A worldschooling home base
Our villa season on Sri Lanka's south coast
The home base is set: 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. From December to February the Edventures Mirissa Season runs 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. A $500 deposit reserves yours.
November 2026 to February 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
From December to February, 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. That is a $395 per month value, bundled in: a proper coworking floor, a board room for workshops, community events and programming, and a cafe downstairs with a $100 monthly food and beverage credit and a 30% discount on the menu.
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.
Pricing
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.
Family residency
$4,950 per month
Two adults and two children, December to February. A third child adds $850 a month in tuition; additional adult $795 a month, Ârc membership included.
Parent and children
$3,450 per month
One adult and up to two children, December to February. The same everything-included rate, sized for a solo parent.
Tuition for the children's program is $1,000 a month per child, with 10% off a second child and 15% off the third and each one after. Both residencies include tuition for the children in them; additional children and families staying elsewhere join at tuition rates. Admission is by application and a short family interview.
Arriving early? November at the villa, before programming begins, is $3,950 for a family residency and $2,750 for a parent and child, meals and Ârc membership included. Shorter stays from $1,450 a week when rooms allow, two-week minimum.
Reserve your room today
A $500 deposit holds your room. It counts toward your package in full and is refundable until October 1, 2026.
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Message us on WhatsApp with who is coming: adults, children, and their ages, and which room you want.
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Place the $500 deposit with the simple instructions we send back, usually within the hour.
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We confirm your room the same day and send your welcome pack: arrival guide, the program calendar, and your Ârc membership setup.
Prefer to talk it through first? Message us and we will walk you through it.
The details, answered
What the rate includes, how the deposit works, and what adults get.
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, in sequence. The base opens as co-living in November: a garden villa home base with a pool, shared meals, and a community of worldschooling families around you. From December to February it hosts the Edventures Mirissa Season, 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 rate 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.
A $500 deposit reserves your room. Message us on WhatsApp with who is coming and which room you want, and we send simple payment instructions back, usually within the hour. The deposit counts toward your package in full, rooms are assigned in the order deposits arrive, and it is refundable until October 1, 2026.
Every adult in a residency package receives Ârc membership, a $395 per month value, bundled in. Ârc is a founder and builder community setting up its Sri Lanka hub in Mirissa, four minutes on foot from the villa: a coworking floor, a cafe with a $100 monthly food and beverage credit and a 30% menu discount, community events, and programming. Gyms, yoga studios, and Pilates are all nearby.
Yes, with an Edventures Mirissa Membership: $795 per month for a family with one enrolled child, and $620 per month for each additional child. 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 claim one.
Be in for Mirissa
Two rooms remain, assigned in the order deposits arrive. And our Hoi An season begins in March, right as Mirissa winds down, so a family can roll from one straight into the other.