Ceylon Tea Trails

Tearing yourself away from a morning coffee routine is easier when there's delicious tea, direct from the fields, as an energizing replacement. The central Sri Lankan Ceylon Tea Trails sit on a working tea estate, and use the nearby resource to offer quality brews and tea infused cuisine.

The hotel's plantation bungalows were once residences of British tea estate managers who established a lofty standard for the estate's high tea tradition. Sit on the preened lawn surrounded swaying tea plants and delicate tropical flowers as you wile away an afternoon chatting, reading, or swinging a croquet mallet.

The best way to travel through the Bogawantalawa Valley tea fields is by bike. Gentle hills and overlapping routes let you choose whatever level of activity the day demands. Set out at dawn and head to Adam's peak for a hike to the spectacular viewpoint or wheel a little further to visit the Peak Wilderness Sanctuary.