Built by People Who
Know the Roads

Our Story

Where Inmi Travels
Began

Inmi Travels is a Sri Lanka based private tour operator, built around a simple idea, that a single generic itinerary can never properly serve every kind of traveller. Every journey we design sits within one of five collections, each built from the ground up for the specific traveller taking it.

Inmi Travels started with a straightforward observation, that most Sri Lanka itineraries look identical regardless of who is travelling, the same dozen sites in the same order, reshuffled slightly depending on how many nights are available. We built Inmi Travels to work the other way round, starting from the traveller and designing outward. Five collections, each with its own pace, its own signature moments and its own reason for existing, are the result.

Tea country near Bandarawela
Sri Lankan rice and curry

Our Team

The People Behind
the Journeys

Inmi Travels is run by a Sri Lanka based team who have spent years driving these roads, staying in these hotels and working directly with the guides, trackers and named-address properties that make each collection genuinely work.

Nuwan Jayasuriya

Nuwan Jayasuriya

Head Chauffeur-Guide

Fifteen years guiding, a walking encyclopaedia of birds, temples and roadside food.

Tharushi Fernando

Tharushi Fernando

Wildlife & Nature Specialist

Former Yala park naturalist. Knows the leopards of Block 1 by name.

Inmi Perera

Inmi Perera

Founder & Journey Designer

Grew up between Kandy and Colombo; has driven every road on the island at least twice.

Ahamed Rizvi

Ahamed Rizvi

East & North Specialist

Born in Trincomalee, he opened our north-east routes and still finds new beaches every season.

Our Values

What We Won't
Compromise On

01

Privacy, always.

No shared coaches, no shared safari jeeps, no waiting on another traveller's schedule.

02

Honesty about value.

Whether the trip is a budget-conscious circuit or an ultra-luxury named-hotel journey, every property and experience is personally checked, at every price point.

03

Ethical wildlife encounters, without exception.

No elephant riding, no performance.

04

Real local knowledge.

Every route reflects direct, on the ground experience of Sri Lanka.

Our Philosophy

How We See Travel

We believe a good Sri Lanka trip is designed, not assembled. That means starting with the traveller, their budget, their appetite for adventure, the amount of comfort or exclusivity they actually want, rather than starting with a fixed list of sites and working out who might buy it.

Our Promise

What Every Traveller
Can Expect

Whichever collection you book, from a compact budget-friendly escape to a full ultra-luxury grand tour, the same guides, vehicles and standard of care stand behind the journey.

Waterfall in the hill country

Five collections. One standard of care.
Wherever your budget or ambition starts.