Our company is Sri Lankan owned and operated and we have used our local knowledge to meticulously plan and design our tour packages down to the finest detail. We are proud of our tours and we are confident that you will see the very best of what the country has to offer. We also share with you some hidden secrets that most visitors don’t get to experience.

Our Team...

From left to right... Ashan Weerasinha, Dilupa Mallawaaracchi and Charith Sanjeev.

Ashan and Charith are proud owners of Taprobane Escapades. Together they set up the company from scratch. The partners spent months meticulously planning and testing the tour routes to ensure a safe, comfortable and spectacular tour that they are proud to share with the world. 

Charith is a motorcycle mechanic and tour guide and has over a decade of experience working in various parts of the country managing tea estates. Charith has lived in Sri Lanka his whole life. He manages our company in Sri Lanka and leads our tours.

Dilupa helps Charith on our tours and is an absolute all rounder and a joy to be around. He is also pretty handy with the tools and has been riding bikes since he was a boy. He drives our support vehicle and can help you with anything you need. We love having him on board.

Tourism in Sri Lanka...

Total tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka has increased at an average of 26% year on year between 2009 and 2015. In 2015 Sri Lanka had over 1.7 million tourist arrivals and was Australia’s The Sunday Times’ Destination of the year in 2015. In January 2016 Sri Lanka was news.com.au’s number one best under-the-radar destination for 2016 (http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-ideas/best-of-travel/the-once-off-limits-places-now-making-it-onto-the-must-see-places-for-2016/news-story/574557db3b9839cfd54869f74655515b).

The growth in tourism has seen the establishment of many new hotels, resorts, guest houses and hostels around the country, allowing tourist to experience the world renowned Sri Lankan hospitality, no matter what their budget.

Whilst Sri Lanka boasts some of the most amazing tourist attractions the world over (including eight UNESCO World Heritage Sites,) and a multitude of establishments for tourists to stay, the number of official tour guides in Sri Lanka has remained relatively stagnant in the three years to 2014 - this is where we come in!

Our Company and Our Offering...

Through our guided tours, Taprobane Escapades seeks to provide tourists with a unique, exciting and adventurous link between the vibrant culture, vast array of attractions, history, food, flora and fauna, that is Sri Lanka. Our product is defined as a Guided Tour of Sri Lanka, and best described as an escapade across the pearl of the Indian Ocean, once known as Taprobane.

Unlike the majority of our competitors, Taprobane Escapades is based in Sri Lanka, which allows us to provide customers with local expertise, that will enrich their tour experience.

Also unlike our competitors, as well as offering customers the opportunity to visit the must see attractions, our tours will also take customers to unique locations, off the beaten track, which can only be accessed with the help of an experienced local guide.

We have dedicated significant time and resources into planning and testing our tour routes and and establishing a supply chain of accommodation suppliers which allow us to highlight our tours with the opportunity to stay at a selection of top class establishments.

Our business is known for excellence, with every aspect of our tours planned with attention to detail, such that the customer experience is safe, seamless, exciting, awe inspiring, and worth recommending to a friend or acquaintance.