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Festival season: planning a journey around Esala Perahera

Ten nights of drums and fire in Kandy — and how to weave the island's grandest pageant into a summer route.

Each July or August, Kandy holds ten nights of processions honouring the Sacred Tooth Relic — whip-crackers, fire dancers, drummers and a hundred caparisoned elephants.

Book early

Hotels in Kandy fill a year ahead for the final nights. We hold seats on balconies along the route.

Pair it with the east

Perahera season is east-coast season — follow the procession with a week in Trincomalee or Pasikuda.

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