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Excursion dans le pays du the a Nuwara Eliya depuis Colombo avec the de l'apres-midi

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Une longue journee depuis Colombo vers les montagnes pour marcher une plantation de the en activite, naviguer sur le lac Gregory et prendre le the de l'apres-midi au Grand Hotel de Nuwara Eliya.

Excursion dans le pays du the a Nuwara Eliya depuis Colombo avec the de l'apres-midi: En bref

PriceFrom $312 per person
Duration15 hours
Group sizeUp to 6 people
LanguagesEnglish
Tour typeGuided Tour
BookingDirect with the local operator — no OTA markup

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Colombo: Nuwara Eliya: Tea Gardens,Colonial Charm & High Tea

Departures: 5:00 AM
15 hours
English
$312
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Description complète

Nuwara Eliya se trouve a environ 1 900 metres, et la montee pour y arriver est une grande partie de ce pour quoi vous payez. La route quitte la plaine cotiere, grimpe a travers Kadugannawa ou Hatton selon l'itineraire, et le paysage change en chemin, les rizieres cedent la place au caoutchouc, le caoutchouc au the, et l'air se rafraichit jusqu'a ce que vous ayez besoin d'une veste dans un pays ou personne n'en emporte. Des cascades apparaissent au bord de la route pendant une grande partie de la derniere heure.

La ville a ete construite par les Britanniques comme refuge de la saison chaude et en a encore l'air: un hippodrome, un terrain de golf, des bungalows de style faux Tudor et un bureau de poste qui ne serait pas deplace dans la campagne anglaise. Votre arret au Grand Hotel pour le the de l'apres-midi s'inscrit dans cette histoire, le batiment etait la residence d'un gouverneur avant de devenir un hotel.

Avant cela, vous visitez une fabrique de the en activite. Le the est arrive a Ceylan apres que la rouille du cafe a detruit les plantations precedentes dans les annees 1870, et les montagnes ont ete entierement replantees avec lui. A l'interieur, vous suivez la feuille depuis les bacs de fletrissage a travers le roulage, l'oxydation, la cuisson et le tri, et vous goutez ce qui en sort a la fin.

Le lac Gregory remplit la vallee en dessous de la ville. Barre sous le gouverneur Gregory dans les annees 1870, c'est maintenant ou Nuwara Eliya passe ses week-ends, des bateaux sur l'eau, des chevaux le long de la rive, des echoppes de nourriture tout autour. Vous y passez environ une heure.

C'est une journee de quinze heures et il n'y a aucune facon de la raccourcir. Environ dix de ces heures sont passees en voiture, partagees entre la montee et la descente de retour vers la cote dans l'obscurite. Le paysage le merite et le chauffeur s'arrete ou cela a du sens, mais vous devriez reserver cela en sachant que vous partirez aux petites heures et reviendrez tard. Si vous pouvez vous permettre une nuit dans les montagnes a la place, c'est le meilleur voyage, celui-ci est pour les voyageurs qui ne le peuvent pas.

Programme

Itineraries are customisable as per your request

The schedule below is a suggested plan and can be adjusted to suit your preferences.

Pre-dawn

Pickup in Colombo or Negombo

Early departure for the drive inland.

About 5 hours

Drive to the hill country

The climb from the coastal plain up through the tea districts, with photo stops.

45 minutes

Nuwara Eliya and tea estate

Tea factory walkthrough, tasting, a short walk in town and high tea.

1 hour

Gregory Lake

Boat ride, lakeside walk and free time for food or shopping.

Evening

Return to Colombo

The long descent back to the coast and hotel drop-off.

Programme détaillé

02:00–04:00

Hotel pickup

Collection from your Colombo or Negombo hotel; timing set by where you are staying.

Morning

The climb

Around five hours on the road, with stops for photographs at waterfalls and viewpoints as the tea slopes begin.

Late morning

Tea factory

Guided walk through withering, rolling, oxidation and grading, ending with a tasting and the chance to buy leaf at estate prices.

Midday

Nuwara Eliya town

Time to walk past the racecourse, the post office and the old bungalows.

Early afternoon

High tea at The Grand Hotel

Afternoon tea in the former governor's residence at the edge of the golf course.

Afternoon

Gregory Lake

An hour by the water — boat ride, horses, street food and free time.

Late afternoon

Departure

Set off before dark for the descent.

Late evening

Drop-off

Return to your hotel in Colombo or Negombo.

Inclus

  • Voiture climatisee avec chauffeur-guide anglophone
  • prise en charge et depose a l’hotel a Colombo ou Negombo
  • visite et degustation a la fabrique de the
  • the de l’apres-midi au Grand Hotel
  • rafraichissements de bienvenue
  • balade en bateau au lac Gregory

Non inclus

  • Le dejeuner et autres repas
  • frais d’entree non specifies ci-dessus
  • equitation et autres activites optionnelles au lac Gregory
  • shopping
  • pourboires

Informations importantes

Point de rendez-vous

Hotel pickup in Colombo or Negombo, before dawn.

À savoir avant de partir

  • Annulation gratuite jusqu'à 24 heures avant le début de l'activité

À propos de cette activité

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Duration 15 hours
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Live tour guide
English
Wheelchair accessible

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Hotel pickup in Colombo or Negombo, before dawn.
The price does not cover lunch and other meals, entrance fees not specified above, horse riding and other optional activities at gregory lake, shopping, tips.. Everything it does cover is listed in full on this page, so if something is not on that list, budget for it separately.
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Voiture climatisee avec chauffeur-guide anglophone, prise en charge et depose a l’hotel a Colombo ou Negombo, visite et degustation a la fabrique de the, the de l’apres-midi au Grand Hotel, rafraichissements de bienvenue, balade en bateau au lac Gregory
The duration of the Excursion dans le pays du the a Nuwara Eliya depuis Colombo avec the de l'apres-midi is typically 15 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.
December to March is the driest stretch. Colombo sits on the west coast, so it gets the southwest monsoon roughly May to September — the northeast monsoon (October to January) hits the *other* side of the island instead. Any guide describing one national "rainy season" is only describing half the country. Full breakdown in our best time to visit Colombo guide.
Tuk-tuks are everywhere — insist on the meter or agree the fare first. PickMe is the local ride-hailing app and usually cheaper than flagging one down, with no fare argument. The coastal railway south toward Galle runs along the sea and costs very little. See getting around Colombo.
Rice and curry is the everyday meal, not a dish — rice with several curries and sambols. Kottu roti is chopped roti cooked with a distinctive clanging rhythm on the griddle, hoppers are bowl-shaped fermented rice-flour pancakes, and lamprais is the Dutch Burgher dish baked in a banana leaf. See the Colombo food guide.
Pettah is the market district east of Fort, and its streets are organised by trade — one for electronics, one for textiles, one for hardware, one for spices. The candy-striped Red Mosque (Jami Ul-Alfar, 1908) is the landmark. Street-by-street in our Pettah market guide.
Galle is the easiest — about 2 hours on the southern expressway. Kandy is only 115 km but 3-4 hours each way on a mountain road. Sigiriya is realistically a 12-14 hour day and is better as an overnight. Honest distances in our day trips from Colombo guide.
Two days covers it comfortably. Colombo is not a museum city and most travellers pass through on the way somewhere else — our Colombo 2-day itinerary sets out a realistic pair of days.
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