Pick up from the airport and transfer to Kandy

Overnight accommodation in Kandy.

After Breakfast you will be picked up from the Tailor’s Hill to proceed on your historical tea experience tour of Loolkandura Estate. Enjoy a traditional TukTuk ride to reach the Estate from the hotel.  Loolkandura Estate is where the very first patch of tea was plantedin 1865as a test after the failure of coffee plantation in Sri Lanka.

This Estate has so many historical identities with Mr. James Taylor who was the first in charge of the estate. Born on 29th March 1825 in Scotland he visited to Sri Lanka by a ship called “Sydney” at the age of 17he then cleared 19 acres of land and started the first ever tea plantation in 1865 at Loolkandura and 5 acres of this original plantation is remaining up to this date. It is said that he had rolled tea in the verandah of his log cabin and sold one pound for 1.50 rupees each in the local market at that time.

During your tour you will visit historical sites such as James Taylor Seat,First Tea Tree, James Taylor Statue, The Loolkandura Tea Factory, James Taylor Log Cabin and Weighing Stations.

Evening witness a Kandyan Cultural Show and visit the Temple of the tooth relic.

Overnight accommodation in Kandy.

After Breakfast transfer to Nuwara Eliya en route visit the tea plantations and tea factory.

Overnight accommodation in Nuwara Eliya

After Breakfast do a city tour of NuwaraEliya, Visit the Gregory Lake, Golf Course, Haggala Gardens and transfer to Hatton.

Evening Rest & Relax at your hotel surrounded by the misty mountain tea plantations.

Overnight accommodation in Hatton.

After Breakfast visit the Tea plantations of Hatton for an essential Tea Trails experience, A Resident Tea Planter of the plantation will demonstrate the age-old tea making process while you follow the trail of the planters of old Ceylon, as they trekked through the dense jungle looking for the best slopes on which to plant tea. Then on to watch the tea pluckers pick two leaves and a bud with deft hands.

Visiting Hatton tea plantations in the hill country will be like stepping into a time machine. It will immediately take you back to the Colonial times when the hill country was decked with neatly pruned tea bushes and well organized plantations. Today about 10% of the world’s tea comes from Sri Lanka and the several of the leading hill country plantations that produce some of the finest 100% Sri Lankan tea are situated in Hatton.

Then you will visit the factory where the all-important conversion to “made” black tea happens. The machinery used is of very traditional British design, some as old as 100 years. The process is a very artisanal one, unchanged for a century. The daily complimentary group tour ends with a tasting of different grades of this great brew.

Overnight accommodation in Hatton.

After Breakfast transfer to Haputhle by Train. You will experience a scenic train journey through the lush green tea plantations and misty mountains before reaching Haputhale. 

Evening Rest & Relax at your hotel surrounded by the musty mountains.

Overnight accommodation in Haputhale

Early morning (Approx 05.00) leave for Lipton’s Seat to witness the break of the down by experiencing the most amazing sunsets of the island which will prove value to your early morning wake up.

The Lipton's Seat lookout is one of Sri Lanka's most impressive viewpoints. It is located on the top of the Poonagala hill. The place gets this name after the famous tea planter Sir Thomas Lipton used this place to survey the surrounding region of his tea plantations. It is a panoramic overlooking destination in Sri Lanka. Handapanagala lake, Chandrika Lake, Udawalwe lake, Wedihiti Kanda mountains, and also the Hambantotaharbour located in the in the southern coastal area can be seen remarkably.

Exploring the tea estate will give you the ultimate experience of the tea industry and the village life of Dambetenna. The trails through the lush green tea plantations, watching the tea pluckersstart work dressed in colorful sarees and the School Children walking their way to the Village School through the winding roads of the tea plantation is a unique & unforgettable site for every visitor at Lipton’s Seat.

Youwill also visit the Dambetenna tea factory at the estate. Known as the longest tea factory in Sri Lanka. You will learn about the tea making process and witness how iconic Ceylon tea is produced at Dambetenna.

Overnight accommodation in Haputhale

After Breakfast visit Adhisham Bungalow a modeled on leeds castle in Kent, was the country’s house of Sir Thomas Villiers, a distinguished British resident of the early 20th century. Now the monastery of the Sylvester Benedictine monks, in its original state with a picturesque garden and an orchard is a place you must visit in Haputhale.   There after you will be transferred to Ahangama. Evening rest and relax at your beach hotel in Ahangama.

Overnight accommodation in Ahangama.

After Breakfast set off to the Handungoda Tea Estate & Tea Museum to experience the unique manufacture of Virgin White Tea which is the rarest type of white tea in the Tea industry of Ceylon.

Nestled between an evergreen rainforest and the vast blue Indian Ocean is the Handunugoda Tea Estate where Herman’s Virgin White Tea is manufactured, following the Chinese legend of making Virgin White Tea keeping in with the imperial tradition of “Never touched by a Human”. At dawn women wearing delicate gloves, fine pluck the imperial harvest with golden scissors, taking care not to harm the delicate tea buds and at no moment does the hand of the pluckers touch these buds? Thereafter these buds are dried using only filtered sunlight. The gloves prevent any risk of contamination leaving the tea immaculate.

The White Tea bush is unremarkable. The only difference, at a quick glance, is that it’s darker in color than its close relatives: nothing in fact really makes it stand out in a plantation of mixed tea bushes. However, the real difference comes when you consider the standard tea-plucker on a tea plantation, could collect an average of 30kg on a good day, whereas a specialized Virgin White Tea plucker would meticulously collects only 160g per plucking on a good day. Thankfully, one teaspoon of this extraordinary tea can make at least three to four cups of exquisite white tea!

The flavor of Virgin White Tea is as prized as it is elusive. From brewing to tasting, this supremely delicate tea is an experience that should be enjoyed with all your senses. Herman Teas offers a variety of exquisite white teas from Gourmet White Tea to Signature Virgin White Tea for your pleasure.

A lab analysis done by SGS of Switzerland reveals that ‘Herman Virgin White’ has an anti-oxidant content of 10.11%, which is said to be the highest naturally occurring content of anti-oxidants in any beverage. “Mariage Frères International” one of the world’s most exclusive Tea Salons situated at Faubourg Saint-Honore in Central Paris Is currently the only Tea Salon to stock Herman Virgin White tea.

Afternoon City Tour of Galle.

Afternoon proceed to the historic city of Galle. Enroot visit the Koggala Sea Turtle Farm & Hatchery. Proceed to Galle for a City tour A Unesco World Heritage Site, this historic city is a delight to explore on foot, an endlessly exotic old trading port blessed with imposing Dutch-colonial historical highlights such as the Old Dutc Fort billed in 1663, Dutch Reformed Church originally built in 1752, The Old Gate, Flag Rock, The 17th century Marine Archeological Museum and the Dutch Hospital Now fully restored and home to myriad upmarket boutiques and restaurants, this vast, colonnaded colonial landmark dates from the 18th century.

Evening proceed back to your hotel, Rest & Relax at your Beach resort in Ahangama.

Overnight accommodation in Ahangama.

Transfer to Bandaranaike International Airport – End of Tour.