🇱🇰 Sri Lanka or 🇬🇪 Georgia
Which one, honestly
Sri Lanka leads on the sea. Georgia leads on cities.
A normal day costs about $70 in Sri Lanka and $60 in Georgia.
Side by side
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka🇬🇪 Georgia
- Jan, Feb, Mar, DecBest monthsMay, Jun, Sep, Oct
- $70A normal day$60
- 11h to ColomboNonstop from London5h 30m to Tbilisi
- ExceptionalBeaches and seaNot the draw
- Not the drawCities and cultureVery good
- ExceptionalFoodExceptional
- ExceptionalNature and hikingExceptional
- ExceptionalValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- A car with driver is the norm, and the hill country train is worth a slow dayGetting aroundShared minibuses and cheap drivers, the roads are the slow part
- The southwest in May and June, and the east from October to DecemberWhen to avoidThe mountain roads from November to April, when the passes close
Pick by what you want
🇱🇰 Choose Sri Lanka if
you want beaches, tea mountains, safari and ruins inside one small island, on a very small budget.
🇬🇪 Choose Georgia if
you want the Caucasus, eight thousand years of wine and food nobody has heard of yet, on the smallest budget in Europe.
Full Sri Lanka guide →Full Georgia guide →
And what the world thinks
Dead even. The next vote breaks the tie.
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Written and checked by hand. Nothing here about visas or entry rules: those change often and depend on your passport, so check an official source.