Built in 1924 for the manager of a tea estate, restored in 2019 with the same teak floors and fireplaces.
Mornings here start in white. The mist climbs out of the valley, wraps the bungalow for an hour, and then lifts to show you the whole of Ella Gap. You'll hear the tea pluckers before you see them, and smell breakfast long before it reaches the veranda.
Forty acres of tea around the house. Walk the plucker paths at sunrise.
Families who have worked this hill for four generations, and cook for you now.
Little Adam's Peak, Ravana Falls and the hidden trail behind the factory.
Estate tea, picked, rolled and dried two kilometres from your room.
6:30 AMCoffee in hand, down the estate path while the valley is still white.
8:00 AMEgg hoppers, pol sambol, fresh papaya and the first pot of estate tea.
10:00 AMFollow a leaf from the bush to the cup with our estate manager.
1:00 PMWe drop you at Ella station for the most beautiful train ride in the world.
5:30 PMArrack sours as the light goes gold over Ella Rock.
8:00 PMRice and seven curries, then the fire and a book.
Tap your arrival day, then your last morning. Crossed out dates are already booked.
Seven hours through tea country from Kandy. We meet every train at Ella station, or send a car from Colombo (5 hours).