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Die Fahrt von Ella nach Kandy als Besichtigungstag gemacht: Nuwara Eliya und der Gregory-See, die Ramboda-Wasserfaelle, eine Teefabrik und der botanische Garten Peradeniya, mit Absetzen an Ihrem Hotel in Kandy.
Gefuehrter Transfer von Ella nach Kandy mit Nuwara Eliya, den Ramboda-Wasserfaellen und Peradeniya: Auf einen Blick
| Price | From $38 per person |
|---|---|
| Duration | 8 hours |
| Languages | English |
| Tour type | Guided Tour |
| Booking | Direct with the local operator — no OTA markup |
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Ella To Kandy Transfer with Lakes, Falls & Botanical Garden
Departures: 4:00 AM, 5:00 AM, 6:00 AM, 7:00 AM, 8:00 AM, 9:00 AM
8 hours
English
$38
Kostenlose Stornierung
Vollständige Beschreibung
Von Ella nach Kandy herunterzukommen ist dieselbe Strasse wie der Aufstieg, umgekehrt, und sie ist in dieser Richtung ebenso gut, moeglicherweise besser, weil Sie durch das Teeland im Morgenlicht absteigen statt in die Nachmittagswolken hinaufzusteigen.
Die Route fuehrt zunaechst nach Nuwara Eliya, die Bergstation auf 1.900 Metern, die die Briten bauten und nie ganz fertig englisch machten: eine Pferderennbahn, ein Golfplatz, besetzte Forellenbaeche und ein Postamt im Tudor-Stil. Der Gregory-See liegt im Zentrum und einen Spaziergang wert.
Die Ramboda-Wasserfaelle kommen beim Abstieg, ein 100 Meter hoher Fall wenige Gehminuten von der Strasse, und darueber verlaufen die Teeplantagen durchgehend. Ein Besuch einer aktiven Fabrik folgt dem Blatt durch Welken, Rollen, Oxidation und Trocknen bis zur Sortiertabelle.
Der letzte Stopp vor Kandy ist der Koenigliche Botanische Garten Peradeniya, 60 Hektar innerhalb einer Flussschleife des Mahaweli, mit der Palmenallee, dem Orchideenhaus und dem grossen Java-Feigenbaum. Dann sind es fuenfzehn Minuten nach Kandy und zu Ihrem Hotel.
Kandy war die letzte Hauptstadt der singhalesischen Koenige und hielt gegen Portugiesen und Niederlaender durch, bis die Briten sie 1815 einnahmen, und der Tempel der Heiligen Zahnreliquie am See ist der Grund, warum sie wichtig ist: Die Reliquie, von der man glaubt, es sei ein Zahn des Buddha, ist das heiligste Objekt der Insel, und ihre Verwahrung legitimierte einst das Koenigtum. Die Reliquienkammer oeffnet dreimal taeglich fuer Puja, etwa um 5:30, 9:30 und 18:30 Uhr, wenn das Trommeln beginnt und die Schlange am Reliquienschrein vorbeizieht. Die Kleidung bedeckt Schultern und Knie, Schuhe werden am Eingang ausgezogen, und die Esala Perahera im Juli oder August fuehrt den Schrein auf einem Elefanten zehn Naechte lang durch die Stadt.
Ablauf
Itineraries are customisable as per your request
The schedule below is a suggested plan and can be adjusted to suit your preferences.
8:00 AM
Pickup in Ella
Collection with luggage from your hotel.
10:00 AM
Nuwara Eliya
Gregory Lake and the colonial town centre.
12:00 PM
Tea factory
The full process, ending with a tasting.
1:30 PM
Ramboda Falls
A roadside stop and a short walk.
3:30 PM
Peradeniya gardens
The palm avenue and the great fig.
5:00 PM
Kandy
Drop-off at your hotel.
Detaillierter Ablauf
08:00
Hotel pickup, Ella
About five hours of driving spread across the day.
10:00
Nuwara Eliya
Cold at this altitude even at midday. Keep a layer out.
12:00
Tea estate and factory
Factories close on poya days; an estate walk substitutes.
13:30
Ramboda
Steps to the lower fall are slippery after rain.
15:30
Peradeniya
Entry paid at the gate. Around an hour is enough for the highlights.
17:00
Kandy
Drop-off at your hotel.
Inklusive
- Privater klimatisierter Wagen mit englischsprachigem Fahrer-Guide
- Hotelabholung in Ella
- alle Stopps auf der Route
- Absetzen an Ihrem Hotel in Kandy
- Kraftstoff und Parken
- Gepaecktransport durchgehend
Nicht inklusive
- Eintrittsgebuehren fuer den botanischen Garten und jede Staette mit Gebuehr
- Mahlzeiten und Getraenke
- Teekaeufe
- Trinkgelder
Wichtige Informationen
Treffpunkt
Hotel pickup in Ella; the exact address and time are confirmed after booking.
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Wheelchair accessible
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Hotel pickup in Ella; the exact address and time are confirmed after booking.
The price does not cover entrance fees at the botanic gardens and any site that charges, meals and drinks, tea purchases, gratuities.. Everything it does cover is listed in full on this page, so if something is not on that list, budget for it separately.
Unless the option says private, this runs as a small group. The operator caps it rather than filling a coach, and if you want it to yourselves the private option is priced separately on this page.
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We confirm your booking with the operator before we treat it as final, and we need at least one day's notice outside India. Once it is confirmed you get the meeting point, the time and a contact number for the day. If the operator cannot take your date we tell you and refund you rather than leave you waiting.
Privater klimatisierter Wagen mit englischsprachigem Fahrer-Guide, Hotelabholung in Ella, alle Stopps auf der Route, Absetzen an Ihrem Hotel in Kandy, Kraftstoff und Parken, Gepaecktransport durchgehend
The duration of the Gefuehrter Transfer von Ella nach Kandy mit Nuwara Eliya, den Ramboda-Wasserfaellen und Peradeniya is typically 8 hours. We recommend arriving 15 minutes before the scheduled start time for a smooth check-in. Your guide will meet you at the designated meeting point and ensure the experience runs on schedule while remaining flexible to your pace.
For most experiences, we highly recommend an early morning start. This allows you to avoid the midday heat, bypass the largest crowds, and capture the best lighting for photography. Your guide can advise on the optimal timing based on the season and specific attractions included.
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Be at the gate for the 6am opening, so leave Nuwara Eliya around 5am. World's End faces south and clouds over by nine or ten as warm air rises off the plain — arrive at eleven and you see a white wall. See our Horton Plains guide.
The town sits at about 1,900 m and drops to around 10°C at night, and few hotels have heating. Horton Plains at 2,300 m regularly sits near freezing before dawn, with ground frost from December to February. Bring a genuine warm layer — most visitors underestimate this.
No — they close on poya days, the monthly full moon and a public holiday in Sri Lanka. If your free day is a poya, take an estate walk with a plucker instead. Plucking happens in the morning; by afternoon the slopes are empty.
Mostly leaf size, not quality. OP is a long wiry whole leaf, BOP is smaller and broken, and fannings and dust go into teabags because the higher surface area brews fast. Bigger leaf is slower tea, not better tea. Explained in our Ceylon tea guide.
At a factory, not a tourist shop. Factory shops carry the higher grades that never reach a visitor shelf; the boxed tea on the main streets is usually fannings at visitor prices.
Nanu Oya, about 10 km and a 20-30 minute drive from the town. Nuwara Eliya has no station of its own, and tuk-tuk fares at Nanu Oya rise sharply the moment a train arrives.
A 20-25 minute walk downhill from Ella town through tea and jungle — uphill on the way back. A tuk-tuk to the Demodara side is quieter and saves the climb. It is free, with no ticket and no official viewing area. See our Nine Arch Bridge guide.
Roughly every two hours, but Sri Lanka Railways runs 30-90 minutes late routinely, so any blog quoting exact times is quoting a timetable rather than reality. Ask at Ella station on the morning — staff will tell you what is expected and how late it is running.
Little Adam's Peak for almost everyone — 45 minutes up a stepped path for arguably the better view, out through the Ella Gap. Ella Rock is three hours return, largely unsigned, and people get lost on it regularly; take a guide or an offline map. Compared in full here.
Reserved seats open 30 days ahead and sell out within hours from December to March. Unreserved 2nd/3rd class is sold on the day and always available — you will stand, which is where the open doorways are. Send your luggage ahead by road if you have a driver. See getting to Ella.
January to March for the clearest Ella Gap views. June to September is dry but hazy from the Uva wind; October to December is wet. The real risk is cloud, not rain — at 1,000 m the view can be inside a cloud on a dry day, and mornings are clearer than afternoons in every month. See best time to visit Ella.
Two nights, which gives you two dawns — Little Adam's Peak on one, Ella Rock or a tea morning on the other, with the bridge mid-morning on day one. Our Ella 2-day itinerary sets out the order.
Do everything before nine in the morning. The Gap view is clearer in the morning in every month, Little Adam's Peak has a queue by nine, and the Nine Arch Bridge has hundreds of people on it by ten.
Time it for a puja — 5.30am, 9.30am or 6.30pm. Those are the only windows when the upper relic chamber opens and the hevisi drummers play; outside them you are visiting a beautiful building rather than a ceremony. Take socks: shoes come off at the gate and the stone courtyard gets painfully hot. Full detail in our Temple of the Tooth guide.
February for the clearest weather, or July-August, which is drier here than most people expect and covers the Esala Perahera. Kandy sits between Sri Lanka's *two* monsoons and catches some of both, so it has no long dry season — but it also never has a season that is a write-off. See best time to visit Kandy.
Reserved seats open 30 days ahead and sell out within hours from December to March. Unreserved 2nd/3rd class is sold on the day and always available — you will stand, which is where the open doorways and the famous photographs are. Sit on the right-hand side going south. Note there is no Nuwara Eliya station; the stop is Nanu Oya, 10 km away. See our Kandy to Ella train guide.
July or August — but the dates move every year with the lunar calendar, so any guide naming a fixed week is guessing. It runs ten nights and ends on the Nikini poya. Book accommodation on the route six to twelve months ahead. Details in our Esala Perahera guide.
Sigiriya and Dambulla (2.5 hrs each way) is the best of them. Kitulgala rafting is 2 hrs, the Knuckles range and Pekoe Trail stages are day hikes from here. Ella, Galle and Yala are *too far* — 4-6 hours each way. See day trips from Kandy.
Two nights. One full day for the town — Bahirawakanda, Peradeniya gardens, the lake and the evening puja — and a second for a hike, a village day or the cultural triangle. Our Kandy 2-day itinerary lays it out hour by hour.
The centre and the lake circuit are walkable. For anything up a hill or out of town, take a tuk-tuk — roughly LKR 100-150/km on the meter, and ride-hailing apps price it automatically with no negotiation. See getting around Kandy.