Ceylon Tea Trails
Ceylon Tea Trails is the world’s first tea bungalow resort, perched at an altitude of 1250 metres in Sri Lanka’s panoramic Ceylon tea region, bordering the UNESCO World Heritage Central Highlands. Tea Trails is the first Relais & Chateaux resort in Sri Lanka.
This award-winning boutique resort comprises of five restored colonial-era tea planters’ bungalows, offering period furnishings, exquisite butler service & gourmet cuisine. Bungalows vary from 4 to 6 rooms & suites; 27 rooms in all. Book an individual room or a group that could reserve a complete bungalow.
Each of the five bungalows is unique - lakeside Castlereagh. Summerville & Dunkeld, Norwood with panoramic views and Tientsin, the most traditional colonial. We encourage you to visit the other bungalows to enjoy a meal or partake of our famous cream tea.
Rates are fully inclusive. Everything is included – gourmet meals, wines, spirits, laundry, Wi-Fi, and the signature “Tea Experience" tea fields & factory tour with our Tea Planter in Residence. A minimum of 2 nights’ stay is requested.
How to get to Tea Trails
Ceylon Tea Trails is situated south of Hatton in the Dickoya and Bogawantalawa region of the ill country in south-central Sri Lanka. Most guests come by private car as part of a bigger exploration around Sri Lanka. The nearest major town is Hatton, which is 20 minutes away from the nearest bungalow, Summerville, and 45 minutes from the farthest, Tientsin. There is a railway station in Hatton with services to Colombo, Kandy and Nuwara Eliya & Ella. The train journey is very picturesque. Rapid floatplane or helicopter transfers are also available.
Distances
Colombo Airport 160 km 4.5 hours, Colombo 130 km 4 hours, Nuwara Eliya 48 km 1.50 hours, Kandy 68 km 2.5 hours.
Rates include
English or Sri Lankan breakfast, 3-course lunch or Sri Lankan rice & curry (gourmet packed lunch if on excursion), Traditional afternoon cream tea (scones, clotted cream, jams, cakes, sandwiches), pre-dinner cocktails, 4-course gourmet dinner, selection of wines, premium spirits & liqueurs, beer, juices and soft drinks, "Tea Experience" tea fields & factory tour with our Tea Planter in Residence, bungalow amenities including Wi-Fi, all taxes and service charge.
