Destinations

Every place we cover, with the season, the stay length and the journey times you need to put them in a sensible order.

5 destinations

Region

Interest

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Hill Country
Kandy
The last kingdom, around a lake, in the hills
- Best Jan–Apr
- 2 nights
Hill Country
Nuwara Eliya
Tea, mist and a half-remembered English winter
- Best Jan–Apr
- 2 nights
Hill Country
Ella
A gap in the mountains with the whole south below it
- Best Feb–Apr & Jul–Sep
- 2 nights
Hill Country
Horton Plains
Cloud forest, frost hollows, and a 900-metre drop
- Best Jan–Mar
- 1 night
Hill Country
Adam's Peak (Sri Pada)
Five thousand steps, in the dark, with thousands of pilgrims
- Best Jan–Apr
- 1 night

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Sri Lanka is small but it is not uniform. The monsoons run in opposite directions, so the right coast in July is the wrong coast in January.