Day 3. Kandy - Nuwara Eliya
Overnight – Heritance Tea Factory
Drive into the Cloud Forest. In the mid-morning you will embark on an even more scenic drive. Your destination is Nuwara Eliya, the coolest region in Sri Lanka – temperatures range from the low fifties to the high sixties throughout the year. You will enter a cloud forest region as you approach Nuwara Eliya, and these clouds put on quite a show every day, starting in the late morning in places like Horton Plains National Park, and continuing with afternoon displays around Nuwara Eliya and your hilltop hotel.
World’s Finest Tea? With an elevation starting above 6000 feet, it is Nuwara Eliya’s cool weather that attracted Sri Lanka’s British rulers a in the 18th Century. Known as Little England, the area still has a number of interesting colonial structures from the 19th Century. But the main attractions are obviously the tea plantations and incredible scenery. Nuwara Eliya is a once in a lifetime experience for tea lovers as some of the finest tea in the world is grown here.
Nature at its Finest. The Nuwara Eliya Region is a breathtaking undulating landscape of lush mountains, valleys, waterfalls, and tea plantations. Check-in at your elegant historic hotel upon your arrival at Nuwara Eliya. Built about 90 years ago as the new factory for the region’s premier tea producer, the structure has been carefully recrafted into an elegant hotel that still houses some of the factory’s fascinating equipment.
More Nuwara Eliya. You are surrounded by the mountaintop hotel’s picturesque tea plantations as they spread downwards on the slopes. Smiling plantation workers picking tea leaves will greet you as you explore. A light to medium jacket is recommended at Nuwara Eliya, and your guide can take you to Bale Bazar (winter market) which partially caters to tourists who land here without warm clothing. The bazar is worth visiting and there are inexpensive jackets that you can later donate, if you want. During your stay, we recommend walks in your hotel’s gardens and tea estate while taking in the amazing views of the Nuwara Eliya region.
Dining at Your Hotel. Please note that your Nuwara Eliya lodging, with its English roots, has a little bit of a dress code for dinners. Men need pants and shoes (casual is fine), and women should avoid short dresses and shorts, as well as tops with spaghetti straps. We strongly recommend dinner in their small specialty train carriage restaurant – please let us know if you would like us to make reservations.
Drive into the Cloud Forest. In the mid-morning you will embark on an even more scenic drive. Your destination is Nuwara Eliya, the coolest region in Sri Lanka – temperatures range from the low fifties to the high sixties throughout the year. You will enter a cloud forest region as you approach Nuwara Eliya, and these clouds put on quite a show every day, starting in the late morning in places like Horton Plains National Park, and continuing with afternoon displays around Nuwara Eliya and your hilltop hotel.
World’s Finest Tea? With an elevation starting above 6000 feet, it is Nuwara Eliya’s cool weather that attracted Sri Lanka’s British rulers a in the 18th Century. Known as Little England, the area still has a number of interesting colonial structures from the 19th Century. But the main attractions are obviously the tea plantations and incredible scenery. Nuwara Eliya is a once in a lifetime experience for tea lovers as some of the finest tea in the world is grown here.
Nature at its Finest. The Nuwara Eliya Region is a breathtaking undulating landscape of lush mountains, valleys, waterfalls, and tea plantations. Check-in at your elegant historic hotel upon your arrival at Nuwara Eliya. Built about 90 years ago as the new factory for the region’s premier tea producer, the structure has been carefully recrafted into an elegant hotel that still houses some of the factory’s fascinating equipment.
More Nuwara Eliya. You are surrounded by the mountaintop hotel’s picturesque tea plantations as they spread downwards on the slopes. Smiling plantation workers picking tea leaves will greet you as you explore. A light to medium jacket is recommended at Nuwara Eliya, and your guide can take you to Bale Bazar (winter market) which partially caters to tourists who land here without warm clothing. The bazar is worth visiting and there are inexpensive jackets that you can later donate, if you want. During your stay, we recommend walks in your hotel’s gardens and tea estate while taking in the amazing views of the Nuwara Eliya region.
Dining at Your Hotel. Please note that your Nuwara Eliya lodging, with its English roots, has a little bit of a dress code for dinners. Men need pants and shoes (casual is fine), and women should avoid short dresses and shorts, as well as tops with spaghetti straps. We strongly recommend dinner in their small specialty train carriage restaurant – please let us know if you would like us to make reservations.