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Two Sternas reaching back to pull a friend up a stone path in the Knuckles

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Small group Experiences. Every route is walked first by the Experience Host who leads it, so the group leaves as a group and is still talking a year from now.

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The experience was always the point.

Upcoming routeThe Serendib LineSri Lanka · 23 December 2026 to 2 January 2027Explore the route

Real photos from Sri Lanka, last New Year. Taken by our hosts.

Farah at the White Buddha in Kandy
Kandy.
Rafting the Kelani River
Into the river.
Walkers on Nine Arches Bridge
Worth the walk.
Two friends with surfboards
Surf, optional.
Ella main street at night
Ella, after dark.
Palms over the ocean at dusk
A new year.
Walking the ramparts of Galle Fort
Galle.
Ambuluwawa Tower against a blue sky
The climb up.
Farah laughing on a hill trail
Some places call you back.
Kandy.
Into the river.
Worth the walk.
Surf, optional.
Ella, after dark.
A new year.
Galle.
The climb up.
Some places call you back.

Upcoming route

The Serendib Line

Sri Lanka · New Year in the hills and by the ocean

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A hiker with an orange backpack on a green ridge above the Ella hillsElla. Last New Year.Explore the route

23 December 2026 to 2 January 2027

11 days · 10 nights · A small group

Farah El Ezaby smiling on a hill path in Sri Lanka

This New Year, I am going back to the island I fell in love with.

Farah El Ezaby, Experience Host

Estimated InvestmentUSD 1,320per person, twin occupancy
Hosted byFarahwho walked it last New Year
Send Farah a messageDay by day

Seven stops. One line.

Farah in front of the White Buddha in Kandy1 · 2 NIGHTSKandyFriends on a stone trail in the Knuckles2 · A FULL DAYKnucklesA raft of Sternas paddling the Kelani River3 · 1 NIGHTKitulgalaPicking tea with a woven basket in the highlands4 · 2 NIGHTSNuwara EliyaWalkers on Nine Arches Bridge in the green Ella hills5 · 2 NIGHTSEllaTwo friends with surfboards on the south coast6 · 3 NIGHTSSouth CoastWalking the grass ramparts of Galle Fort7 · A FULL DAYGalle

The Experiences

Where we have been. Where we go next.

[Lycian Turn group photo, with consent]Where we have been · TürkiyeThe Lycian Turn3 to 12 October 2026. Their photos, in their words.Farah in a rain jacket and gaiters on a highland pathGetting ready · Sri LankaPacking and PrepWhat to bring for five kinds of day on the Serendib Line.Farah and Taher in the misty Knuckles cloud forestThe year ahead2027 linesAnnounced in January. Raise your hand now and hear first from a host.

From the line

Real people. Real days.

Every photo here was taken by a host or a Sterna on the route. No stock images, ever.

Picking tea leaves with a basket on a hillside
Tea country. Slow afternoon.
A raft of Sternas in helmets on white water
Into the river.
A Sterna wearing an inflatable elephant hat at the New Year's Eve party
The last night of the year.
Two friends with yellow surfboards on the beach
Surf, optional.