🇱🇰 Sri Lanka or 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Which one, honestly
Sri Lanka leads on food.
A normal day costs about $70 in Sri Lanka and $75 in Indonesia.
Side by side
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka🇮🇩 Indonesia
- Jan, Feb, Mar, DecBest monthsApr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct
- $70A normal day$75
- 4h 25m to ColomboNonstop from Dubai9h 15m to Bali
- ExceptionalBeaches and seaExceptional
- Not the drawCities and cultureNot the draw
- ExceptionalFoodVery good
- 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 aroundScooters and private drivers on Bali, short flights and ferries between islands
- The southwest in May and June, and the east from October to DecemberWhen to avoidJuly and August in south Bali, when the traffic becomes the trip
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 Indonesia if
you want volcanoes, reefs and rice terraces for very little money, and you are willing to leave the busy south to find them.
Full Sri Lanka guide →Full Indonesia 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.