About Tourify
Built by Sri Lankans.
Tourify is a private tour of Sri Lanka that you put together yourself: your own vehicle and driver, a day-by-day route you build and change online, and one price for the vehicle rather than a charge per head. You book it here, and it is coordinated from Sri Lanka once you arrive.
We both grew up on the Sri Lankan coast, where tourism was part of ordinary daily life, and travelled the island for years before either of us left it. Heshan moved to Australia in 2019, Tharuka to the United States in 2021. So we have seen both sides of this trip, planning one from the far side of the world and knowing the roads it actually runs on.
You shouldn't have to spend weeks researching routes, haggling with drivers, and hoping the experience lives up to the photos. You should arrive excited and leave wishing you had more time.
Heshan and Tharuka, co-founders
Leadership
Who runs Tourify.
A small management team: technology and commercial abroad, operations in Sri Lanka. The drivers and guides you travel with are hired and coordinated through that operations side.
Heshan Rathnayake
Co-founder & Technology Lead
Leads technology and product from Australia.
Tharuka Perera
Co-founder & Business Lead
Leads commercial, partnerships and growth from the United States.
Nethminda Perera
Sri Lanka Operations Lead
Leads operations and supplier coordination in Sri Lanka.
What We Stand For
Four rules we don't bend.
Every feature, price and route decision gets checked against these four.
Traveler-first, always
The price moves as you add days, stops and stays, so you know what a change costs while you are still deciding.
Transparent pricing
One price per vehicle, no per-person charges and no platform fees. The vehicle, a guide and any stays you add are listed separately before you pay.
Your trip, your shape
Reshape the route, pace and stays as often as you like while planning. After you book, your coordinator can still change the plan, and dates move free of charge up to 30 days before departure.
Good for the island
Your driver, your guide and the places you stay are Sri Lankan, most of them family-run, and they are paid for the work they do on your trip.
After You Book
Who looks after your trip.
You book with Tourify Travel Pty Ltd, registered in Melbourne, Australia. Nethminda leads operations in Sri Lanka, and your trip runs through that side of the business once it is booked. A coordinator gets in touch within 48 hours of your booking, goes through anything you want changed, and stays your point of contact for whatever you need while you are on the road.