Begin your day with a pickup from your Kandy hotel for a beautiful drive into the Central Highlands. Arrive at Galaha Town where you’ll meet your professional naturalist guide. After a short briefing on the trail’s history, ecology, and tea heritage, your adventure begins.
Start hiking through the Galaha and Bellwood Tea Estates, surrounded by endless green slopes and misty valleys. Observe traditional tea pluckers at work and enjoy the serenity of the highlands.
Reach Delthota Town, a peaceful highland community where you’ll rest and hydrate while enjoying views of the surrounding mountains. Continue into the forest trail section, a shaded path filled with birdsong and the scent of pine and wildflowers. This is the perfect stretch for birdwatching and photography.
Stop at a scenic viewpoint offering 180° panoramic vistas across mountain ridges and valleys — an ideal spot for light refreshments and photos. Arrive at the Loolkandura Tea Estate, Sri Lanka’s very first tea plantation founded in 1867 by Sir James Taylor. Explore James Taylor’s Seat, a tranquil viewpoint where he once admired his estate’s rolling tea fields.
Conclude the hike and enjoy an optional lunch stop in Delthota before beginning the return drive to Kandy, arriving by late afternoon filled with memories of an extraordinary journey through history, nature, and tea culture.
