Tea · 7 days
Tea, Train and Ocean
A week for people who came for the hill line: two estates, the Badulla train, and four nights that end at the sea.
7 days6 nightsFrom $2K pp
The routeWhere you sleep,
Where you sleep,
in order
- Stop 1ColomboThe commercial capital: Dutch warehouses turned restaurants, a Portuguese-era quarter and the best food on the island.
- Stop 2KandyThe last royal capital, holding the Buddha's tooth relic in a lakeside temple and the gateway to the hill country line.
- Stop 3Nuwara EliyaA hill station at 1,900 metres that the British built to feel like Surrey, surrounded by the estates that pay for it.
- Stop 4EllaA small hill town in a mountain gap, with the Nine Arch Bridge below it and the best walking in the country around it.
- Stop 5WeligamaA wide, forgiving bay that is the best place in the country to stand up on a board for the first time.
The priceWhat is in it,
What is in it,
and what is not
- Nine nights in the hotel tier you choose, breakfast included
- Your own air-conditioned vehicle and licensed driver-guide for ten days
- Reserved hill-train tickets, Nuwara Eliya to Ella
- Minneriya or Kaudulla jeep safari, and a Yala jeep safari
- All fuel, tolls, parking and the driver's own costs
- Airport meet and greet, and a local SIM card
- A 24-hour support line while you travel
- International flights and the Sri Lanka ETA
- Entrance fees, roughly $130 per person on this route, paid at the gate
- Lunches and dinners outside the hotels
- Travel insurance
- Tips for your driver-guide and hotel staff
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