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Golf in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka · 1 trips · on request

Golf in Sri Lanka

Three courses, eight days, one island: the oldest club in Sri Lanka in the middle of Colombo, Victoria in the hills above Kandy, and Shangri-La Hambantota between the Indian Ocean and the jungle.

3 courses
Colombo · Kandy · Hambantota
8 days
Seven nights
29 Mar to 5 Apr
2027
Set-price week
Full details on the trip page

Between the rounds, the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, a safari in Yala and an afternoon in Galle Fort, then a black-tie gala to finish in Colombo.

The courses

Three of the finest courses on the island, from the city to the hills to the coast. All three are on our golf week, and any of them can be played on a golf trip built around you.

Royal Colombo Golf Club · Colombo
Royal Colombo Golf Club · Colombo
Founded in 1879, the oldest club on the island. Classic parkland in the middle of the city, laid out among mature trees and flowering rain trees, with a colonial-era clubhouse that has barely changed.
Victoria Golf & Country Resort · near Kandy
Victoria Golf & Country Resort · near Kandy
Designed by Donald Steel and laid out on a promontory above the Victoria reservoir, with the mountains behind. Golf in the hill country above Kandy.
Shangri-La Hambantota · the south coast
Shangri-La Hambantota · the south coast
Designed by Rodney Wright, with the Indian Ocean down one side and scrub jungle down the other, at a beachfront resort on the south coast.

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Play golf in Sri Lanka

Tell us what you want to play, when you want to go and how you want to stay, and we build a bespoke golf itinerary around you.

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Step 1

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Courses, the days, when to go, what’s included: ask anything. Information only; we never quote a price in chat.

Step 2

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Party, dates, rounds, stay, extras: tell us exactly what you’re after.

Good to know

When
Late March and early April falls in the dry season on the south and west coasts, which runs from November to April.
Buggies
Golf buggies are paid at the course on the day.
More golf
In the hill country, Nuwara Eliya Golf Club is more than 125 years old and sits at about 1,900 metres: one of the most atmospheric rounds in Asia, on request.
Getting there
There are direct flights from London Heathrow to Colombo, about 10 hours 30 minutes to 11 hours. Bandaranaike International Airport, near Colombo and Negombo, is the main gateway. Sri Lanka is 4 hours 30 minutes ahead of the UK in summer and 5 hours 30 minutes ahead in winter.
Colombo to Galle is about 2 hours 30 minutes on the Southern Expressway, and Colombo to Kandy about 3 hours.
International flights are not included: you book your own and we plan the trip around them.
Entry: British passport holders
What you need to enter Sri Lanka.
  • Sri Lanka: apply online for an Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) before you travel. It is a form of visa, issued free of charge and valid for 30 days. Longer stays need an extension from the Sri Lankan immigration service.
  • Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months from the day you arrive.
  • Travelling on another passport? Check your own government's advice.
Checked against GOV.UK travel advice on 7 October 2026. Rules can change: always check before you travel. GOV.UK: Sri Lanka

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