Nuwara Eliya Hotels - Reviews and Rates

We checked out of our place in Kandy pretty quick and caught a ride back into town with Mr Sunil, this man is truly a blessing. As it took about 4 hours longer than it should of (Due to the fact that most travel agents in Sri Lanka don't believe that Australians have Visa free entry to Thai Land) Mr Sunil was constantly running between me, tryin...

EN: After Anuradhapura we decided to head to the beach at Arugam Bay in the southeast, driving through Nuwara Eliya and the mountains. The roads in Sri Lanka are quite bad, particularly in the north and east due to the war, so driving can take a long time, it took us 1 whole day to drive to Badulla where Priyanta left us. The views in the mounta...

Well no, not quite the lake district but the closest thing to it outside of the UK! Nuwara Eliya is so much like Keswick or a quintessential English village, it's weired! Nuwara Eliya was the playing ground for the Brit's when Sri Lanka was part of the British Empire. It's known as little England and it really is, it even has the English weather...

The best bit of visiting Nuwara Eliya was the drive up there, through the tea plantations, past beautiful waterfalls, up into the cooler climate. The town itself doesn't have that much to offer - a small park, some Sri Lankan's wearing beanies (quite amusing if you ask me), but not that much else. The Hill Club is very pleasant, in a colonial fa...