Your name, at the gate.
Lakmal meets every flight himself, with a name card, cold water and the child seat already fitted. Your first hour in a new country should feel like being collected by family.
Your own person in Sri Lanka.
Private journeys with Lakmal: the driver, fixer and friend who looks after you from the arrivals hall to the last goodbye.
Plan my trip with Lakmal Replies on WhatsApp, usually within the hourOne person · Every detail
Tell Lakmal once and the car, the villa, the cook, the boat and the safari jeep are simply handled. You get to just be in Sri Lanka
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One person, start to finish
No call centre and no hand-offs. The man who plans your journey is the man waiting at arrivals with your name.
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Family-safe from the first mile
Child seats fitted before you land, unhurried roads, honest stops. Families travel with Lakmal because nothing is left to chance.
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Local, never packaged
No group buses, no commission shops. The Sri Lanka Lakmal grew up in, at whatever pace suits you.
Meet Lakmal Chaminda
He drives.Mostly, he takescare of things.
A child seat that actually fits. A villa nobody else knows about. The right pharmacy on a Sunday night. A birthday cake on the table without anyone asking. Lakmal started handling all of it, quietly, and travellers started calling him for far more than a ride.
Today he plans whole journeys for families and couples from Europe, America and Asia. Most of them find him through someone he has already looked after.
— LakmalFounder & your person on the ground
Island-wideNorth to south, coast to hills
Families welcomeChild seats, slow days, extra cars
Trusted circleVillas, cooks, captains, rangers
An island,at your pace.
Six of the journeys guests love most. Take one, join three, or tell Lakmal what you dream of and he'll draw a route around you.
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Temples, rock fortresses, old kingdoms.
Sigiriya at sunrise before the crowds, the cave temples of Dambulla, Kandy's lake in the evening light. Each one timed for its quietest hour.
Out to Pigeon Island.
A private boat across turquoise water, snorkelling gear and a guide, and an afternoon on beaches the west coast forgot.
The blue train through the clouds.
Tea estates, the Nine Arch Bridge and waterfalls you can swim beneath. Lakmal books the train and meets you at the other end.
Elephants, close and unhurried.
A private jeep, a ranger he trusts and the patience to wait. No crowd of twenty vehicles around you.
Slow days by the ocean.
Villas where the sea is your garden, whale season off Mirissa, Galle's old fort at dusk. The place most guests wish they'd stayed longer.
A family story
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5 October — 4 November 2026
One family.
Thirty-one days.
We landed in Colombo with a four-year-old and a long list of worries. Lakmal had the child seats fitted the day before. For the next month he found the villa, the cook, the safari, the doctor and the best roti on the coast, and his own family made ours feel at home.
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“We came for a holiday. We left with family in Sri Lanka.”
— Our family, November 2026What Lakmal arranges
It's the little thingsguests write home about.
The cake on the table. The cook who learns your children's favourite dish. The phone call at midnight that gets answered. Lakmal's circle of villa owners, captains and rangers is how a good trip becomes one you tell people about.
Guests whobecame friends.
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How it works
1
Say hello
A WhatsApp message or the short form: your dates, who's travelling and what you dream of seeing.
2
Get your route
Lakmal sends a day-by-day plan with stays, timings and an honest price, agreed before you fly.
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Land and relax
He's at arrivals with your name. From there you're in good hands, all the way home.