Real stories from real trips.

"Felt like a private trip designed by a friend who happens to live there. The driver, Pradeep, became part of the holiday — he knew the elephants by name."

"Sigiriya at sunrise, then a hot-air balloon over Dambulla — Modotravels built the trip around a couple of bucket-list ideas and the rest was their suggestions. All bullseyes."

"The blue-whale boat was the slowest, smallest, best-rated operator and you can tell. We saw four. Hotels were a level above what we'd booked ourselves on previous trips."

"Asked for 'temples, tea, trains, no chains'. They gave us exactly that. The Kandy → Ella ride is the most beautiful thing we've ever sat through."