The view over tea country from Lipton's Seat above Haputale

Tea Country

Estates, factories and the cool green quiet at fifteen hundred metres.

5 private journeys8 destinations on these routesPhotograph: AriyaHetti · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

What tea country covers

  • Estate visits
  • Tea tasting
  • Plantation stays
  • Factory tours

Every journey below is private and chauffeur-driven, so the itinerary bends around the experience rather than the other way round. If none of them is quite it, we'll build one that is.

In pictures

A blue train crossing the Nine Arch Bridge above jungle
A traveller leaning from a train door as it passes tea-covered hills
Nuwara Eliya and the surrounding hills seen from above
World's End, where the Horton Plains plateau drops away
The Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic reflected in its moat
Nine Arch Bridge, Demodara, near Ella · Nuwara Eliya, Hill Country · World's End, Horton Plains National Park · Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, KandyPhotographs: Abdul malik77 · CC BY-SA 4.0; Pamuditha2000 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Begin the journey

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