A guide to the Badulla Kataragama Devalaya: its destruction by Portuguese forces, the Battle of Randeniwela, Kandyan wood carving, visiting tips and map.

A guide to Nuwara Eliya: how a Nile explorer built a British hill town in Sri Lanka's highlands, colonial architecture, visiting tips and map.

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.