Escape the heat of the lowlands and ascend into the cool, mist-softened beauty of Nuwara Eliya -Sri Lanka’s charming hill station town – on this scenic day tour through the tea country highlands. The drive itself is a highlight, winding up through successive waves of verdant tea estates and cloud forest with viewpoints that open suddenly onto panoramas of astonishing depth and beauty. In Nuwara Eliya, visit a working tea factory where the complete process of Ceylon tea production is explained and a guided tasting reveals the character of high-grown tea. A leisurely walk around Gregory Lake, the Victoria Park rose gardens and the town’s Tudor-style colonial architecture completes a day that feels genuinely transported from another world and another era. This is a tour of fresh air, green beauty, colonial charm and the finest cup of tea you will ever drink.