Uva Highlands
Ella
A one-street hill town at 1,000 metres, wedged in a gap in the mountains, with the most photographed railway bridge in South Asia twenty minutes' walk away.
- From Colombo
- 6 hours
- Good for
- Hiking · The railway · Cool nights
Little Adam’s Peak takes forty minutes and is best before breakfast, when the valley still holds mist. Ella Rock is three hours and harder to find without someone who knows the turning.
Nine Arch Bridge is worth timing to a train crossing — there are roughly six a day and the schedule shifts, so ask locally that morning rather than trusting anything printed.
Routes that include Ella
4 daysHill Country by Train
Kandy to Ella on the blue observation train, tea estates at 1,900 metres, and the walk out to Nine Arch Bridge — with the vehicle meeting you at every station.
from$520pp
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12 daysSri Lanka End to End
The full circuit in twelve days — ancient cities, the mountain railway, a proper safari and the south coast — without the 5am departures that usually come with it.
from$1480pp
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