Lakpura's French-speaking guide is a Sri Lankan who knows the island and speaks fluent French. They travel with you for the days you book, explaining what you are looking at as you go: the carving on a temple wall, why a stupa stands where it stands, how a colonial fort and a tea district came to sit in the same small country. When you want to speak with the people around you, most of whom speak Sinhala or Tamil, the guide translates for you, and answers the questions that come up in between.
Curry, cinnamon and the markets behind them
Food in Sri Lanka is a subject in its own right, and it is one your guide can open up in French. Rice and curry is built on coconut, on Maldive fish, and on the spices the island has traded for centuries — cinnamon above all, which Sri Lanka still grows. Walking through a market, the guide can tell you what is in the baskets, what the dish on your plate is made of and how hot it is likely to be. If you take a cooking lesson, visit a spice garden or sit down for an Ayurveda consultation, the guide translates in both directions, so that you follow the explanation and can ask your own questions.
What your guide does for you
- Explains a site as you walk it — Anuradhapura, Sigiriya, Polonnaruwa, Galle Fort or a working temple — in French, at the pace you set.
- Translates in markets and shops, so you know what you are buying and what is being said around you.
- Goes through temple etiquette before you step inside: shoes and hats removed, shoulders and knees covered, and where photographs are not welcome.
- Carries conversations with local people — a stallholder, a farmer, a monk, a tea plucker — past the point of greetings.
- Answers practical questions along the way, from reading a menu to understanding why a village is busy on a festival day.
- Gives context on daily life: Buddhist and Hindu practice, rice farming, tea, and the island's colonial past.
Book the guide for as many days as your trip needs, from a single day to four weeks, choosing the number of days when you book. Tell us your itinerary as well — where you are going and in what order — so the guide can be matched to the route and the places on it.
