Exploring Ella

After a great nights sleep (the climate here is a lot cooler than down south, especially during the night) we enjoyed a typical SriLanken breakfast before heading to our first stop of the day: little Adams peak - a short hike (approx. 30-40 mins) with a very rewarding view on top.
The weak go at around 5:00 am in the morning to see a presumably beautiful sunset, but we chose to go when the sun was up and ready to burn us to the ground.
After a very sweaty ascent, we enjoyed a beautiful view of the surrounding tea plantations and mountains.

Next on our agenda was the nine arches bridge, where we arrived after another short hike of about 15-20 mins. Definitely worth a visit but obviously extremely touristy as well. We took a few selfies and snacked on some very juicy jackfruit (for those of you who haven't tried it and live in the UK: it tastes like starburst sweets).

On our hike back to Jiggle Bells we heard a train go past from the distance, must have been going South or so because sadly the famous Ella to Kandy train route is currently not operating due to massive landslides destroying parts of it recently.

Our afternoon was all about tea. However, getting to the tea plantation was more adventurous than expected but brave little Jiggle Bells handled the off-roading like a pro. We chose to do our tea plantation tour at a nice family owned tea plantation named Organic Tea Queen Ella and certainly didn't regret it. We got to pick some tea leaves, learnt all about how white, green and black tea is made and finished it all off with an extensive tasting session that also included some very tasty snacks.Læs mere