Nuwara Eliya

Drive up into Sri Lanka’s central highlands and you will feel the temperature
drop, the road narrow, and the landscape transform into something unexpected — rolling
carpets of tea bush stretching across every hillside, punctuated by waterfalls and misty
ridgelines. Nuwara Eliya sits at over 1,800 metres elevation and has retained a quietly
eccentric charm from its colonial-era past as a British retreat. A working tea factory tour
here is among the most memorable hours of any Sri Lanka visit. Gregory’s Lake, Horton
Plains, and the surrounding tea estate roads reward walkers and jeep excursions alike.