a tee time or a lost bag.

Start planning your trip

Tell us roughly what you have in mind. Tom will reply personally with ideas and an honest idea of cost, with no obligation to book.

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