Sri Lanka with Bentota

Covid Guidelines

• Protocols to Arrive in Srilanka (Even if program booked for 04 Nights / 05 Days)
• Highlights :  Srilanka Airport reopen for travelers from : 21st January 2021
• No Quarantine for any tourist with negative reports
• First 14 days tourist have to be very careful and MUST not mix with locals.
• Dual Citizens, couples/ spouses of foreign nationals and paid commercial passengers with foreign passports are allowed under the tourism route with no quarantine, following an adherence to the guidelines and protocols in place.
• Mandatory to take Covid Insurance.
• Basic Guidelines for tourist to follow :
• Book a complete Srilanka tour package (  with Level - 1 # Safe & Secure' Certified 40 - 50 Hotels ) & follow the necessary guidelines
• During the first 14 days, all tourist visitors will be inside a bio-bubble tour principle and it is the responsibility of  accommodation providers to help your tourist/visitors not to break the bubble in any case.
• All  visas  must  be  applied  online  through  the  Immigration  ETA  portal. Before you  apply for your visa, you need to have a confirmed hotel booking, pre-purchased PCR tests and a mandatory COVID-19 Insurance Cover paid for through your ‘Safe and Secure Level 1’ hotel  when  making  your  booking.  The  hotel  will  issue a  reference  number  which  you need to include in your visa form under the section ‘contact details’. There you  will  be asked for ‘address in Sri Lanka’ under which you need to indicate your hotel name, address and the reference number issued.
• You will need to pay USD 12 PER PERSON for your insurance for a 1 month cover of USD 50,000 offered by People's Insurance  PLC and  it  is  a  mandatory  requirement when  applying  for  your  visa.
• The  completed Health  Declaration  Form(HDF)should  also be  submitted on  arrival at the airport Health Counters and these HDFs will be given prior to boarding from your native country, You must carry a copy of the from along with you.
• Currently no exceptions would be made for vaccinations if taken; all safety protocols should be adhered to regardless.
• One has to participate in PCR tests upon arrival at the respective hotel. there will no exceptions in this procedure
• Tourists can visit upto 14 approved tourist sites under the safety of a bio bubble. Visit srilanka.travel/helloagain for details. After 14 days they are free to mix with the locals / go to the local markets / shopping malls etc etc
• VISA Info & Important Note – As if the tourist is staying for 04 nights / 05 days it’s mandatary to do a PCR test upon arrival at USD 40 per person & which will be valid only till 96 hours therefore they will have to do one more PCR test if the stay is more than 05 days  which means a stay of 05 nights  ( This PCR cost would be differs to the arrival day PCR test as we need to add the transport charges also to the place where the clients are staying on that day ) & before the departure flight from Sri Lanka if their PCR test exceeds 96 hours. Also the client has to pay for the insurance as well. ( USD 12 per person per month while applying for the visas ), So all tourist must keep in mind for additional charges for second PCR test + transport after 96 hrs once you are arrived in Srilanka.
• The clients can make these first two payments while applying for the Visa’s if that option is available by the time they apply for visa’s, If that facility is not available, they can make these two payments directly to the airlines while issuing the air tickets. So initially they will have to pay for VISA cost + PCR test cost ( Depending on your no of nights / no of days ) + Insurance cost per person while applying for Visa’s )
• For more detailed information, please log on to : https://www.srilanka.travel/helloagain/

Mandatory Payments for the hotel by guest on the arrival day

• COVID 19 PCR Test – USD 40 per Adult  x 02 tests ( USD 20 per person to be added for the transfers for 02nd PCR test in Bentota / For the SGL room USD 40 pp to be added for the transfers to take the PCR test)
• COVID Insurance – USD 12 per Adult / Child