It’s Sri Lanka’s most popular Hill Country town, because of its invigorating mountain climate, knock-out highland scenery and enduring architectural totems to British colonial influence.

Kandy is one of three districts in Sri Lanka’s scenic Central Province that is home to a sizeable population of Malaiyaha (hill country) Tamils, apart from Sinhalese and Muslims.

Camellia Hills Dunkeld Estate, Dickoya, Hatton 22000, Sri Lanka; Misty mornings in Sri Lanka’s Castlereagh Valley tea country region feel like something out of a romance novel.

Sri Lanka is so small that within a few hours drive from the arid, hot north, you hit emerald-coloured hill country, with fireflies, orchids and waterfalls. It is where my siblings and I used to stay ...

05/14/2025 May 14, 2025. For some girls in Sri Lanka's hill country, getting a period means having to skip classes unless their families can find money for sanitary pads.