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A Journey For Two

Some journeys celebrate where you are going. Others celebrate who you are becoming together. A private journey through Sri Lanka and the Maldives, shaped around quiet moments, beautiful places, and time that belongs only to you.

14
Nights
2
Countries
5
Destinations
On Request
Investment
100%
Private
The Journey

Designed for two, only

"Sri Lanka and the Maldives, two worlds apart, bound by the same ocean, drawn together into a single journey."

No two couples share the same story. Some search for adventure. Some seek stillness. Others simply want time away from everything else.

This journey is created around the way you travel together. Fourteen nights through the highlands, coast and coral of Sri Lanka, closing in the overwater quiet of the Maldives, with every property chosen for intimacy and every transfer kept private.

No shared groups, no fixed schedules, no compromise. Every detail belongs entirely to you.

The Route

Across two countries

From Colombo through the Cultural Triangle, the highland tea estates and the southern coast, concluding with five nights of overwater seclusion in the Maldives.

5
Destinations
2
Countries
1,400 km
Across
Day by Day

Your itinerary

Arrival

Colombo

Arrival & Colonial Ease
Colombo
Colombo · Western Province

Your journey opens in a quiet heritage suite in the heart of Colombo. A private car awaits at Bandaranaike, no rushing, no crowds. A candlelit dinner in a colonial courtyard, and the soft hum of a city finding its night.

Private car·3 hrs·to Central Province

Kandy & Highlands

Mist, Temples & Tea
Kandy & Highlands
Kandy & Highlands · Central Province

Rise through verdant switchbacks into the cloud-covered highlands. A private audience at the Temple of the Tooth at dusk. Your hillside retreat looks over the sacred city, and mornings begin with the valley still wrapped in mist.

Scenic train·4 hrs·to Badulla District

Ella

The View From Above
Ella
Ella · Badulla District

A restored planter's bungalow set among fifty acres of working tea. The Nine Arch Bridge and Ella's viewpoints lie within reach, but the pull is the garden, the pool, and the quiet of a private highland home.

Private car·5 hrs·to Southern Province

South Coast

Silence of the Shore
South Coast
South Coast · Southern Province

The Indian Ocean opens before you at a private clifftop villa. Mornings belong entirely to you, with long swims, Āyurvedic couples treatments, and a sunset catamaran chartered only for two. Time slows to something almost sacred.

Private transfer + Seaplane·2 hrs·to Indian Ocean
Departure

The Maldives

The Overwater Epilogue
The Maldives
The Maldives · Indian Ocean

A seaplane glides you to a private island where your overwater villa floats above a lagoon of impossible colour. Underwater dining. Sunrise yoga on the sandbank. Five nights of absolute stillness, the softest end to any beginning.

Where You Stay

Hand-selected, day by day

Each property has been personally vetted by our team and chosen for the role it plays in your journey — heritage, setting, service, and the moments only it can offer.

Galle Face Hotel
Days 01 – 02

Galle Face Hotel

Historic Landmark Hotel · Colombo

  • Oceanfront Since 1864
  • Galle Face Green
  • Heritage Dining

Selected for its place on the Colombo seafront and the sense of arriving into history from the very first night.

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Kings Pavilion
Days 03 – 04

Kings Pavilion

Hillside Boutique Hotel · Kandy

  • Views Over Kandy Lake
  • Hillside Pool
  • Near Temple of the Tooth

Curated for its commanding position above the sacred city, close enough for the temple yet lifted above its pace.

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Stafford Bungalow
Days 05 – 06

Stafford Bungalow

Colonial Tea Bungalow · Ragala

  • 1884 Planter's Bungalow
  • 50-Acre Tea Estate
  • Heated Jacuzzi

Selected for the warmth of a private estate home, where log fires and garden walks replace the pace of the hills below.

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Amanwella
Days 07 – 09

Amanwella

Pool Suite · Tangalle

  • Private Pool
  • Crescent Beach
  • Aman Service

Chosen for its crescent-bay seclusion and the measured, almost monastic quiet of Aman's service.

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Soneva Jani
Days 10 – 14

Soneva Jani

Overwater Villa · Noonu Atoll

  • Overwater Villa
  • Retractable Roof
  • Lagoon Slide

Reserved for its rare scale, retractable roof for the stars, and the sandbank silence of remote Noonu.

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Journey Highlights

Six defining moments

01

Private tea bungalow

Nuwara Eliya, Hill Country

02

Sunrise Sigiriya climb

Before the crowds arrive

03

Overwater villa

Private island, The Maldives

04

Private whale-watching charter

South Coast, Indian Ocean

05

Candlelit clifftop dinner

Galle Fort, Southern Province

06

Couples Panchakarma session

Heritage Āyurveda centre

What's Included

Everything Arranged, Nothing Forgotten

Transport
  • Private airport transfers throughout
  • All internal transportation in Sri Lanka
  • Seaplane transfer in Maldives
  • Reserved train compartment, hill country
Stays
  • Hand-selected properties only
  • Daily breakfast at all properties
  • Selected private dinners included
  • Private villa, South Coast (3 nights)
Experiences
  • Private guide for all excursions
  • Couples Āyurveda session
  • Sunset catamaran charter
  • After-hours temple access, Kandy
Service
  • 24/7 Āvara concierge support
  • Pre-departure travel consultation
  • In-journey emergency support
  • Personalised welcome amenities
Investment
On Request

Every Āvara honeymoon is shaped around your preferences, your season, and your pace. Once we understand how you love to travel together, we create something personal to you. Designed for two across fourteen nights and two countries, with hand-selected stays, private transfers, selected dining, private guides, and the full Āvara concierge throughout. International flights are arranged separately.

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Let us shape your honeymoon

Every Āvara honeymoon begins with a conversation. Tell us your dates, your hopes, and how you like to live, and we will shape the journey around you. No two are ever the same.