A worldschooling home base
Our villa season on Sri Lanka's south coast
Home base is a whitewashed garden villa in Mirissa with a pool, a shaded garden, and a quiet beach a short walk away. Breakfast and dinner are cooked for you daily. The Edventures Mirissa Season runs November 1 to January 15, with our children's programming at the villa, Monday to Thursday, 10am to 3pm, and every adult works from the Ârc coworking space four minutes on foot away, membership included. One family room and one double remain. Get in touch and we will walk you through the details.
November 1, 2026 to January 15, 2027 · Mirissa Beach, Sri Lanka
The villa
A garden villa, made for families
Five family rooms: two triples, two doubles, and one large family room, of which one family room and one double are still open, most with balconies and canopy beds, all with air conditioning and space for children to spread out. The family shares two living rooms, a kitchen, a pool in a shaded garden, a rooftop where morning yoga happens, and one long table where breakfast and dinner are served daily. Step out of the gate and a quiet, wild beach is a short walk away; Mirissa's swimming and surf beaches are minutes further.
The Edventures Mirissa Season
Four days a week, at the villa
The Season runs November 1 to January 15. Children ages 8 to 15 spend Monday to Thursday, 10am to 3pm, in our program at the villa, led by our Edventures guide with two dedicated local program guides alongside. Younger siblings are welcome alongside the family. Admission is by application and a short family interview, so the cohort stays small and well matched.
A program day, at a glance
- 10:00
Circle and movement in the garden, the day laid out together.
- 10:30
Project block with local makers: batik and textiles, woodwork, surf science, building with AI.
- 12:30
Lunch at one long table, included on program days.
- 13:15
Quiet hour. Reading, sketching, rest. Downtime is part of the design.
- 14:00
Water time and free play: the pool, the garden, the beach.
- 15:00
Pickup, and the afternoon is the family's.
A field trip every week
Thursdays go somewhere worth going: whale watching off Mirissa, the centuries-old fort at Galle, the cool green tea country, and safari among the elephants and leopards of the national parks. Transport and entry are included.
Surf and Sri Lankan arts
Two standing extracurriculars run every week of the Season: surf lessons on a beginner-friendly beach with local coaches, and a Sri Lankan arts session, from batik and mask painting to drumming, with makers who grew up in these crafts.
For parents
Your workday, handled by Ârc
Every adult in a residency package receives membership to Ârc, a founder and builder community establishing its Sri Lanka hub in Mirissa, four minutes on foot from the villa. Ârc membership is included in your residency, and it comes with a proper coworking floor, a board room for workshops, community events and programming, and a cafe downstairs.
Work by the sea
The hub sits right on the beachfront, four minutes on foot from the villa, with a coworking floor, a board room for calls and workshops, and the sea through the windows. Around it, Mirissa has cafes in every direction, gyms from about $20 to $30 a month, and more yoga and Pilates studios than you will get through in a season. Mornings, there is yoga on the villa rooftop before the workday starts.
Landing is easy
Most nationalities, including the US, UK, EU, Australia, and Canada, arrive on a free 30-day tourist authorization arranged online, extendable in-country up to 180 days. English is widely spoken, ride hailing works, and a tuk tuk across town is a dollar or two.
Why Mirissa
A beach town with everything close
Mirissa is famous for the whales that pass offshore, and it sits on the loveliest stretch of Sri Lanka's south coast. Beaches where children can learn to surf are minutes away, Galle's centuries-old fort is up the coast, national parks with leopards and elephants are a couple of hours inland, and the cool green tea country is a day trip. English is widely spoken, so families find their feet fast.
Rates
One rate, everything in it
Every residency includes your room at the villa, breakfast and dinner daily, the full children's program, the weekly field trip, surf and arts sessions, and Ârc coworking membership for every adult. We are still finalizing rates for the founding cohort, so get in touch and we will walk you through the options for your family. Admission is by application and a short family interview.
Come talk it through with us
We are still finalizing rates and reservation details for the founding cohort. Message us on WhatsApp with who is coming, adults, children, and their ages, and we will walk you through the villa, the Season, and the options for your family.
We usually reply within the hour.
The details, answered
What a residency includes, what adults get, and how to join.
Co-living is a shared home base: shared spaces and accommodations at a hotel or collective, with community around you and no scheduled program. A season is a term that includes our programming for children, typically 3 to 4 days a week, roughly 9 or 10am to 3 or 4pm.
Both. The base is a co-living home: a garden villa with a pool, shared meals, and a community of worldschooling families around you. It hosts the Edventures Mirissa Season, November 1 to January 15, which adds our children's programming at the villa, Monday to Thursday, 10am to 3pm, with a field trip every week and surf and Sri Lankan arts sessions woven through.
Every residency includes your family room at the villa, breakfast and dinner daily, lunch for enrolled children on program days, the full children's program, the weekly field trip, the surf and arts sessions, and Ârc coworking membership for every adult in the package. Flights, visas, and your own daytime lunches and adventures stay yours.
We are still finalizing rates for the founding cohort, so nothing is published yet. Message us on WhatsApp with who is coming, adults, children, and their ages, and we will walk you through the villa, the Season, and the options for your family, usually within the hour.
Every adult in a residency package receives Ârc membership, included in your residency. Ârc is a founder and builder community setting up its Sri Lanka hub in Mirissa, four minutes on foot from the villa, and the membership comes with a coworking floor, a cafe downstairs, community events, and programming. Gyms, yoga studios, and Pilates are all nearby.
Yes, with an Edventures Mirissa Membership. Members get the full children's program, Monday to Thursday, 10am to 3pm, with the weekly field trip and the surf and arts sessions, plus access to the villa's garden, pool, and community events. Rooms, meals, and Ârc membership are not included. Program seats are limited, so message us on WhatsApp to learn more.
Be in for Mirissa
Two rooms remain. And our Hoi An season begins in March, after Mirissa winds down in January, so a family can roll from one straight into the other.