A guide to Victoria Park in Nuwara Eliya: named for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, its exceptional birdwatching, flower shows, visiting tips and map.

A guide to Pedro Tea Estate near Nuwara Eliya: built on the site of James Taylor's original tea bushes, nationalisation history, visiting tips and map.

A guide to Damro Labookellie Tea Centre: its 1841 origins under Captain William Mackwood, free factory tours, tea bushes over 150 years old, visiting tips...

A guide to Bluefield Tea Gardens in Ramboda: its 1921 factory, post-independence revival story, free tours, visiting tips and map.

A guide to Dambatenne Tea Factory near Haputale: Sir Thomas Lipton's 1890 factory, Lipton's Seat viewpoint, visiting tips and map.

A guide to Kitulgala: the Bridge on the River Kwai filming location, white-water rafting, prehistoric Belilena Cave, visiting tips and map.

A guide to the Kitulgala/Makandawa Forest Reserve: a rainforest accessible only by dugout canoe or suspension bridge, endemic birdlife, visiting tips and map.

A guide to Haputale: a genuine local hill town on the highland railway, gateway to Lipton's Seat and Diyaluma Falls, visiting tips and map.

A guide to Buduruwagala near Wellawaya: seven statues carved into an elephant-shaped rock, a mysteriously wet oil cavity, treasure-hunter legend, visiting tips and map.

A guide to Adisham Bungalow near Haputale: built by a British PM's grandson, later a refuge for monks fleeing WWII persecution, visiting tips and map.