Ceylon Tea Trails is perched at an altitude of 4000 feet in the heart of Sri Lanka’s panoramic Ceylon tea country, bordering the World Heritage Central Highlands. Four restored colonial-era tea planters’ bungalows offer gracious living with gourmet cuisine & period furnishings, worthy of the only Relais & Chateaux resort in Sri Lanka. Observe life on a working tea estate, whilst being pampered by your butler. Bungalow sizes range from 4 to 6 rooms; 20 luxurious rooms and suites in all. Castlereagh & Summerville bungalows have lakefront positions, Norwood has panoramic views & Tientsin is the most traditional colonial. Heritage with a contemporary style is the hallmark.
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Trek or bike from one to the other in cool comfort, amidst breathtaking views of mountain ranges, lakes, winding roads & waterfalls. This is a pristine environment in which to cool off and reconnect with family and friends. May & June daytime temperatures hover around 24c/75f and at night 19c/65f, cool enough to relax in front of a roaring fire, digest if in hand, after a gourmet 4 course dinner.
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Stay in an elegantly furnished Tea Trails Garden Suite with your own tranquil private garden.
Inclusive of all meals and drinks including spirits and wines. Guests can indulge in dishes from gourmet western fare to traditional Sri Lankan classics and tea inspired dishes. The afternoon cream tea is to die for!
Inclusive of road transfer by car from Colombo airport to seaplane base, scenic 30 minute seaplane flight to the hill capital Kandy, avoiding the heavy Colombo traffic, then a one and a half hour drive through panoramic tea country to Ceylon Tea Trails in time for lunch.
Enjoy the complimentary Tea Experience with our resident Tea Planter Andrew Taylor, who will show you first hand the age-old tea making process. Follow the trail of the planters of old Ceylon, as they trekked through the dense jungle looking for the best slopes. Watch the pickers pick two leaves and a bud with deft hands and have a go yourself. Then to the factory where the all-important conversion to “made” black tea happens.The machinery used is of very traditional British design, some as old as 100 years. The process is a very artisanal one, unchanged for a century. The tour ends with a tasting of different grades of this great brew.
Fly back to Colombo via seaplane & enjoy a private tour of this bustling city’s cultural sights & shopping secrets. Visit the Dilmah Tea tasting rooms, prior to airport dropoff.
If you’d like to add some beach time, visit the 2000 year old Cultural Triangle or a game park, our chosen travel partners can assist you.
Unprecedented value Cool Bliss offer with complimentary seaplane transfer, $1950 for a couple. Make an Enquiry
Everything is included. Garden Suite with private garden, all meals and drinks, taxes, service charge, return seaplane transfers from Colombo to Kandy, and road transfers to Tea Trails. Fly into Colombo and we’ll do the rest!
Choose either 3 nights long weekend Friday-Monday Fri, May 4, 11, 18, 25. June 1, 8, 16, 22, 29
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4 nights mid-week Monday-Friday Mon, May 7, 14, 21, 28. June 4, 11, 18, 25 Pay for 3 nights, 4th night on us!
Valid May-June 2012.
Seaplane transfer timings Arrive Colombo on a Friday morning or a Monday morning. Transfer to seaplane leaving Colombo for Kandy Friday 10:30 am or Monday 10:30 am. Seaplane returns to Colombo Mondays and Fridays around noon to connect to flights leaving Sri Lanka afternoon/evening.
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