A Planter's Year
10 nights · Hatton · Nuwara Eliya · Ella · from £5,180 pp
Ten nights in restored 1890s planters’ bungalows above the tea — Castlereagh, Norwood, Adisham. We ride the narrow-gauge railway from Kandy to Ella; you read; the kettle does the rest.
Day by day
- Day 1
Arrive & transfer to Kandy
Airport pick-up and a scenic drive into the hills to the old royal capital.
- Days 2–3
Kandy
The Temple of the Tooth, the botanical gardens at Peradeniya, and a cultural evening.
- Days 4–5
Hatton & Castlereagh
Settle into a planter’s bungalow above the reservoir; estate walks, a factory tour and a proper tasting.
- Day 6
The tea-country train
The celebrated railway segment through waterfalls and cloud forest to the high plains.
- Days 7–8
Nuwara Eliya & Horton Plains
“Little England”, and a dawn hike to World’s End for the great escarpment view.
- Days 9–10
Ella
Little Adam’s Peak, the Nine Arch Bridge and slow mornings with a view.
- Day 11
Departure
Transfer down to the airport, or extend with a few nights on the coast.
- Kandy→
- Hatton→
- Castlereagh→
- Nuwara Eliya→
- Haputale→
- Ella→
- Galle
Best time to travel
January–April for the clearest hill-country skies.
- Restored 1890s planters’ bungalows
- The Kandy–Ella scenic railway
- High-grown tea factory tour and tasting
- Horton Plains & World’s End at dawn
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