The best time
to visit Haputale.

Best time: January to April.

Weather: Cool 12–22°C; mist common at dusk.

Haputale clings to a long mountain ridge at 1,400 metres — on a clear morning you can see all the way to the south coast 130km away. It is the most cinematic of the tea-country towns and the gateway to Lipton's Seat and the working tea estates of the Uva valley.

• · Lipton's Seat is best at first light — by 9am the view is gone.
• · Pack a warm layer — evenings drop below 14°C.
• · Idalgashinna is one of Sri Lanka's most beautiful train stations; alight there if you can.