Sri Lanka - currency to take?

frugal_dougal

I know they are sri lankan rupees but is it a closed currency? I tried to order some on the thomas cook website and it only comes up with us$ as an option.

skr80

When I went I took a mix of sterling and $, then used the cashpoints to get local currency when there...

Lucie_2

Yes, it is a closed currency. We changed money at Colombo airport on arrival.

pjran

I went Sri Lanka in June. It was easy to exchange stirling, I also took some dollars just in case.
Have a great holiday, we certainly did.

DaisyLondon

Sterling is probably better in Sri Lanka than dollars (Commonwealth country etc).
Take some cash to change.
And take a couple of debit card to get money from the plethora of cashpoints and banks.