A 14-day Sri Lanka itinerary from the cultural triangle to both coasts

Start north. Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa need quiet, not a van that is already thinking about Kandy. Sigiriya sits between them. Then the hills: Kandy is a hinge, Nuwara Eliya is weather, Ella is the photograph everyone already has — still worth a night.

From Ella you can drop south to Yala or push east to Arugam Bay. That fork is the whole point of two weeks. We do not decide it in a brochure; we decide it from your dates.

Finish on the south-west so the airport road is boring in the right way.