Our Story
Destination management for inbound Sri Lanka — planned by AI, run by people who live here.
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Pickers working terraced tea slopes in Sri Lanka's hill country
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Sri Lankan elephants wading through a shallow tank in a national park
Mission
Travator exists to make a Sri Lanka trip feel effortless to plan and impossible to get wrong. Inbound travelers used to stitch together a dozen browser tabs, a WhatsApp driver, and a hotel booking site that knew nothing about the road between them. We put all of it in one conversation.
The founding idea was simple. The hard part of a Sri Lanka trip was never the booking — it was the knowing. Which coast swims in which month. How long the drive from Kandy to Ella really takes. Where to be at dawn. That knowledge lived in the heads of local guides. We taught it to a system that plans out loud, then handed the last mile back to those same guides.
“As a Sri Lanka–based company, we believe a locally led platform gives travellers the best experience. Most tools guide you tourist-to-tourist. Travator is a hospitable tool from locals to travellers — an AI-fronted knowledge base fully curated by people who understand the beauty of this country. Because when it comes to travelling Sri Lanka, we should know best.”
Shanilka Rajapaksha
Founder of Travator
What we value
Ground truth over guesswork
Every itinerary is built on real driving times, seasons, and opening hours. If a drive doesn't fit a day, we don't pretend it does.
People behind the machine
The AI plans; our ops team and drivers deliver. A human can step into any conversation, any time.
One island, done well
We only do Sri Lanka. Depth beats breadth — we'd rather know every coast and pass than skim a hundred countries.
Honest pricing
Prices come from real inventory, shown in full before you confirm. No invented rates, no surprises at the counter.
Sustainability
A sustainability-led movement
We are fully focused on building a sustainable tourism brand — saving Sri Lanka for the next generation. Here is how every trip we plan moves the industry in that direction.
Spread the load
We route travellers to less-visited regions and shoulder seasons — easing pressure on overcrowded sites and giving quieter corners a fair share of tourism.
Spend that stays local
Our stays and driver-guides are locally owned wherever possible, so the money from your trip lands in Sri Lankan hands, not distant intermediaries.
Conservation-first choices
Wildlife viewing, heritage visits, and park access are planned with respectful timing and distance — the island's ecosystems come before a good photo.
Built for the long run
Every itinerary we shape asks what Sri Lanka needs to thrive for the next generation. Sustainable tourism isn't a tagline for us — it's the only way we operate.
Founder access
Talk to the founder directly
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