Trip to Sri Lanka - Ceylon Tea Journey

[the_dalu]

I am originally from Sri Lanka. But I have never visited our tea country with tea in mind. But this time I tried to explored a slice of Sri Lanka. I will post bunch of photos.

[the_dalu]

I visited the Handungoda Estate. They offered a tour. Showed us the plants and the machinery. It ended with a cup of Sapphire Oolong tea cup. I bought a lot of tea from them.

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[the_dalu]

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[the_dalu]

This is the same estate mentioned in this thread viewtopic.php?f=14&t=1990

[the_dalu]

I stopped to have some good tea at Walawwa. https://www.teardrop-hotels.com/wallawwa/

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[the_dalu]

Then we visited Heritance Tea factory. It is an old tea factory converted into a hotel. It has a mini tea factory too. Krishna did a lovely tour at the mini tea factory. Residents can participate in tea plucking and tea tasting.

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[the_dalu]

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[the_dalu]

Santa visited the tea factory too.

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[the_dalu]

We visited the Pedro tea estate too.

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[the_dalu]

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[the_dalu]

We stayed at Jetwing Uva Ben Head Villa. It was surrounded by a tea estate. We did tea tasting too. Gayan and the whole staff was amazing.

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[LeoFox]

Wow thank you for sharing!!!!

[the_dalu]

You're welcome! I am planning to visit Lumbini Tea Estate next time.

[Victoria]

Yes, thank you for sharing. Nice overview too.