What a driver actually costs, route by route

Every price here is per vehicle, includes the driver, his food and his room, and is the same number we quote on WhatsApp. Two figures per route: a one-way transfer, and the cheaper rate that applies when the leg is part of a trip we are already driving for you. Last verified September 2026.

Colombo Airport to Trincomalee282 km · $156 car · $208 vanColombo Airport to Tissamaharama244 km · $137 car · $182 vanColombo Airport to Ella240 km · $135 car · $181 vanElla to Mirissa224 km · $130 car · $173 vanColombo Airport to Nuwara Eliya204 km · $122 car · $163 vanColombo Airport to Mirissa196 km · $119 car · $159 vanColombo Airport to Sigiriya165 km · $105 car · $140 vanColombo Airport to Galle165 km · $105 car · $140 vanColombo Airport to Kalpitiya145 km · $95 car · $127 vanElla to Tissamaharama130 km · $87 car · $116 vanKandy to Ella121 km · $82 car · $110 vanColombo Airport to Kandy107 km · $74 car · $99 vanColombo Airport to Bentota103 km · $72 car · $96 vanKandy to Sigiriya90 km · $64 car · $85 vanKandy to Nuwara Eliya78 km · $56 car · $75 vanNuwara Eliya to Ella60 km · $44 car · $59 vanGalle to Mirissa37 km · $27 car · $36 van

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Why there are two prices for every route

A one-way transfer means the driver comes to you, drops you and returns empty, so you are paying for both directions. A leg of a trip we are already driving has no empty return to recover. Same road, same car, same driver, and often a difference of 40%. Nobody else explains this, which is why the quotes you find online for the same run vary by a factor of five.