Sri Lanka Tea Plantation Map

When i visited the area i soon realised how much in common have tea plantations and wineries.

Sri lanka tea plantation map. Plantation bungalow on 72 acre tea estate. It is found in nuwara eliya. Fifty acre peninsular estate. 50 acres price on application.

It is 15 minutes drive from koggala on the south coast of sri lanka and only about 30 minutes from galle itself. Hundungoda is a family owned and run lowland tea estate. Tea production is one of the main sources of foreign exchange for sri lanka formerly called ceylon and accounts for 2 of gdp contributing over us 1 5 billion in 2013 to the economy of sri lanka. The most popular places to visit tea plantations in sri lanka are kandy ella haputale and nuwara eliya.

Known for its black teas sri lanka is the world s fourth largest producer of tea. The main attraction of sri lanka is the tea plantations in the central highlands where you can see the process from cultivation to cup of tea. Tea in sri lanka can be categorized as high grown tea mid grown tea and low grown tea. The high grown tea is grown at an elevation of over 6 000 feet and is light in color and delicate in taste.

Pre 1871 and post 1930 updates will be made in due course. This list of tea estates in sri lanka covers the main tea factories in these areas that you can visit to learn more about the tea industry in sri lanka. It employs directly or indirectly over 1 million people and in 1995 directly employed 215 338 on tea plantations and estates. Sri lanka also known as ceylon in the tea trade is an island surrounded by the indian ocean the gulf of mannar and the palk strait and lies off the south eastern tip of india.

Mid grown tea stronger in color and flavor can typically be found in the kandy matale and bogawanthalawa areas. During my latest trip to sri lanka i visited some of the best tea plantations in the country. The tea plantations are mostly in the central region of the island where the elevation can touch almost 2 000m with the exception of ruhuna that is in the south west part of the island. Hundungoda exports extremely high quality tea to niche suppliers around the world including the famous virgin white tea.

Travel around sri lanka easy with pleasure. Seventy acres with coconut plantation. Lanka real estate property for sale in sri lanka. Home tea estates estate register estate planter data only covers the period from 1871 to 1930 with some gaps in between as not all records were available.

Today the tea plantations cover over 4 of sri lanka s hill country and around 90 of the harvest are designated for export. Where to find the best tea plantations in sri lanka. Nuwara eliya nuwara eliya is also known as the little england of. The hilly landscape.