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An exceptional 16 night escorted rail journey linking South India and Sri Lanka by train and sea, created for discerning travellers seeking a rare, personal and beautifully curated experience along the historic Indo-Ceylon route across the Palk Strait.
From the Pamban Bridge and Golden Rock Workshops to Jaffna, the tea country, Ella and Ratmalana, this is a highly individual railway journey through two deeply atmospheric landscapes. Designed for a small group, the programme combines private arrangements, rare railway access and carefully paced days with the feel of a bespoke journey. An escorted small-group departure with limited places. Key railway visits are subject to permissions, requested well in advance. Private departures and bespoke dates can also be arranged. |
Prices
Per person basis on twin/double sharing basis. Ground only price: from £4,260 Single supplement: from £995 |
Tour highlights
- Cross the Palk Strait by sea. The Nagapattinam–Jaffna ferry — a link severed for decades, and only recently restored
- The Pamban Bridge. India's first sea bridge, and still among the most extraordinary pieces of railway engineering on the subcontinent.
- Bodinayakkanur. The newly converted broad-gauge line into India's cardamom capital, on rails almost no visitor has travelled.
- The Golden Rock Workshops. Where steam locomotives are still built — for Darjeeling, and for the Nilgiris.
- Take the controls. A session at the diesel locomotive simulator.
- The length and breadth of Ceylon by rail. From Jaffna in the north to Colombo in the south.
- The Ella Odyssey through the tea country. The Nine Arch Bridge, waterfalls falling into cloud, and the finest carriage window in Asia.
- Ratmalana Railway Workshops. Fifty-six acres. Victorian steam hammers still in daily use. A Beyer Peacock Garratt among the machinery. Nothing of this scale survives in Britain.
- Elephants at the river. Pinnawala, at bathing hour.
- South India — shaken, stirred, and served with a dash of adventure
