Tea Experience

All clients staying at Tea Trails will partake in the complimentary Tea Experience, hosted at the 150-plus-year-old Dunkeld Tea Factory. (From the Norwood Bungalow, it's about a 30-minute drive to get there.) A few things to know: the regularly scheduled tours include several other guests staying at Tea Trails; private tours have to be arranged in advance. The tour takes about two hours, so especially if you're traveling with children, it might be worth asking for a private tour that can be a bit abbreviated. At times, the experience feels a bit orchestrated (the Tamil picker working in a tiny tea patch near the factory is nothing but an awkward photo op), but you do learn a lot about growing, picking and processing tea. Travelers interested in a slightly less flashy tea tour should plan on visiting Handunugoda White Tea Estate on the southern coast.