Shanti Yatra

Summary of this Retreat

Sri Lanka Cultural Journey & Lanka Yoga & Ayurveda Experience is built around one idea: after days of moving through ancient temples, misty hills, and wild landscapes, you arrive at the coast ready to simply stop — and let it all settle.

• Walk through sacred sites and living traditions at your own pace
• Release the noise of everyday life, one landscape at a time
• Settle into daily morning and evening yoga and meditation
• Reconnect with rest, stillness, and breath
• Sleep deeper, think clearer, feel grounded again
• Return home with a renewed sense of calm and aliveness

About Retreat Experience

This isn't a typical vacation, and it isn't a typical yoga retreat either. It's both — an 11-day journey that moves from outward discovery to inward stillness.

The first seven days take you across Sri Lanka's most striking landscapes with a private driver and local guide. Then the final four days are spent at Lanka Yoga & Ayurveda Resort on the coast of Hikkaduwa.

Itinerary

Days 1–2

Anuradhapura

• Early departure from Negombo Airport, transfer to Anuradhapura
• Visit the Anuradhapura Ancient Sacred City & Mihintale Monastery, including Sri Maha Bodhiya
• Sunrise (Day 2) at Ruwanwelisaya — join local devotees offering flowers and lighting oil lamps
• Free time to walk the ancient ruins at your own pace
• Evening ritual attendance at a local temple
• Overnight at selected 3–4★ hotel

Days 3–4

Sigiriya

• Sunrise climb to Sigiriya Lion Rock (or Pidurangala as an alternative)
• Explore the ancient royal water gardens and ruins
• Traditional cooking class in a local village
• Overnight in Sigiriya

Day 5

Kandy

• Transfer to Kandy via Dambulla Cave Temple
• Visit the Temple of the Tooth
• Lunch and walk through the Royal Botanical Gardens (Peradeniya)
• Evening cultural show: traditional Kandyan dance and drumming
• Overnight in Kandy

Day 6

Haputale

• Scenic train ride into the highlands toward Haputale
• Visit tea plantations and waterfalls along the way
• Local lunch amid the tea hills
• Sunrise hike to Lipton's Seat
• Overnight in Haputale

Day 7

Yala

• Transfer to Yala National Park
• Afternoon jeep safari — elephants, crocodiles, birdlife, and (with luck) leopard
• Dinner and overnight near Yala

Days 7–11

Hikkaduwa — Yoga & Meditation Retreat

07:00 Guided silent meditation · 07:30 Mindful Yoga (75 minutes) · 09:15 Tropical breakfast · 10:30 Beach, rest, or excursion · 12:00 Optional lunch · 17:00 Deep relaxation · 18:30 Healthy dinner

Included

• 10 nights’ accommodation at 3* & 4* Hotels & Lanka Yoga & Ayurveda Resort with Daily Breakfast & Dinners.
• Private Driver & Guide throughout the 7-day cultural journey
• Daily morning meditation & Daily 75-minute mindful Hatha yoga practice
• Evening deep relaxation sessions
• Airport Transfer after the Retreat.

Add on to the Retreat

• Ayurvedic treatments on Request
• 1:1 Sound bath
• Surf lessons, snorkeling, safari tours, cooking classes
• Individual island Excursions (Rain Forest/Cultural & History Tours/Boat Rides and Cinnamon Experience.

Ready to Begin?

Open for any dates. Choose your start date on the listing.

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