Central Highlands
Nuwara Eliya
A hill station at 1,900 metres that the British built to feel like Surrey, surrounded on all sides by the tea estates that pay for it.
- From Colombo
- 5 hours
- Good for
- Tea estates · Cool weather · Horton Plains
Bring a jumper. It drops to ten degrees at night and most guesthouses have no heating.
Horton Plains and World’s End start from here, but the viewpoint clouds over by about nine in the morning — a six o’clock start or don’t bother. The tea factories are the better use of an afternoon.
Routes that include Nuwara Eliya
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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