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About Nuwara Eliya
At 1,868 metres, Nuwara Eliya is the highest town in Sri Lanka and the coolest — the British called it Little England and built it to look the part, with a racecourse, a golf course, mock-Tudor hotels and hedged gardens. Mornings here are genuinely cold, and a fire in the evening is not unusual.
The surrounding hills are covered in some of the finest tea in the world. Estate tours explain the whole journey from plucking to tasting, and the roads out of town lead to waterfalls, reservoirs and the cloud forest of Horton Plains.
Things to see & do
- Working tea estates and factory tours with tastings
- Horton Plains National Park and World's End escarpment
- Gregory Lake and the colonial-era town centre
- Victoria Park, at its best from March to May
- The hill-country train line through Haputale and Ella
Nuwara Eliya in pictures
Good to know
DistrictNuwara Eliya
Best time to visitMarch to May offers the clearest mountain weather and the town is in full bloom for the April season. Nights are cold year round — bring warm layers.
Getting thereRoughly 2.5 hours by road from Kandy. The far better option is the hill-country train from Kandy to Nanu Oya, one of the most beautiful rail journeys anywhere.