Located in the heart of the island is Sri Lanka’s hill country, home to the famous Ceylon Tea plantations. This area around Nuwara Eliya is well worth a visit and was, rather surprisingly, the highlight of my recent trip for its sheer beauty.
tea plantations
I simply enjoyed looking out the car window as we drove through the area. It’s worth noting though that if you suffer from car sickness then I would definitely recommend taking some tablets before embarking on your journey through the hill country. The roads are made up of continuous hair-pin bends, which weave in and around the mountain edge, with a sheer drop to the valley floor on one side – not good for those with a queasy stomach!
However, it’s because of this that picture perfect opportunities are abound and I had to prevent myself asking for the driver to stop every 500 yards so I could take another picture. I was somewhat snap happy to say the least!
You can’t visit the hill country without doing a tour of a tea factory. There are numerous tea estates you can visit, however your driver or tour guide will doubtless pick one for you. I was taken through a factory and shown every manufacturing process – from the tea leaves being plucked, crushed, fermented, oven fired and so on. I was then shown the different grades of tea before finally being taken to a shop where the tea tasting takes place and, as predicted, I purchased a whole stash of their finest brand.
- tea factory
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