Sri Lanka has slopes upon slopes of tea being grown in this friendly island nation. Explore the cold hills and the lush green tea plantations while visiting Nuwara Eliya.
Tea plantation
Sri Lanka is the third largest exporter of tea. It is one of their main foreign exchange earners. Bogawantalawa is one of the major tea plantations in the central province. Apart from the hill country, tea estates can also be found in the southern province as well. One such estate is the famous Handunugoda Tea Factory also known as the virgin white tea factory. Hotels and resorts in the area such as Surya Lanka Ayurveda Beach Resort, well known amongst Ayurveda resorts in Sri Lanka provide tours to the factory, where guests can learn the processes of tea plucking to producing the finest of teas.
Hospitality
One thing is for sure you are served generous portions of tea throughout the day as part of the tour and you can request it black, white or iced.
Tour
The moment you arrive you are immediately welcomed and spirited away from the train station to the bungalow named after a village in China “Tientsin”, where the first seedling was transported from.
Guide
The resident tea expert takes you on a guided tour leaving in the mornings at 8.45 am to the Norwood plantation. Here he takes you through the detailed process from tea plucking to the stage where the leaves are dehydrated and transformed into Ceylon Tea giving it its special Ceylonese flavour.
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