Friday, January 9, 2026

Kandy to Nuwara Eliya Sri Lanka

 

This continues our trip through central Sri Lanka by starting with the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, moving on to a tea factory in the heart of tea country, and then ending the day in Nuwara Eliya.

Trip to Kandy Sri Lanka

 

We hired a tour company to take us around the popular parts of Sri Lanka for a week. We started by heading to Kandy in the central mountain area for the first night. We saw an elephant sanctuary along the way and a traditional dance show on arrival in Kandy before settling into our room for the night. The amazing view above was from our room.

Colombo Buddhist Temples

 

If you pay to enter the Seema Malaka Buddhist Temple on Biera Lake, which is a must-see, then you can use your ticket to visit the nearby Gangaramaya Temple. We also visited the Aśōkārāma Temple in another part of the city which is a more typical temple. I've collected pictures of both here to compare the two.