Kanishka Hannadi

Tour guide. Born in Hikkaduwa. Based in Galle. Operating island-wide.

I was born in Hikkaduwa. I grew up near the coast, near the reef, near the fish market before it opens. I know that town the way you only know a place you grew up in — not from a guidebook, not from a map, but from spending years of your life in it.

[TODO: Kanishka's story — how he became a guide, how long he's been doing it, what he loves about it. To be filled in from the Topic A interview.]

Why "Bunky Monkey"?

The purple-faced langur — what local people call the "bunky monkey" — lives in the forests near where I grew up. It's an endemic Sri Lankan species: you won't find it anywhere else in the world. It's shy, it lives in the canopy, and most tourists never see one.

That animal is the frame for what I do. The Sri Lanka I take people to see is the version you find when you go past the obvious stops. The langur is there if you know where to look. So is the real Sri Lanka.

How I work

I'm an on-demand guided driver. You tell me where you want to go — I drive and guide. No fixed packages, no groups of strangers, no rushing through a checklist. Maximum three people per group. I can take you island-wide, including the east coast.

[TODO: Languages Kanishka guides in — to be confirmed.]

What I actually show people

[TODO: A personal section from Kanishka about his guiding philosophy — what makes his approach different. 2-3 short paragraphs in his voice.]