Tea
Walkers and tea lovers · 9 days, 8 nights
Tea Country Escape
Nine cool, green days among the tea estates, waterfalls and misty viewpoints of the hills.
- Kandy
- Hatton
- Nuwara Eliya
- Haputale
- Ella
- Galle
Overview
Overview
The hill country is where many travellers fall for Sri Lanka. This route slows down among the tea estates, with nights in colonial bungalows, walks between plantations and plenty of cups of the island's famous tea.
It finishes on the south coast, so you can warm up again by the sea.
Highlights
Tea plantation walk with a planter
Tea tasting at a working factory
Sunrise at Lipton's Seat in Haputale
Horton Plains and World's End
The train journey through the hills
Day by day
Theitinerary.
- Day 01
Arrival and Kandy
Airport welcome and a drive to Kandy.
- Day 02
Kandy
Visit the Temple of the Tooth and the botanic gardens.
- Day 03
Hatton
Drive to a tea bungalow above Castlereagh reservoir.
- Day 04
Tea estate walk
Walk through the plantations with a planter and learn how tea is picked and made.
- Day 05
Nuwara Eliya
Take the train or drive to 'Little England', with its colonial houses and gardens.
- Day 06
Horton Plains
Walk to World's End at dawn, then drive to Haputale.
- Day 07
Lipton's Seat
Watch the sunrise over the estates where Thomas Lipton surveyed his tea, then go on to Ella.
- Day 08
Ella to the coast
Take a morning hike, then drive down to Galle.
- Day 09
Departure
Transfer to the airport.
A suggested plan. Every day can be changed, extended or swapped to suit you.
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