🇱🇰 Sri Lanka or 🇮🇸 Iceland
Which one, honestly
Sri Lanka leads on the sea, value for money and food. Iceland leads on getting around and cities.
A normal day costs about $70 in Sri Lanka and $190 in Iceland.
Side by side
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka🇮🇸 Iceland
- Jan, Feb, Mar, DecBest monthsJun, Jul, Aug, Sep
- $70A normal day$190
- 11h to ColomboNonstop from London3h 20m to Reykjavik
- ExceptionalBeaches and seaNot the draw
- Not the drawCities and cultureGood
- ExceptionalFoodGood
- ExceptionalNature and hikingExceptional
- ExceptionalValue for moneyNot the draw
- GoodEasy to get aroundVery good
- A car with driver is the norm, and the hill country train is worth a slow dayGetting aroundA hire car on the ring road, and a four wheel drive for the interior
- The southwest in May and June, and the east from October to DecemberWhen to avoidNothing seasonally, but the highland roads are shut from roughly October to June
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 Iceland if
you want landscape above everything else, and you have accepted in advance that it costs more than anywhere else here.
Full Sri Lanka guide →Full Iceland 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.