The Itinerary India and Sri Lanka itineraries
Day-by-day routes through India and Sri Lanka, each 12 days — with what every trip actually costs.
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- South Asia
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Planning a trip to India and Sri Lanka
Pulled from the route below — so it says what it does, not what a brochure would.
When to go
Dec–Mar — the months this route recommends.
How long you need
Every route here runs 12 days.
What it costs
≈ AED 350 per person per day. Beds, food, getting around and things to do — costed line by line in each guide, not estimated from a daily rate.
Entry on an Indian passport
Two sets of rules on this trip, and both have to be sorted before you fly.
- India: No visa needed, No limit. Home.
- Sri Lanka: Travel authorisation online first, 30 days. The tourist authorisation is free; a business one is not. Sri Lanka has moved between free, paid and visa-free more than once.
Checked 2026-11 against Wikipedia’s compilation of IATA Timatic entries. Entry rules depend on your passport and where you live, and they change with little notice — confirm with each embassy or your airline before you book. Check another country.
Where these routes go: Delhi · Agra · Jaipur · Sigiriya · Kandy · Ella · Galle.
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Best for: The two subcontinental classics in one trip, at a pace that survives both
India and Sri Lanka in 12 days: the Golden Triangle, then the hill country
Delhi → Agra → Jaipur → Sigiriya → Kandy → Ella → Galle
Six days of forts and marble in north India, then six of rock fortresses, tea trains and the southern coast. The flight that joins them, the two online permissions to do before you fly, and why the driver is the cheapest line in the budget and the one not to cut.
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