NORTHERN CHRONICLES
From Ancient Kingdoms to Living Memory
10 Nights | Interpretive Island Journey
Locations Covered
Jaffna Peninsula • Naguleswaram (Keerimalai) • Kandarodai • Nallur • Islands off Jaffna (Delft or Nainativu) • Trincomalee • Koneswaram • Sigiriya • Polonnaruwa • Anuradhapura (optional)
Start: Jaffna End: Jaffna
Signature moments
Island crossings exploring maritime lifeways
Sacred site visits framed through continuity and memory
Conversations with local voices grounded in everyday life
Who This Journey Is For
Travellers seeking nuanced understanding of the North—educators, researchers, artists, writers, and culturally sensitive explorers. Not designed for conflict tourism or superficial narratives.
What Guests Take Away
A deeper sensitivity to how landscapes carry memory; an understanding of the North beyond binaries; and a quieter, more responsible way of relating to history, place, and people.
Practical Details
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Small groups, typically 6–12 guests
Private Tour available
Designed as a small-group journey, with thoughtful pacing and longer stays to minimise travel fatigue.
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Carefully selected 4★+ heritage properties, and characterful retreats, chosen for quiet comfort, location, and sense of place.
Hermitage dwelling option available in selected locations depending on group size and nature.
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Private air-conditioned transport for the group. Trains used selectively where they enhance the journey.
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Accommodation, most meals, site entry fees, guided experiences, curated performances (where applicable), and all internal transfers.
(International flights excluded.)
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Private departures and customised versions are available on request.
Variations:
Living Dhamma Deep Dive Edition with 7 day silent retreat in forest monastery.
Overview
Northern Sri Lanka is shaped by long memory—of ancient kingdoms and maritime worlds, colonial encounter and modern conflict, rupture and endurance.
Northern Chronicles is a carefully designed journey through this layered landscape. It does not focus on a single historical moment, nor does it reduce the North to trauma. Instead, it traces continuity and change across millennia—through sacred sites, port cities, islands, and everyday life.
Guests encounter history as something lived and carried forward, held within landscapes, rituals, language, and community practices.