If the call of sandy beaches, lush greenery, and cultural richness stirs your soul, then Sri Lanka deserves a spot on your ...

A dozen years on from 2004’s devastating Christmas tsunami and seven years after the end of a 40-year civil war, Sri Lanka is rebounding, and so its tourism appeal.

Journey into the clouds along Sri Lanka’s tea trails. ... Drivers stop to break from tedious road conditions, and tuck into tree-plucked mangoes, red lychees and boiled corn on the cob.

Tea for two in Sri Lanka, the emerald isle with the sunshine coast. By JENNY COAD FOR THE DAILY MAIL Updated: 13:50 EDT, 6 December 2009 ...

In 1890, Sir Thomas Lipton arrived on the island of Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, to purchase a plot of land that would become the first tea estate in his global tea empire.These days, in the ...

Sri Lanka can be best described as south Asia in miniature form, filled with beaches, elephants, tea plantations, curries, sacred rituals, colourful ...

(Sri Lanka’s roads are invariably two lane but well-paved and safe. ... of four bungalows operated in the Hatton area by Ceylon Tea Trails, Sri Lanka’s first Relais & Châteaux resort.

The Tea Trails experience was the brain child of Merrill J Fernando, founder of Dilmah Tea, the leading tea exporter in Sri Lanka and sponsor of the Sri Lankan cricket team.

Growers in Sri Lanka with small tea plantations are seeking certification with an international conservation organization in order to boost their brand and learn conservation techniques.

We peaked at 1,868m in the hill town of Nuwara Eliya, once the hub of Sri Lanka's tea plantations and still an English pastiche complete with mock-Tudor houses. We dipped down again via country roads.