Ceylon Tea Experience Start from Colombo Port Passenger Terminal
Description
We Make your travel easier and more comfortable with our shore excursion, you are Traveling by private vehicle, and visit such as rice fields, rubber plantations, Ceylon tea plantations, Tea plucking & Tea Manufacturing on the way back visit the top sights in Colombo and shopping and finally drop off at the Colombo port passenger terminal.
Tour Options
Itinerary
leave for Ingiriya which is the nearest tea field from Colombo. Sri Lanka is well known for its wide variety of teas. This tour gives you an opportunity to visit the tea factory at Ingiriya, a Tea Plantation located in the western area of Sri Lanka. Leave the quayside by coach and enjoy a relaxing 90-minute journey to Inigiriya Tea Plantation, where you'll be welcomed with aromatic garlands made of tea leaves. Visit the tea plantation and the rubber plantation area where you can witness the tea plucking (a process that requires skill and can determine whether tea attains its full flavor signature) and rubber tapping (a special method of cutting to extract latex from a rubber tree) activities. Proceed to a tea factory, where some of the best tea in the world is produced. Here you'll observe the process of manufacturing tea, learn how tea is graded, and ultimately taste a cup of pure Ceylon tea in the place where it's grown, harvested, graded, and processed.
Green Path turns into an avenue for street artists and craftsmen to display their work. As such many abstract paintings, multi-frame wall art, oil paintings, and many such pieces of art brighten up the entire place. Woodworking and metalworking craftsmen, with a number of other handcrafted item sellers, Gem museum and Ceylon tea and jewelry store.
Independent hall is a national monument in Sri Lanka built to commemorate of independence of Sri Lanka from British rule with the restoration of full governing responsibility to a Ceyleonese elected legislature on the 04th of February 1948.
Cinnamon gardens, Art Gallery, Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall BMICH, The Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa Theatre -Opera house
Gangaramaya is one of the oldest Buddhist temples in Colombo, started by the famous scholar monk Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Nayaka Thera in the late 19th Century. Seema Malaka is a Buddhist temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The temple is mainly used for meditation and rest, rather than for worship. Situated in the Beira Lake, the temple was originally constructed in the late 19th century. The Seema Malakaya, on the other hand, is a serene meditation site nestled on the Beira Lake and is a unique place to visit when you’re exploring Colombo.
The Hindu temple has a history going back over a century and is dedicated to lord Murugan. The towering gopuram of the temple is intricately sculpted, depicting lord Murugan and stories related to him. The temple celebrates all festivities related to the deity and many devotees visit this temple to beseech the blessings of Skanda.
Galle-face green, old parliament, Beire Lake, the dutch hospital shopping complex, and back to the cruise.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We will pick you up at the passenger terminal & we are paging passengers' names in front of the main exit door of the cruise. please note for any reason don’t get on the shuttle bus or don't use any other transport to go out to find your driver.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Dress code is smart casual
Reviews(2)
Great tour and you see a lot of the country and its people, as it takes about 1.5 hours for a tour. The tea factory and plantation were also well explained. The entrance fee was not included but not expensive. We really enjoyed the tour in the comfortable car.🤩
Vielen Dank
The trip was ideal for the number of hours we were in port on a cruise. We were met at the pier with our name clearly visible and were quickly allocated a car and a driver. We were taken around the main local temples, tea tasting etc before a long journey out to the tea plantation. Time there was limited to a few minutes as there is not a lot to see but beware the need to tip the tea pickers if there are photos taken! The tea factory was an eye opener in terms of working conditions but all the staff were happy - or seemed so. We were brought back to the ship in plenty of time with the driver providing plenty of background about his country.
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