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Excursion en tuk-tuk a Lipton's Seat depuis Ella avec la fabrique de the Dambatenne

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Opérateur: Sign of Lanka (Pvt) Ltd
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Un trajet en tuk-tuk depuis Ella sur la route de la plantation jusqu'a Lipton's Seat pour le lever du soleil, avec la fabrique Dambatenne que Thomas Lipton a construite en 1890 au retour.

Excursion en tuk-tuk a Lipton's Seat depuis Ella avec la fabrique de the Dambatenne: En bref

PriceFrom $130 per person
Duration5 hours
LanguagesEnglish
Tour typeGuided Tour
BookingDirect with the local operator — no OTA markup

Choose from 2 available options

From Ella: Lipton Seat & Dambethenna Tea Factory by Tuk-Tuk

Departures: 8:00 AM
5 hours
English
$130
Annulation gratuite

From Haputale: Lipton Seat & Tea Factory, Tuk-Tuk Adventure

Departures: 8:00 AM
5 hours
English
$150
Annulation gratuite

Description complète

La route de Haputale jusqu'a Lipton's Seat grimpe a travers la plantation de Dambatenne sur une voie etroite en lacets continus, et c'est l'un des rares endroits ou un tuk-tuk est vraiment le meilleur vehicule. A ciel ouvert, lent, et assez proche du the pour voir la cueillette se derouler sur les pentes a cote de vous.

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 tout ce qu'il possedait. Il y a une statue de lui au sommet, regardant au loin. Par une matinee claire, la vue s'etend sur cinq provinces jusqu'a la plaine sud.

Le mot cle est matinee. Les nuages remplissent generalement la vallee vers neuf ou dix heures et il n'y a plus rien a voir du tout, c'est pourquoi ce voyage se fait avant l'aube et non en grasse matinee.

Dambatenne, la fabrique construite par Lipton, se trouve sur le chemin du retour et c'est l'une des plus anciennes usines en activite du Sri Lanka. 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.

Cinq heures, retour a Ella en fin de matinee.

Ella est un village a 1 040 metres dans les montagnes du sud, atteint par le train depuis Kandy que la plupart des gens considerent comme le plus beau trajet ferroviaire d'Asie, et ses sites sont tous a quelques kilometres: le pont aux neuf arches, un viaduc en brique de 1921 dans une gorge de the, qu'un train traverse plusieurs fois par jour; le Little Adam's Peak, une marche de 40 minutes a travers le the jusqu'a une crete; Ella Rock, une ascension plus difficile de trois heures; et les cascades de Ravana sur la route vers Wellawaya. Les matins sont clairs et les apres-midis des mois humides apportent des nuages dans le col, donc les randonnees se font tot. Les tuk-tuks sont le transport, et chaque pension peut en trouver un.

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 start for the drive to Haputale.

6:00 AM

Lipton's Seat

Sunrise before the cloud arrives.

8:00 AM

Dambatenne factory

The working plant and a tasting.

9:30 AM

Return

Back down to Ella.

Programme détaillé

04:30

Hotel pickup

About 90 minutes. Cold in an open tuk-tuk at that hour — dress for it.

06:00

Lipton's Seat

Cloud usually closes the view by nine or ten. Windy and near-freezing before sunrise.

08:00

Dambatenne

Closed on poya days, when an estate walk substitutes.

09:30

Ella

Drop-off, with the rest of the day free.

Inclus

  • Tuk-tuk prive avec chauffeur-guide anglophone
  • prise en charge et depose a l’hotel a Ella
  • tous les trajets
  • carburant

Non inclus

  • L'entree de la fabrique de the
  • repas et boissons
  • achats de the
  • pourboires

Informations importantes

Point de rendez-vous

Hotel pickup in Ella; the exact address and time are 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 5 hours
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Live tour guide
English
Wheelchair accessible

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Alain
July 29, 2026

We had a wonderful tour through the tea fields of Ella and to Lipton's Seat with Shad and his tuk-tuk. Shad let us experience the tea-making process. He showed us the plantations and stopped at a tea factory where we could watch the entire process from leaf to tea bag. Shad is a very pleasant guy, he drives carefully and even offered us a snack on the way back. Along the way, he stopped regularly to take beautiful photos of us. We had a great experience.

Questions fréquentes

Hotel pickup in Ella; the exact address and time are confirmed after booking.
The price does not cover the tea factory entrance, 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.
Sign of Lanka (Pvt) Ltd. We book with them directly rather than through a reseller, which is why we can confirm your place with the operator before taking it as final.
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.
Tuk-tuk prive avec chauffeur-guide anglophone, prise en charge et depose a l’hotel a Ella, tous les trajets, carburant
The duration of the Excursion en tuk-tuk a Lipton's Seat depuis Ella avec la fabrique de the Dambatenne is typically 5 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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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.
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