Terms & Conditions

1. Introduction

Welcome to LankaWayfarer. These Terms & Conditions govern your access to and use of the LankaWayfarer website, platform, features, and services.

By accessing or using LankaWayfarer, you agree to comply with these Terms & Conditions. If you do not agree with any part of these terms, please discontinue using the website.

LankaWayfarer is designed to help users discover destinations across Sri Lanka, explore tourist attractions, create personal travel plans, and connect with relevant travel service providers where such features are available.

2. Eligibility

You may use LankaWayfarer for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms & Conditions.

If you create an account or submit information through the platform, you agree to provide accurate and reasonably up-to-date information.

If you use LankaWayfarer on behalf of another person or organization, you confirm that you have the authority to do so.

3. Acceptable Use of LankaWayfarer

You agree to use LankaWayfarer responsibly and only for lawful purposes.

You must not:

• Use the platform for unlawful, fraudulent, or misleading activities.
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the website, accounts, systems, or data.
• Interfere with the operation or security of the LankaWayfarer platform.
• Upload or submit harmful code, malware, or malicious content.
• Use automated methods to collect or copy website content without permission.
• Submit false, misleading, or impersonated information.
• Use the platform in a manner that may harm other users or service providers.

4. Destination and Travel Information

LankaWayfarer provides information about tourist destinations, attractions, regions, travel experiences, and related information for general informational and planning purposes.

While we aim to provide useful and accurate information, destination details may change over time. Opening hours, entrance fees, transportation availability, weather conditions, local regulations, and other travel information may change without notice.

Users are responsible for verifying important information with the relevant destination, authority, business, or service provider before making travel decisions.

5. Trip Planner

LankaWayfarer may provide tools that allow users to select destinations and create personal travel plans.

Trip planning information provided through LankaWayfarer is intended to assist with travel planning and does not constitute a guarantee of availability, booking, transportation, accommodation, or any other travel service.

Users are responsible for reviewing their travel plans and making their own decisions regarding transportation, accommodation, activities, safety, and other travel arrangements.

6. Guides and Quotation Requests

Where available, LankaWayfarer may allow tourists to submit travel requirements or quotation requests and connect with registered guides or travel service providers.

LankaWayfarer may act as a platform that facilitates communication between users and service providers. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, LankaWayfarer is not the direct provider of guide services, transportation, accommodation, or other travel services offered by independent third parties.

Any quotation, price, itinerary, service, availability, or agreement provided by a guide or travel service provider is the responsibility of that provider.

Users should review all terms, prices, cancellation conditions, inclusions, exclusions, and other arrangements directly with the relevant service provider before confirming any service.

7. Third-Party Services and Links

LankaWayfarer may contain links to external websites, maps, services, businesses, or third-party platforms.

These third-party websites and services may operate under their own terms, privacy policies, and practices.

LankaWayfarer does not control or guarantee the availability, accuracy, security, or content of third-party websites and services.

Users access third-party services at their own discretion and risk.

8. User Accounts

Certain LankaWayfarer features may require you to create an account.

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for activities performed through your account.

You should notify LankaWayfarer if you believe that your account has been accessed without authorization.

LankaWayfarer reserves the right to suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms & Conditions or applicable laws.

9. User-Submitted Information and Content

If you submit information, reviews, messages, profile information, images, or other content through LankaWayfarer, you are responsible for ensuring that the content is accurate, lawful, and does not violate the rights of others.

You must not submit content that is unlawful, abusive, threatening, defamatory, misleading, discriminatory, or otherwise inappropriate.

LankaWayfarer may remove or restrict content that violates these Terms & Conditions or applicable laws.

10. Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise stated, the LankaWayfarer website, branding, logos, design elements, original text, graphics, software, and other original materials are owned by or licensed to LankaWayfarer.

You may access and use LankaWayfarer for personal and lawful purposes. You may not reproduce, modify, distribute, sell, or commercially exploit LankaWayfarer content without appropriate authorization.

Third-party trademarks, logos, images, and content remain the property of their respective owners.

11. Accuracy and Availability of the Platform

LankaWayfarer aims to provide a reliable and useful tourism platform. However, we do not guarantee that the website or all information available through it will always be complete, accurate, current, uninterrupted, or error-free.

The website may occasionally be unavailable due to maintenance, technical problems, updates, network issues, or circumstances beyond our reasonable control.

12. Travel and Personal Responsibility

Travel involves risks and responsibilities. Users are responsible for considering their own circumstances, health, safety, travel documents, local conditions, weather, transportation, accommodation, and applicable laws.

Information provided by LankaWayfarer should not replace professional, official, or local advice where such advice is necessary.

Users should exercise appropriate caution and make informed decisions when visiting any destination.

13. Limitation of Liability

To the extent permitted by applicable law, LankaWayfarer and its owners, operators, partners, and contributors shall not be responsible for losses or damages arising from reliance on information provided through the platform or from interactions with independent third-party service providers.

This includes, where applicable, issues relating to travel arrangements, cancellations, availability, pricing, transportation, accommodation, personal injury, property loss, or other circumstances arising from services provided by third parties.

Nothing in these Terms & Conditions is intended to exclude or limit any liability that cannot legally be excluded or limited under applicable law.

14. Privacy

Your use of LankaWayfarer may involve the collection and processing of certain information.

Our handling of personal information is explained in our Privacy Policy .

By using LankaWayfarer, you acknowledge that you have had the opportunity to review our Privacy Policy.

15. Changes to These Terms

LankaWayfarer may update or modify these Terms & Conditions from time to time to reflect changes to the platform, services, legal requirements, or business practices.

When changes are made, the updated version will be published on this page with a revised "Last Updated" date.

Your continued use of LankaWayfarer after changes are published may indicate your acceptance of the updated Terms & Conditions.

16. Governing Law

These Terms & Conditions shall be interpreted and applied in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations of Sri Lanka, unless otherwise required by applicable law.