Ceylon tea shaped this island’s modern history, and experiencing it in the landscape where it grows is genuinely special. Guided tours of working tea estates in Nuwara Eliya, Ella, Kandy, and Hatton walk visitors through the full story – from the colonial origins of the plantation system to the meticulous process of plucking, withering, rolling, and drying the leaves. A tasting at altitude, overlooking rows of immaculate tea bushes, is one of Sri Lanka’s most memorable sensory moments.
