My husband and I have recently completed an amazing 10 day tour of Sri Lanka with our wonderful tour guide Kanishka.
From the moment of our arrival ( in the middle of the night) he was always professionally presented, very punctual, friendly and helpful with all the details of our day to day itinerary.
Kanishka was also very accommodating and happy to adjust the options within our itinerary to suit our requests.
He considered our age and ensuring the activities were enjoyable, comfortable and manageable at our pace while exploring everything we wanted to include on our tour.
Throughout our holiday he shared information, commentary and recommendations that showed excellent local knowledge, this helped with our understanding and enjoyment of the local people, food and culture, and the places we explored.
We would highly recommend Kanishka to anyone looking for a friendly, knowledgeable and experienced certified government guide in Sri Lanka for their holiday.
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Cruiser64491005015
September 3, 2026 · via Tripadvisor
Unforgettable experience!
Kanishka was an informative tour guide for me and my friend travelling on a 5 day tour around beautiful gem of an island, Sri Lanka. He was flexible with our travel itinerary which we had planned beforehand and was extremely adaptable to our plans on the go. He was also punctual, often arriving before our agreed time.
He was a very safe driver and we appreciated his meticulous driving throughout the country, including the hill country, where we didn't vomit once (we're both prone to motion sickness).
If you are looking for an informative, flexible and safe tour guide in Sri Lanka, Kanishka can certainly be recommended!
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Voyage49752968375
August 20, 2026 · via Tripadvisor
8 days in Sri Lanka
We have just completed an 8 day guided tour with Kanishka, our Government certified tourist guide.
As both our driver and guide Kanisha proved exemplary. He communicated plans clearly, was punctual, respectful and demonstrated great humour, as well as proving to be a calm hand at the wheel. He remained flexible and adaptable responding to our changing plans; if an excursion didn’t fit our preferences he supported our needs by making suggestions for alternative activities not already on the itinerary. He proved indefatigable in accommodating our last minute requests to sample local foods or stop at businesses on route.
We had a fabulous time exploring the sites on the tour. Kanishka was passionate about sharing the history and culture of Sri Lanka throughout and provided insight into the significance of all the sites visited. Nothing seemed to be too much trouble.
We were able to tick off some real bucket list items on this trip, including seeing elephants in the wild, taking in the lush vistas of Sigiriya, sipping masala chai on an imperial railway travelling through the historic Ceylon tea plantations, seeing 5 leopards in a single day!!, as well as having our paths crossed by a 2m long cobra (luckily whilst still in our jeep on safari).
Kanishka handled the organisation throughout with aplomb, leaving us to deal with the arduous task of relaxing.
His ability to understand my quick-fire, accented English deserves its own mention.
I cannot recommend Sri Lanka, its people or our guide enough. If you choose to visit you won't be disappointed.
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Pioneer361673
May 24, 2026 · via Tripadvisor
Great Tour & Tour Guide
Our tour guide for an 8 day trip visiting Sri Lanka, Kanishka, made our trip a wonderfully memorable experience.
Some of the excellent qualities that Kanishka brought to our experience in Sri Lanka were as follows:
1. Safe driver, so we never felt uncomfortable even on switchbacks and narrow roads
2. Organized and extremely punctual
3. Flexible schedule and plan to customize our events and visit to our taste versus a one size fits all
4. Helpful, pleasant demeanor
5. Knowledgeable about Sri Lankan history and traditions, food, and even about the wildlife on safaris
6. Proud of Sri Lankan heritage and happy to share information
7. Good command of English language
If we decide to take another tour in Sri Lanka, we will for surely book it with Kanishka if he is available.
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Helena M
January 29, 2026 · via Tripadvisor
Highly recommend. Our driver, tour guide Kanishka was so kind, prompt, knowledgable and considerate.
Our 8 day/ 7 night tour in Sri Lanka was everything we hoped for. Our driver, tour guide Kanishka was so kind, prompt, knowledgable and considerate.
We loved that our driver took pictures of the two of us along the way, something we don’t normally get as we travel.
He freely shared his knowledge of history, culture, and answered our many questions.
The car was always clean, he checked the rooms as we checked in to make sure all was good.
Our guide got us to sunrise at Sigirya Rock, sunset at Little Adam’ Peak. He arrange an excellent Jeep driver for our early morning Yala NP Safari where we were fortunate to get some great views of ‘Lucas’ the largest Leopard in Yala’s Block 1. He arranged for FRONT ROW seats to a beautiful Cultural show in Kandy. He made sure we got onto and off the train near Nuwara Eliya to Ella.
As we were leaving after watching the train pass over the 9 Arches Bridge I over heard a young woman who was just arriving say to her partner “I am so disappointed that we missed the train. This was an expensive part of the trip.”
We are so happy to have had Kanishka take care of all the details so that we did not miss any magical moments.
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FellowTraveler162958
December 13, 2025 · via Tripadvisor
Kanishka as our Guide through Sri Lanka
We had the pleasure of having Kanishka as our guide and driver during our trip through Sri Lanka. He is a super relaxed driver and has a brought knowledge of Sri Lanka and it's history. We can highly recommend Kanishka if you are looking for a trustworthy, gentle and knowledgeable guide whose english is very good.
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763dereke
December 13, 2025 · via Tripadvisor
Top tier tour guide that showed us Sri Lanka's secrets
We had a wonderful week long tour with Kanishka around Sri Lanka. We visited Yale, Udawalawa, Ella, Kandy, and Sirgiriya. He is professional, knowledgeable, very patient, willing to get up at 4:30am multiple times to see the sunrise and be the first ones in the Safari parks. We was also willing to hike up to different places to show us around, tell us about the history, and take pictures of us, which I haven't seen of many guides locally or internationally. He also took us to a few secret spots that were not part of the original itinerary which were super cool! Definitely in the top percentile of guides I've had and I've had many. In addition, he is a very safe driver and the vehicle he drove was very spacious and comfortable.
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Ingrid W
November 13, 2025 · via Tripadvisor
Island paradise
This magnificent island of Sri Lanka did not disappoint as our wonderful driver, Kanishka drove us from one spectacular location to the next in his spotlessly clean, air conditioned car.
Around every corner was a new surprise awaiting us.
Historic places, endless colour and friendly faces.
SL is amazing in every aspect.
Magnificent food, fabulous places and beautiful people.
I would highly recommend this tour to anyone as it was a fabulous week with endless memories with our spectacular tour guide.
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aarenp2016
August 13, 2025 · via Tripadvisor
Tour of Sri Lanka
Kanishka provided an excellent tour of the wonders of Sri Lanka. He always punctual with timings and has great recommendations of where to visit and what to do. He was also very informative regarding the rich history of the country and provided top-notch service throughout! I would thoroughly recommend him!
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aashnip
August 9, 2025 · via Tripadvisor
Great experience, 100% recommend Travline.
We had an amazing trip with Travline and Kanishka. Kanishka is a great tour guide, he is very informative and took us to amazing places. We visited from London with a 8 day itinerary travelling around Sri Lanka. Everything went smoothly and we all really enjoyed travelling with Travline.
Overall we had an amazing experience and would 100% recommend using Travline!