The Pekoe Trail Sri Lanka
The Pekoe Trail Sri Lanka, guided Trekking in the pekoe Trail Sri Lanka
Tea, the world’s most popular drink after water, originated in China over 4,000 years ago and spread globally, reaching Sri Lanka in 1867 through British planter James Taylor. Today, Sri Lanka is the world’s fourth-largest tea producer, with over a million people employed in the industry. The country’s cool, misty highlands—especially Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Badulla, Bandarawela, and Haputale—produce some of the world’s finest teas.
The Pekoe Trail is Sri Lanka’s first long-distance hiking route, covering 300 km through 22 stages in the central highlands. Starting near Kandy and ending at the Pedro Tea Estate in Nuwara Eliya, the trail winds through lush tea estates, forests, villages, and waterfalls. Designed to promote sustainable tourism and support rural communities, it offers stunning scenery and an authentic way to experience Sri Lanka’s tea country beyond a simple factory visit.
Here are those 22 stages of the pekoe trail:
- Stage 1: Hanthana to Galaha: Distance – 12.8 km
- Stage 2: Galaha to Loolkandura: Distance – 14.7 km
- Stage 3: Loolkandura to Thawalanthenna – 18.1 km
- Stage 4: Thawalanthenna to Pundaluoya – 14.1km
- Stage 5: Pundaluoya to Watagoda – 14.1 km
- Stage 6: Watagoda to Kotagala – 15.3km
- Stage 7: Kotagala to Norwood – 16.2km
- Stage 8: Norwood to Bogawanthalawa – 15.8km
- Stage 9: Bogawanthalawa to Dayagama – 16.5km
- Stage 10: Dayagama to Horton Plains – 14.9km
- Stage 11: Horton Plains to Udaweriya – 13.1km
- Stage 12: Udaweriya to Haputale – 14.8 km
- Stage 13: Haputale to St. Catherine – 13.5km
- Stage 14: St Catherine to Makulella – 9.4km
- Stage 15: Makulella to Ella – 9.5km
- Stage 16: Ella to Demodara – 8.8km
- Stage 17: Demodara to Haliela – 12.9km
- Stage 18: Haliela to Etampitiya – 13.9km
- Stage 19: Etampitiya to Lunuwatta – 18.4km
- Stage 20: Lunuwatta to Udupussellawa – 12.5km
- Stage 21: Udupussellawa to Kandapola – 16.7km
- Stage 22: Kandapola to Pedro Estate – 10.8km
The Pekoe Trail trekking introduces you the areas that had been hidden in these well-known destinations. The path runs through tarred roads and overgrown quarry lead cart. These roads re built during the British colonial time to transport tea from the vast estates to factories. Some of these routes are not touristic and with barely visible footpath that tea puckers use as shortcuts through tea estates and forests.
To whom it may concern:
We would like to our express our thanks to Deen and all his staff for making our trip to Sri Lanka a dream come true.
A group of 15 Portuguese set out to an hiking adventure trip in Sri Lanka visiting the most wonderful places in the country. «Sri Lanka Trekking Nature Holidays» team treated us like family and our trip began wonderfully and remained so until the end.
They took care of all the needs of each participant as well as the entire group and also they predict every detail with the most care and attention. Every aspect of the trip was carefully thought out and planned with great consideration for the benefit of the group.
Last but not least we want to thank Mr. Deen for guiding us personally. His knowledge, kindness and humor makes him a great traveling companion. With your extremely joyous company all group agreed you were fantastic, warm and very friendly.
Thanks again for this great trip and be sure that we will certainly get in touch again when we plan our next trip to Sri Lanka
If anyone would like to know more about our trip and our experience with Mr. Deen and «Sri Lanka Trekking Nature Holidays» fell free to e-mail us … you are welcome!
In the link below you can see and download a little selection of photos of the trip and you can use them if you wish … and two more videos of Pedro’s & Lidia party.
https://picasaweb.google.com/106029206455846060985/SriLankaDeen?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCOGutYXRnOWUnwE&feat=directlink
Thanks again Deen for all the work that you have with us… when the opportunity arrives we hope to see you in Portugal. Keep in touch
Kind regards
Nuno Coutinho