Nuwara Eliya

Few, if any, small islands have as much geographical diversity as Sri Lanka. The tea-growing hills of Nuwara Eliya offer breathtaking landscapes. Drive into the highlands from Kandy and discover Sri Lanka at its most dramatic: a land of gurgling mountain streams and steep hillsides cloaked in luminous green tea, sweet-scented Cyprus and Eucalyptus trees. Nuwara Eliya, nestled at the foot of a mountain, was made into a summer retreat by the British in the early 1800s and much of its colonial character still remains. The Horton Plains National Park and its unique cloud forests is just 35 km from town and definitely worth a visit.