Places 7
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Official airport taxi rates
Airport transfers
Mattala and Jaffna airports
Airport transfers
Water landings and aerodromes
Domestic flights
Getting a Sri Lankan driving permit
Renting a vehicle
Pre-booked transfer prices
Airport transfers
Taxi, bus, app or tuk-tuk
Airport transfers
The cheap coach route south
Airport transfers
Landing in the middle of the night
Airport transfers
Guides 7
Getting out of Colombo airport without overpaying
Three separate price ladders exist for the same journey and they differ
Three prices for the same ride out of Colombo airport
The official counter, a pre-booked car and a ride-hailing app quote wild
Landing at Colombo airport: your first hour, sorted
Immigration, a 24-hour SIM counter, fair-rate taxis and the highway bus:
Sri Lanka's expressways: the fast lane between airport, Colombo and the south
The E01 and E03 turned day-long drives into two-hour hops. How traveller
Getting a tourist SIM in Sri Lanka: airport counters vs eSIM
Data is cheap and coverage is good. Whether to buy a physical tourist SI
Sri Lanka transport prices in 2026: what rides really cost
Real 2026 numbers for PickMe tuk-tuks and cars, the new bus fares, train
Make time for Negombo
A laid-back beach town minutes from the airport, with a lively fish mark