VisitSrilanka app iconVisitSrilanka

iPhone app · Free

Sri Lanka,
in your pocket.

Live weather by region, rice-and-curry and street-food guides, day-by-day trips you plan with friends, ticket comparison and a wallet for your bookings. Everything a first-time visitor needs, designed to be used on the road.

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Requires iOS 17 or later. Built by Infonex Pty Ltd.

Explore screen with live Sri Lanka weather and must-see places

Built for the first week in Sri Lanka

Not a brochure. A tool you open on the train, at the kade and at the Sigiriya ticket counter.

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Weather by region

Rain chance, highs and lows for 13 towns from the coast to the hills, on the home screen.

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Rice & curry, kottu, hoppers

Ten must-try dishes and eight food hubs with the exact places to eat at.

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Plan trips with friends

Day-by-day trips, shared with a six-letter code, editable by everyone on the trip.

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Tickets & wallet

Compare Klook, KKday, GetYourGuide and official prices, book train seats, keep tickets offline.

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Map & directions

Every place on one map, with driving directions in Apple Maps or Google Maps.

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Everything practical

ETA visa checklist, rupee converter, trains and tuk-tuks, temple rules, Sinhala words and emergency numbers.

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Traveller tips

Check in, rate places and leave tips and photos for the next person.

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Works offline

Photos, guides and your tickets are stored on the phone. No data? No problem.

Every screen, explained

What each part of the app does and why it is there.

Explore screen of the VisitSrilanka app
Home

Explore

The first screen tells you what today looks like before you set off.

  • Colombo's forecast, today's rain chance and the UV index from Open-Meteo, refreshed on every launch.
  • A rain alert card appears when showers are likely in the towns you are heading to, with a one-tap indoor plan.
  • Must-see icons, nine regional guides and a 'For you' row that adapts to the interests you pick.
Place pages screen of the VisitSrilanka app
Attractions

Place pages

Every place answers the questions visitors ask: when, how much, how to get there, how long.

  • Hours, foreigner prices in rupees and dollars, how to reach it and how long to allow, as colour tiles.
  • Insider tips written for first-timers: climb at 7am, where to buy the ticket, what the monkeys will steal.
  • Save with a heart, add to a trip, check in, read tips from other travellers, and get directions in Apple Maps or Google Maps.
Tickets & deals screen of the VisitSrilanka app
Bookings

Tickets & deals

Compare ticket prices without leaving the page, and keep what you buy in your wallet.

  • Official link first, then Klook, KKday, GetYourGuide and Trip.com for safaris, tours and bundles.
  • Current promotions from operators and partners show on the place they belong to.
  • Already have a ticket or a train seat? Add it to the wallet so the QR code is ready at the gate.
Eat like a local screen of the VisitSrilanka app
Food

Eat like a local

Rice and curry at lunch, hoppers at dusk, kottu at midnight. This tab gets you to the right place.

  • Ten must-try dishes with their story, realistic prices and where to try them.
  • Eight food hubs, from the Galle Face carts to Ella's main street, with the exact places to eat at.
  • Restaurants worth booking, and the four things that make eating here easy.
Food hub guide screen of the VisitSrilanka app
Food

Food hub guide

Each food hub page is built around what to order, not the building.

  • Must-try items in order, with the stall or restaurant to get them from.
  • Opening hours, where it is, a map and a local tip such as which cart to pick and what to pay.
  • Traveller tips and photos from people who ate there last week.
Dish stories screen of the VisitSrilanka app
Food

Dish stories

Tap any dish for a short story, what it costs, and where to try it.

  • Origin and what makes the Sri Lankan version special.
  • Realistic prices so you know when you are being overcharged.
  • A specific recommendation, not a list of twenty.
Plan screen of the VisitSrilanka app
Trips

Plan

Build your own loop with friends, or start from a ready-made plan.

  • Create a trip with dates and get a day-by-day board. Add any place or food hub to a day from its page.
  • Share a six-letter code and your travel companions edit the same trip from their phones.
  • Hotel search prefilled with your dates, and five proven itineraries from a Colombo stopover to seven days.
Ready-made itineraries screen of the VisitSrilanka app
Trips

Ready-made itineraries

Timed, realistic plans with the travel legs written in.

  • Each stop has a time, a note on what to do there, and a link to the full place page.
  • Meals are built in, at food hubs along the route.
  • Plans for a stopover, the Cultural Triangle, the hill-country train, the south coast and a full week.
Map screen of the VisitSrilanka app
Navigation

Map

Every place and food hub on one map of the island, filtered by what you feel like doing.

  • Colour-coded pins by category: icons, nature, culture, family, nightlife, shopping and food.
  • Tap a pin for a card with the photo, how to get there, details and driving directions.
  • Your location is only requested when you open this tab, never at launch.
Essentials screen of the VisitSrilanka app
Practical

Essentials

Everything practical in one place, from the ETA visa to ordering a kiri thé.

  • Your profile, ticket wallet, pre-flight checklist, live weather, money, transport, laws, words and emergency numbers.
  • Designed to be used on the road, with big tap targets and colour-coded sections.
Before you fly screen of the VisitSrilanka app
Checklist

Before you fly

Ten things to sort before landing, each with the link to do it.

  • ETA visa on the official site only, passport validity, SIM or eSIM, cash and ATMs, PickMe, train seats, plug adaptor, monsoon seasons, repellent, insurance.
  • Buy an eSIM from Airalo or Saily, book train seats on 12go, or install PickMe, right from the item.
  • Progress is saved and syncs across your devices when signed in.
Weather by region screen of the VisitSrilanka app
Live data

Weather by region

Sri Lanka has two monsoons and three climates. Knowing which town is wet changes your week.

  • Today's high, low and rain chance for 13 towns from Jaffna to Mirissa, colour-coded.
  • A four-day Colombo outlook and the UV index with plain-language ratings.
  • Source: Open-Meteo.
Money screen of the VisitSrilanka app
Practical

Money

A rupee converter with live rates, and the money tips that matter here.

  • Fifteen currencies, flip direction with one tap, rates refreshed daily.
  • ATMs that work, two-tier foreigner pricing, and how much to tip drivers and guides.
Getting around screen of the VisitSrilanka app
Practical

Getting around

Trains, buses, tuk-tuks, PickMe, drivers and seaplanes, explained in the detail a visitor needs.

  • How to get a seat on the Kandy–Ella train, bus etiquette, tuk-tuk meter rates and what a driver for a week costs.
  • From the airport to Colombo or Negombo, and when a domestic flight is worth it.
Sinhala, Tamil & food words screen of the VisitSrilanka app
Culture

Sinhala, Tamil & food words

Twelve words you will hear in the first hour, and how to order tea and read a menu.

  • Ayubowan, istuti, kohomada, kiyada, hari, machang, and why a 'hotel' is a restaurant.
  • Kiri thé, plain tea, thambili, short eats, sambol, kiri peni, arrack.
Emergency numbers screen of the VisitSrilanka app
Safety

Emergency numbers

Tap to call. Police, the free 1990 ambulance, fire, Tourist Police and the airport.

  • Every number dials directly from the app.
  • Which hospitals to go to, where to find a pharmacy and what to do about a lost passport.
Ticket wallet screen of the VisitSrilanka app
Bookings

Ticket wallet

Every booking in one place, with QR codes saved on the phone so they work without data.

  • Add a title, place, provider, date, booking reference or a screenshot of the ticket.
  • A 'Your ticket for today' card appears on the home screen on the day.
  • Synced to your account, so it survives a lost or replaced phone.
Sign in screen of the VisitSrilanka app
Account

Sign in

No passwords. Sign in with Apple or Google in two taps, or keep using the app without an account.

  • Signing in unlocks sync, shared trips, tips and the ticket wallet. Browsing never requires it.
  • Delete your account and all your data from your profile at any time.

Private by design

No passwords, no ad tracking, no selling data. Browse everything without an account. Sign in with Apple or Google only when you want sync, shared trips, tips or the ticket wallet, and delete your account from inside the app at any time.

Read the privacy policy

Developed by Infonex Pty Ltd

Infonex is an Australian software company. Questions, press, partnership or feedback: admin@infonex.com.au