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Tips for Exploring Ella, Sri Lanka
Ella is the epitome of the highland experience you can get in Sri Lanka, which is perhaps the most famous hill country destination for foreighn and local tourists alike. This is good enough reason for me to make you more prepared for the journey to come and if Ella isn’t in your bucket list of things to do, it’s time to update your list and follow these instructions....
Ramboda - Oak Ray Tea Bush
After our beautiful journey to Nuwara Eliya which can be read here. We set our sights in Kandy. Our first destination was the Ramboda falls however we decided to stop by Oak Ray Tea Bush before we head there...
Kandy - Helga's Folly
Helga’s Folly is at the heart of Kandy city and makes it special based on the fact that it is advertised itself as an anti-hotel. If the concept feels unfamiliar, it’s because it is. The concept of “anti-hotel” is something that should be experienced to comprehend. ....
Nuwara Eliya - Gartmore
One of our colleagues put out this idea at that we have enough time to visit somewhere. So we picked a place that was seemingly on our way home. That place was the Gartmore falls....
Nuwara Eliya - The Hideout
The Hideout is the highlight of our whole tour, if not for the secret discovery we made the very next day (more of that later). There are only good things to be said about this place, except one and that is actually discovering this place. The owners of this place have given it the perfect name......
Nuwara Eliya - Aberdeen Falls
The day before we decided that we might have enough time to visit maybe two waterfalls and one’s that made the cut are “Aberdeen Falls” and “Laxapana falls” and the reason why is that by following a certain route we can visit both of these falls on the way. The route in question is going to Hatton via Avissawella road if you are coming from Colombo and then going to Nuwara Eliya.
Mirissa (“මිරිස්ස”) - Things to do
There are a few things Sri Lanka is known, first the “tea”, ever heard of “Ceylon” tea, well that’s tea specifically coming from here(as Sri Lanka was formerly called by British), next the scenic landscapes (unsurprisingly this too is contributed by the never-ending tea estates) and the other thing is the sandy beaches, as you would from a small island nation. However, you’d be surprised how less known Sri Lanka is for their beaches and we are going to put that right by first talking about one of it’s most popular destinations “Mirissa”....
Ramboda Waterfall
Ramboda Waterfall gave a more different experience to all of our voyages we made throughout. The way it is situated and flows, the maintenance of it and to the crowd that comes to visit all were different. ...