Ella's Ceylon Tea Plantation and Factory Tour

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3 hours
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1 - 8 guests
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English
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Explore Ceylon's tea legacy with Ella's plantation tour. Dive into tea-making science, taste diverse teas, and learn rich cultural tales. Led by experts, it's a tea lover's dream journey.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

This tea tour offers a truly unique and enriching experience for travelers, combining technical insights, cultural immersion, and expert-led guidance. Here’s what sets it apart:


1)Deep Technical Insights: Delve into topics like plant biology, agronomy, and the economics of tea production, offering a level of depth rarely found in other tours. Learn the art and science of tea-making, from leaf to cup.


2)Extensive Tasting Experience: Enjoy a curated tasting of diverse teas, including black, green, and artisan varieties


3)Cultural and Historical Context: Beyond production, explore the rich history and cultural significance of tea in Sri Lanka


4)Run by Industry Experts: The tour is led by a National Tour Guide Lecturer and a team of professionals with extensive backgrounds in tea plantation management.


This tour is perfect for tea enthusiasts and curious travelers alike, offering an immersive journey into Sri Lanka’s tea heritage.



What You Get

All Fees and Taxes
Bottled water
Tea and coffee
Tea Tasting included
Private transportation

Good To Know

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap

What You’ll Experience

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Traveling Thrills Ella - Visitor Center

Welcome to the gardens of Ceylon tea. In this tour you will go through the history, art and chemistry of renowned ceylon tea. You will visit Tea Plantation ( tea farms) and a tea Factory as the main places of visit. Its simple to find tea factories at central hills of Sri Lanka.But its hard to experience the art and chemistry of tea. Also the history and legends with that. Don't miss this opportunity. You going to experience all of them in this short tour. First you wll visit tea plantation and you will experience tea plucking at there. Then we visit black tea making factory. At the factory,you will experience how we manufacture tea, as well as how we keep the quality of ceylon tea. Later you will visit our tea center where you will taste wide range of teas including differnt black teas, green tea and Artisan teas In this tour you will learn why Ceylon tea is so special. You will taste the tea and get familiar with how to identify high quality tea. You will inspect and taste for quality of tea and finish the tour with sound knowledge about Ceylon Tea

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

Traveling Thrills Ella - Visitor Center, Station Road, Badulla Uva Province, Sri Lanka, LK

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Meet us at Travelling Thrills Ella -Visitor center at Railway Station road , ella Sri Lanka. (location is on the google maps)
End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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What People Are Saying
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Great day spent
July 11, 2025
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Reallly good tour and very helpful informed tour , has a really good tome and learbt a lot! Tour guide was really attentive and kind

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A great day with a wonderful guide
June 28, 2025
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Hasan is a great person with a vast knowledge about the tea making process and Sri Lanka's past and present. I really loved the tour through the tea plantation and Factory. Hasan furthermore went...read more

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Amazing tea tour!
June 14, 2025
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It was a very nice and informative tour through the Kinellan Tea Factory. From the beginning of the process you were taken through the different steps of how a tea leaf turns into a cup of tea. Fin...read more

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Little journey through the history of tea
June 14, 2025
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Hashan had lots of super interesting facts about the history of tea in Sri Lanka and also gave us an exciting insight into the history of the country and its agriculture. Highly recommended!

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Don't miss out on this tour!
March 31, 2025
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"Great tour by an incredibly knowledgeable and friendly guide (Hashan). Starting at the tea plantation close to Ella, the history of growing tea in Sri Lanka was explained in an engaging and inform...read more

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