Nuwara Eliya is Sri Lanka’s highest and most atmospheric highland town – a colonial-era hill station at 1,868 metres that carries the peculiar and deeply charming character of a piece of rural England transplanted into a tropical island. Golf clubs, Victorian-era hotels, a flower-edged lake, and the surrounding acres of immaculate tea estates create an experience unlike anything else on the island. The climate is cool year-round, the colonial architecture is remarkably preserved, and the proximity to Horton Plains and some of the island’s finest tea estates makes it an ideal highland base.
