Active travel specialists Grasshopper Adventures, based in Bangkok, offers family and pioneering tours to destinations in Asia in a variety of lengths. The week-long Sri Lanka by Bike adventure takes participants along an exhilarating route that includes a train journey through tea hills, cycling through lush tea plantations, and a Jeep tour of Yala National Park to catch a glimpse of resident elephants, leopards, buffalo and monkeys.

Sri Lanka Tea Estate © Mlnuwan | Dreamstime.com

Along the way, explore the city of Kandy and Sri Dalada Maligawa, also known as the Temple of the Sacred Tooth. The tooth relic in this Buddhist temple is believed to have once belonged to the Buddha. There’s also time to relax on the southern coast, ride along paths through rainforest landscapes and to hike within the Sinharaja Rainforest Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site where a multitude of rare trees and bird species reside. The trip route covers 198 miles by bicycle, beginning at $2,300 per person.

Other multiday cycling tours in Sri Lanka offered by Grasshopper Adventures include exploring the history of the country on the plains of the Cultural Triangle, and spending time chilling out in Galle and the southern beaches. Additional tours up to two weeks in length can be arranged in Japan, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, China, Uzbekistan, Taiwan, Bhutan and Myanmar.