Travel
to Sri Lanka and make your dream Holiday come true!
Holiday in Sri Lanka is ideal if you're looking
forward to have fun, enjoy the sunshine and frolic
in white sandy beaches. If you want to do bird
watching, see wildlife paying a visit to Ceylon will
be a holiday you'll never forget. If you want to try
out eco tourism, Sri Lanka is a marvelous place to
spend your vacation. Sri Lanka is one place where
you could be in harmony with nature like in no other
place. By spending your holiday in Sri Lanka you'll
get so much of entertainment.
A Holiday in Sri Lanka means that you'll have loads
of fun, experience a unique culture
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most comprehensive information on Ceylon. So if you
are thinking of a Vacation in Sri Lanka you have
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Nuwara Eliya is
located in the heart of Sri Lankan hill country.
Home of the famous Ceylon tea and the rolling
mountains are carpeted of velvety green tea
plantations, interspersed with gushing streams
and tumbling waterfalls. The cellubrious
climate, misty glens and similar to the British
climate, make the place a must to include in
your travel itinerary. Located at the height of
1890 meters above sea level. Temperatures are
140C-210C (Jan- April) 160C-180C (May-Aug) 150C-
180C (Sept-Dec).
Nuwara Eliya (City
of Lights), also known as 'Little' England', was
the favourite hill station of the British who
tried to create Nuwara Eliya into a typical
English Village. The old brick Post office,
country house like hill club, with it's hunting
pictures, mounted hunting trophies and fish, and
it's strict formal dinner attire; the 18 hole
golf course, race course etc., all remind you of
'England'.
History
Discovered by a hunting party led by Dr. John
Davy in 1818 and was established as a summer
retreat in 1828 by Sir Edward Barnes, the
Governor of Ceylon.
Today, with its neat old gable roofed houses
with front gardens, tree lined avenues and
buildings like the Post Office and the War
Memorial give the impression of an old world
flavour, retaining its status as a popular
summer resort.
Nuwara Eliya offers many
activities for tourists including visits to tea
plantations golfing, horse riding, boating, hiking and
of course exploring the beauty of the landscaped
gardens, waterfalls and plateaus.
