Tea tours · COLOMBO TEA TOURS
The good colombo tea tours run small rooms and fill weeks ahead. Below: the 4 to book early, what each includes and how they differ.
Travel from Colombo or Negombo to Pinnawala and Kandy in an air-conditioned van with a guide such as Malintha, Tuan, or Priyantha. Feed elephants, visit the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, stop at spice, craft, gem, and batik workshops, and taste tea at a factory. Lunch and temple admission cost extra.
“Excelent trip were I see new places and new peoples!”
Spend up to 16 hours traveling from Colombo, Galle, Negombo, or nearby resorts to Ella with an English-speaking guide and private air-conditioned transport. The day combines Ravana Waterfall, a short train ride, Nine Arch Bridge, Little Adam’s Peak, tea tasting, the Ravana Pool Club, and an optional zipline. Guides such as Krish, Ranga, Dinesh, and Rukshan are praised for friendly, flexible help.
“What a day! We were about 1 day to leave the country and curious how to make dream about Sri Lanka come true and see from train majestic scenery, Apple vacations did a great job and made perfect trip to Ella from Colombo! Our Guide Krish was very kind, supportive and thoughtful to our needs, he put his soul so we can leave Sri Lanka really happy! We did see waterfall, 9 Archs, had time to walk within Ella's streets with amazing scenery and train trip dream also did come true with help of best routing decisions of Krish! Thank you so much! We are so happy with the tour!”
From Colombo port, your private driver takes you toward Ingiriya for a look at rubber and Ceylon tea production, including tea plucking and manufacturing. You’ll also pass rice fields and Colombo sights. The trip lasts about 5 to 8 hours and costs $135.72 for up to two people.
“To be clear, the driver was a careful driver, friendly, thoughtful and knowledgeable, however the tour was not as described. It took some time to get to the tea factory that we were expected to pay extra for (just arrived on a cruise in a Read more”
Leave Colombo Port with an English-speaking driver guide and head through rice fields, rubber, cinnamon, pineapple, and Ceylon tea country. Visit Rayigam Tea Factory, then return for Colombo sights including Lotus Tower, Gangaramaya Temple, and Galle Face. Guides such as Nalin and Udaya have earned praise for calm driving and thoughtful service.
“Our driver was a lovely guy called Nalin who looked after us well, sensible and calm amongst the chaotic roads. Be aware that the tea plantation is a bit of a long drive away from the cruise terminal, but we enjoyed seeing the local countryside so didn't mind this aspect. The tour around the plantation is really quite short compared to the amount of driving time, to improve I'd say they should add in sitting down for some local snacks / meal, and we actually didn't sample the tea until we got back to Colombo, I would have preferred to do this at the tea plantation itself, the shop we…”
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