• 🚂 Kandy to Ella ● Sri Lanka

    August 11, 2025 in Sri Lanka ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C

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    I traveled first from Kandy to Ella, and second from Ella to Kandy

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    Personally, I think that the train ride from Ella to Kandy is better.

    The chance of getting a window seat is many times higher from Ella to Kandy
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    This route is considered on of the most beautiful train journys in the world (according to online reports)

    ~ 1) reserve your ticket 30 days in advance (I was told this at the ticket counter in Kandy; reserved tickets cannot be purchased at the counter)

    ~ 2) Buy a 2nd or 3rd class ticket, not 1. class.

    First class is more confortable, with air conditioning, but the windows cannot opened.

    If you buy a regular ticket on the day you plane to take the train to Ella, there's a 95% chance you'll be stuck in the corridor for the next 3 hours, as the train is (almost) always completely overcrowded
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