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Descente a velo de Lipton's Seat avec la fabrique de the Dambatenne à Ella

Opérateur: Lanka Travel Hub
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Transfert en voiture jusqu'a Lipton's Seat pour le lever du soleil, puis descente a velo par la route de la plantation de Dambatenne, avec arret a la fabrique construite par Thomas Lipton en 1890.

Descente a velo de Lipton's Seat avec la fabrique de the Dambatenne: En bref

PriceFrom $103 per person
Duration6 hours
LanguagesEnglish
Tour typeGuided Tour
BookingDirect with the local operator — no OTA markup

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Lipton Seat Cycling Adventure & Dambatenne Tea Factory Tour

Departures: 4:00 AM, 5:00 AM, 6:00 AM, 7:00 AM, 8:00 AM, 9:00 AM
6 hours
English
$103
Annulation gratuite

Description complète

La route de Dambatenne a Lipton's Seat monte environ sept kilometres a travers la plantation en lacets continus. La monter a velo serait un serieux travail matinal. La descendre, apres avoir ete monte en voiture pour le lever du soleil, est l'une des meilleures heures a velo au Sri Lanka.

Lipton's Seat se trouve a environ 1 970 metres. Thomas Lipton a achete ses premieres plantations de Ceylan en 1890 et, selon l'histoire, est monte jusqu'a cet eperon pour observer ce qu'il avait achete; il y a maintenant une statue de lui la-haut. Par une matinee claire, la vue s'etend sur cinq provinces jusqu'a la plaine sud, et vers neuf ou dix heures la vallee se remplit de nuages et il n'y a plus rien a voir, c'est pourquoi ce voyage commence avant l'aube.

La descente traverse la plantation avec le the des deux cotes et des cueilleurs qui commencent leur travail a votre passage. C'est assez raide pour necessiter des freins et assez doux pour ne necessiter aucun pedalage.

Dambatenne, au bas, est la fabrique construite par Lipton et l'une des plus anciennes usines en activite du pays. La visite suit la feuille depuis le bac de fletrissage jusqu'au roulage, l'oxydation et la cuisson, jusqu'a la table de tri, et se termine par une tasse.

Retour a Ella en debut d'apres-midi.

Le the de Ceylan pousse entre environ 600 et 2 000 metres dans les hautes terres centrales, plante par les Britanniques a partir des annees 1860 apres que la maladie du cafe a detruit la culture precedente, et les plantations fonctionnent encore largement comme avant: les cueilleurs, surtout des femmes tamoules, prennent les deux feuilles et un bourgeon a la main, et la fabrique fletrit, roule, fermente et cuit la feuille le meme jour. Les visites de fabrique durent environ 45 minutes et se terminent par une degustation des grades; les bonnes sont des fabriques en activite plutot que des salles d'exposition. Lipton's Seat au-dessus de Haputale est le point de vue ou Thomas Lipton observait ses plantations, meilleur avant l'arrivee des nuages vers 10h00. Nuwara Eliya, a 1 868 metres, est la ville la plus froide de l'ile et necessite une veste la nuit.

Programme

Itineraries are customisable as per your request

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

4:30 AM

Pickup in Ella

A pre-dawn drive to Haputale and up the estate road.

6:00 AM

Lipton's Seat

Sunrise before the cloud arrives.

7:00 AM

The descent

Cycling seven kilometres down through the estate.

8:30 AM

Dambatenne factory

The working plant and a tasting.

10:30 AM

Return

The drive back to Ella.

Programme détaillé

04:30

Hotel pickup

About 90 minutes to the top. Cold at that hour.

06:00

Lipton's Seat

Cloud usually closes the view by nine or ten. There is no later version of this trip.

07:00

Cycling down

Switchbacks with a real gradient. Brakes, not legs.

08:30

Dambatenne

Closed on poya days, when an estate walk substitutes.

Inclus

  • Prise en charge a l’hotel a Ella
  • transport jusqu’a Lipton’s Seat
  • un velo et un casque
  • un guide anglophone
  • un vehicule de soutien
  • eau potable

Non inclus

  • L’entree a la fabrique de the
  • repas
  • achats de the
  • pourboires

Informations importantes

Point de rendez-vous

Hotel pickup in Ella; confirmed after booking.

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 6 hours
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Live tour guide
English
Wheelchair accessible

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Prise en charge a l’hotel a Ella, transport jusqu’a Lipton’s Seat, un velo et un casque, un guide anglophone, un vehicule de soutien, eau potable
The duration of the Descente a velo de Lipton's Seat avec la fabrique de the Dambatenne is typically 6 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.
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