Up country walks in Sri Lanka are exhilarating and extremely interesting. A cooler climate and clean air puts bounce in your step, panoramas are impressive and the population is different. Tamil speaking estate workers, attracted from poor areas of South India from the mid -nineteenth century have introduced their culture to Sri Lanka, and over time it has become an integral part of the island's history and traditions. Sinhalese villagers farm paddy nearby in the valley bottoms. Tea estates give way, at the highest levels, to moor and scrub, and lower down to rubber and to paddy and coconut. In this descent Sinhalese villages become more numerous, and villagers are more prominent than estate workers.
The True flavor of the estates however is still to be found in the up-country. The Numerous walks that starts right from your Doorstep at WORLD'END LODGE border between estates, moorland and forest where the scenery is often spectacular!