Cool air, green ridgelines, and the island's best walks.
Nuwara Eliya
Sri Lanka's highest town at 1,868m - Tudor architecture, rose gardens, and the world's finest high-grown Ceylon tea estates.
Kitulgala
The best adventure day trip from Kandy: Grade 3–4 white-water through jungle gorge, plus great birding and natural pools.
Kalpitiya
A northwest peninsula where the Indian Ocean and Puttalam Lagoon create Sri Lanka's best kitesurfing and spectacular dolphin watching.
Ella
A small highland town above an intensely green valley. Home to Nine Arches Bridge, Little Adam's Peak, and the kind of atmosphere that earns two nights.
Horton Plains
A high plateau at 2,200m with a circular trail ending at World's End - an 870m escarpment drop. Go before 9am before the mist closes in.
Knuckles Mountain Range
A UNESCO cloud-forest wilderness of ridgelines, waterfalls, and remote villages. Sri Lanka's finest multi-day trekking terrain.
