21/10/2026
Destination 3 - Nuwara Eliya
Leaving Kandy and heading up into the mountains for waterfalls and tea plantations/ factory.
🗼Ambuluwana Tower & TukTuk descent. Bit of an epic fail on a few accounts - firstly I didn’t make it to the top (not great with heights - but supervised Max from afar), secondly didn’t get any photo’s. Certainly worth the stop and views. The one handed descent whilst looking at the phone on greesy conditions by the tuktuk driver was memorable in itself!
🌁Roadside lunch with stunning views over the valley
💦Ramboda Waterfalls satiated our needs for dip. Not quite cold water but always good for a sploosh. Rain overhead meant we couldn’t go for a short hike up to more a remote location but it is what it is...
☕️Labookellie Tea Plantation (and factory) - a hour’s tour around the plantation and the chance for a few photos followed by a quick trip around the factory. Some tea and cake afterwards; it would have been rude not to. We managed not to buy anything from the shop.
🏩The buffet at the Grand Hotel was plentiful in such a colonial historical setting.
🛺 Getting lost in the tuk tuk brought a busy day to the end….
It’s quite clearly the rainy season (along with some thunder and lightening)…
..and some really cool accommodation at Azenya Nuwara Eliya flats.
Should I have been a shampoo model in the 80s?