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What makes Nuwara Eliya a must-visit destination?

Nuwara Eliya, which literally means, ‘City of Light’, is the coolest city of Sri Lanka. The picturesque landscapes of this beautiful city will surely blow your mind if you love visiting hill stations. With the highest mountain peak in Sri Lanka, Nuwara Eliya boasts on its natural beauty.

Nuwara Eliya is also the prime tea producing land in Sri Lanka. With is lush green terraces, it produces some high quality aromatic tea. Due to its cool climate in a hot and humid country like Sri Lanka, Nuwara Eliya is also referred to as ‘Little England’. During the winters, the nights are chilling. But as soon as the day breaks, the place gets warm and comfortable.

In April, the natives of Nuwara Eliya celebrate Tamil New Year by taking out band carnivals on the street. If you are planning to come down to the city of lights during the festivals, you might not get an accommodation in the hotels easily.

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main attraction of this city is the highest peak in Sri Lanka named Pidurutalagala, which is 2524 m high. The other attractions include a beautiful golf course, an oasis named Victoria Park, Lake Gregory, and many more alluring tourist spots.

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where to stay and where to eat in the city, here are some suggestions. The Blackpool Hotel, Heritance Tea Factory, Jetwing St. Andrew’s, Stafford Bunglow, etc., are few good places for your stay. Grand Indian, Salmiya, Mackwoods’s Labookellie Tea Centre, etc., are great ideas to visit and dine in.

If you want a happening nightlife in Nuwara Eliya, visit 19th Hole Pub for some good drinks. If you are wondering where to shop in this city and you can bargain hard, visit Cargil’s. There you will get a lot of stuffs cheaper than other markets. Happy shopping!

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Raja King7 Sept 2024
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Thanks for making our trip an memorable one !! Highly recommend Thrillophilia !! Great staff support provided my Thrillophilia team especially my point of contact Isha, well planned itinerary and accommodation and all time accessible support team through out the trip. Looking for to avail the service for our upcoming trips as well. Thank you again team.

Minhaj khan5 Jan 2024
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As said by everyone sudden plans always works out to be the best. Thrillophilia made it possible with the most experienced staff Pranjal and Pooja. Special 5 star for Pooja who have always be 24/7 available for any assistance and quick to sort out things in a better way. All thoughts were blank in starting when l reached but Banuka and Pooja made the perfect arrangement from day one till I reach home. This is a must try international trip with so much new to experience about the history culture and nature. Although the group was small but we made amazing memories in this 7days trip got to meet new people who became friends from now. The only difficulty was proper English speaking guide, when he doesn’t understand he replies “Yes” “Yes” and “ok” “ok” to end the conversation. Overall the location stay transportation and package are great. 

Abhijit Tiwari12 May 2026
5.0

Four of us from Kolhapur went to Sri Lanka through Thrillophilia. First international trip as a group. The team made it very easy, all permits, hotel bookings, transfers and the Yala safari were pre-arranged. The leopard sighting in Yala on the very first drive was a perfect start to the adventure. Highly recommend Sri Lanka.

dimple dimple26 Apr 2026
4.0

Our experience was really good, all the hotels were good, the driver was friendly and helpful. The only reason I deducted one star is that we didn't get proper vegetarian food that we had already mentioned before hand. The hotels served only boiled veggies in the name of veg food. We survived majorly on bread.

Sushma Reddy24 Apr 2026
4.0

Six cousins from Vizag this was our first group international trip and Sri Lanka was the perfect choice. Thrillophilia planned everything beautifully. Sigiriya rock climb was the toughest thing we did but the view from the top was absolutely worth it. The train from Ella to Kandy through the tea estates is something we keep showing people in pictures and videos. Mirissa beach for the last two days was very relaxing. Our guide was very good and kept the group together and engaged at every stop. Hotels were comfortable and well located. One small feedback the Colombo hotel could have been better for the price. But everything else was very good.

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