Ceylon Tea Trails
Restored planters' bungalows along a valley of the tea country, each with its butler, far from anything modern.
Tea Country: Hatton · Sri Lanka
A sense of the place
Why it's in the collection
Because the island's interior, and especially its spectacular tea country, has stayed relatively untouched, leaving a lush and unspoiled landscape for planters' bungalows lovingly restored in a colonial-contemporary style and scattered widely along the valley, each divided into a few suites or available whole — an entrée into the romance of Ceylon tea, or an escape at some four thousand feet with few signs of encroaching modernity.
- Along the valley above Castlereagh Lake near Hatton, in the tea country; independent house.
- Planters' bungalows with a butler and a chef in each, taken by the suite or whole; tea-field and factory walks; the planter's table; all-inclusive.
- Three MICHELIN Keys in the 2025 selection; holds five-star standing.
The neighborhood
Tea Country: Hatton
The tea district around Hatton and Dickoya, with the planters' bungalows above Castlereagh Lake. Up in the hill country, tea fields and factories spread around them, Adam's Peak stands on the skyline and the air stays cool at more than a thousand meters.
- The tea fields and the lake, from the lawns.
- Hatton's tea factories, thirty minutes; Adam's Peak, an hour.
- Colombo airport, about four hours by road or a seaplane to the lake.
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