Nuwara Eliya
Hill Country

Nuwara Eliya

Tea, cold mornings and a racecourse.

A hill station at 1,900 metres that the British built to feel like Surrey, surrounded by the estates that pay for it.

Every route we run through the hill country passes Nuwara Eliya, and the question is never whether to include it but how many nights it earns. Our answer is 1–2 nights — enough to see it at the hour it is worth seeing and still leave in daylight.

Tell a consultant which month you are coming and they will say plainly whether this is the right place for it, or whether the same days are better spent on the other coast.