Sri Lanka Tea Plantations are one of the major tourist’s attractions of Sri Lanka. Also, Tea production is one of the main sources of foreign exchange for Sri Lanka and leading exporter with 23% of the total world export.
The Tea industry was introduced to the country in 1867 by James Taylor a British planter.
Tea Plantations give stunning sceneries for the hill country of Sri Lanka. Most of the hill country roads and train track going through the beautiful tea estates. Tea estate visit and picking tea is a very popular activity for hill country travelers.
Tea Plantation & Tea Estates are mostly peaceful and tranquil with mountains covered with tea sloping downhill with cool and mild. Travelers can enjoy the view of the misty tea covered mountain slopes and to enjoy some of the best-brewed cups of tea.
Visit Tea Estates,
- Mackwoods Labukeliya Factory
- Blue Field Tea Factory
- Handungoda Estate
- Uwa Halpewatte Tea Factory
- Heritance Tea Factory