The Hill country in the heart of the island, rises from 3000 ft. to over 8000 ft and will surround you with velvetly green freshness year around. The approach whether by road or rail is through narrow passes deep ravines, gushing streams and waterfalls. The vegetation change from tropical profusion to gentle sprawling rubber plantations fragrant spice gardens to cool emerald hills, carpeted by the world famous “Ceylon Tea”

First introduced by the British who managed to penetrate the island’s hill country in the 1800 tea bushes cover rolling hills like soft moss, interspersed with eucaluptus, albesia and other trees. Tea Pluckers work on the slopes butterfly-like in their colourful sarees. You would continuously delight the senses with its spring like freshness, Wisps of Milk-white cloud soften the dark outline of the high rocky crags and roll down in gentle waves of mist, at dawn. There are a number of hill station s dotting the hill country landscape each different in character