From $840 per person
Ella & the Tea Country Express
The Nine Arch Bridge, Little Adam's Peak at dawn, a tea-factory tour and the world's most scenic train ride — all based in Ella.
Est. 2015 · Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka
Up where the air is thinner,
the tea is greener.
The blue train through tea country, Little Adam's Peak at dawn, World's End over a 870-metre drop and the sacred night climb of Sri Pada. The hill country, at a hill-country pace.
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Tea Country
Estates, factories & fresh hill air
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The world's most scenic railway
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Peaks, plains & waterfalls
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Sacred climbs & sunrise shrines
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The whole high country in one trip
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Handcrafted high-country.
From $940 per person
Nuwara Eliya & Little England
Victorian guesthouses, private tea-estate walks and the coolest air in Sri Lanka — six days in the town called Little England.
From $890 per person
Horton Plains & World's End Trek
The 2,100-metre plateau, the 870-metre World's End drop and the elusive sambar deer — the hill country's great wilderness walk.
The high country
Six places, one skyline.
Central Highlands
Ella
Tea gardens, mist and the famous blue train
Central Highlands
Nuwara Eliya
Little England — gardens, tea and cool mornings
Central Highlands
Kandy
The sacred lakeside gateway to the hills
Central Highlands
Horton Plains & World's End
A 2,100-metre grassland over a sheer drop
Central Highlands
Adam's Peak (Sri Pada)
The sacred mountain of a thousand pilgrims
Central Highlands
Hatton & the Tea Country
Rolling tea estates, pluckers and mist
The Upcountry way
Slow is the point.
Tea takes its time, and so do we. First-class window seats on the blue train, treks paced to your breath, tea estates where the pluckers know your name. No rushing — just the hills, done properly.
- First-class seats, view side, every train
- Licensed highland guides on every trail
- Direct-from-estate tea & tastings
- Groups never above twelve
Guest words
What they remember.
“The blue train was everything we hoped — doors open, tea gardens rolling past, strangers sharing oranges. Nine Arch Bridge at golden hour with nobody else on the track: pure magic.”
“I cried when the sun came up. Five thousand steps in the dark, and then the whole mountain's shadow cast across a sea of clouds. Our guide was patient, kind and endlessly encouraging.”
“We are Sri Lankan and we had never seen our own hills like this. The kids picked tea, chased sambar deer and still talk about World's End. Upcountry made us tourists in our own country — in the best way.”
Through our lens
Real hills, real light.
Ready when you are
Come up for air.
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