Slow travel

Hot air ballooning

Dawn flights over the Cultural Triangle, November to April.

Balloons launch at first light over the paddy and tanks around Sigiriya and Dambulla, weather permitting, between November and April. An hour in the air, a landing in a field, and breakfast where you come down.

Where

Best places for this

Cultural Triangle

Sigiriya

A fifth-century palace on top of a rock, and the best base for the Cultural Triangle.

Cultural Triangle

Dambulla

Five cave temples cut into a rock face, painted end to end, still in daily use.

Journeys

Trips featuring this experience

14 days / 13 nightsClassic

Grand Tour of Sri Lanka

Coast, culture, highlands and safari in one loop