Qué hay en Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka, a lo largo del año

Máxima afluencia — Thai Pongal, Adam's Peak pilgrimage season

• Temporada

  Western quality season

  1 Ene – 15 MarCosecha

  Cold nights and dry days on the western slopes give the year's most prized picking, and the factories run it separately. Estate tours are worth doing in these weeks rather than any other.

• Riesgo

  Ground frost at night

  5 Ene – 25 Feb · normalmenteFrío extremo

  Six degrees of latitude off the equator and still frost on the tea in the small hours. Guesthouses here have no heating and most travellers arriving from the coast are badly underdressed. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Thai Pongal

  14–17 Ene · normalmenteCosechaMucha genteCierres

  Tamil harvest festival marked across the tea estates with rice-boiling rituals, temple visits and a multi-day estate holiday; liquor shops in the district close for it and some plantation work pauses. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Adam's Peak pilgrimage season (5 Dic – 10 May (normalmente)), Christmas and New Year peak (20 Dic – 5 Ene)

Máxima afluencia — Adam's Peak pilgrimage season, February break en Sri Lanka

En febrero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Western quality season (1 Ene – 15 Mar), Ground frost at night (5 Ene – 25 Feb (normalmente)), Adam's Peak pilgrimage season (5 Dic – 10 May (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Ram Navami at Seetha Amman, Adam's Peak pilgrimage season

• Festival

  Ram Navami at Seetha Amman

  26 MarFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  Hindu pilgrims on Sri Lanka's Ramayana Trail gather at the Seetha Amman Temple, said to mark Sita's captivity, for special pujas; the date follows the lunar calendar and shifts between late March and mid-April. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Western quality season (1 Ene – 15 Mar), Adam's Peak pilgrimage season (5 Dic – 10 May (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — los viajeros lo describen como muy concurrido, The April Season

• Festival

  The April Season

  1–30 AbrGran festivalMucha genteReserva pronto

  Colombo moves up the hill for the month: horse racing at the country's only surviving course, a motor hill climb, golf and a flower show, all wrapped around the New Year. Rooms triple and sell out. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  Sinhala and Tamil New Year

  12–16 Abr · normalmenteFiesta nacionalCierresMucha gente

  Sri Lanka's biggest family holiday, set by auspicious times around 13 and 14 April: many shops, restaurants and private buses stop for several days as people go home, and domestic travel surges in the days after. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Ram Navami at Seetha Amman (26 Mar), Adam's Peak pilgrimage season (5 Dic – 10 May (normalmente))

Concurrido — Adam's Peak pilgrimage season, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Temporada

  Southwest monsoon on the hills

  15 May – 15 Sep · normalmenteRiesgo

  The western slopes take the full force of it and the town spends weeks inside cloud rather than under rain. Horton Plains is a coin toss and World's End often shows nothing at all.

Sigue en marcha: Adam's Peak pilgrimage season (5 Dic – 10 May (normalmente))

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En junio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Southwest monsoon on the hills (15 May – 15 Sep (normalmente))

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 5 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En julio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Southwest monsoon on the hills (15 May – 15 Sep (normalmente))

Concurrido — August break en Sri Lanka, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

En agosto no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Southwest monsoon on the hills (15 May – 15 Sep (normalmente))

Concurrido — August break en Sri Lanka, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Southwest monsoon on the hills (15 May – 15 Sep (normalmente))

Tranquilo — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus peores meses por clima

En octubre no empieza nada nuevo.

Tranquilo — uno de sus peores meses por clima

En noviembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Máxima afluencia — Adam's Peak pilgrimage season, Christmas and New Year peak

• Apertura

  Adam's Peak pilgrimage season

  5 Dic – 10 May · normalmenteMucha gente

  From the December poya to Vesak the steps up Sri Pada are lit and the tea stalls on them are open, and pilgrims climb through the night. Outside the season it is dark, shut and slippery. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  Christmas and New Year peak

  20 Dic – 5 EneNavidad y Año NuevoMucha genteReserva pronto

  The second of the town's two full fortnights, and the colonial-era hotels lean into it with log fires and set dinners. Book the train seats from Kandy weeks ahead or stand. Fuente ↗