Hva som skjer i Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka gjennom året

Toppsesong — Thai Pongal, Adam's Peak pilgrimage season

• Sesong

  Western quality season

  1. jan – 15. marInnhøsting

  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.

• Fare

  Ground frost at night

  5. jan – 25. feb · vanligvisEkstrem kulde

  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. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Thai Pongal

  14.–17. jan · vanligvisInnhøstingMye folkStengninger

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Adam's Peak pilgrimage season (5. des – 10. mai (vanligvis)), Christmas and New Year peak (20. des – 5. jan)

Toppsesong — Adam's Peak pilgrimage season, February break i Sri Lanka

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Fortsatt på gang: Western quality season (1. jan – 15. mar), Ground frost at night (5. jan – 25. feb (vanligvis)), Adam's Peak pilgrimage season (5. des – 10. mai (vanligvis))

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

• Festival

  Ram Navami at Seetha Amman

  26. marReligiøs høytidMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Western quality season (1. jan – 15. mar), Adam's Peak pilgrimage season (5. des – 10. mai (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — reisende beskriver det som høysesong, The April Season

• Festival

  The April Season

  1.–30. aprStor festivalMye folkBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Sinhala and Tamil New Year

  12.–16. apr · vanligvisNasjonaldagStengningerMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Ram Navami at Seetha Amman (26. mar), Adam's Peak pilgrimage season (5. des – 10. mai (vanligvis))

Travelt — Adam's Peak pilgrimage season, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Sesong

  Southwest monsoon on the hills

  15. mai – 15. sep · vanligvisRisiko

  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.

Fortsatt på gang: Adam's Peak pilgrimage season (5. des – 10. mai (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i juni.

Fortsatt på gang: Southwest monsoon on the hills (15. mai – 15. sep (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 5 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i juli.

Fortsatt på gang: Southwest monsoon on the hills (15. mai – 15. sep (vanligvis))

Travelt — August break i Sri Lanka, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Fortsatt på gang: Southwest monsoon on the hills (15. mai – 15. sep (vanligvis))

Travelt — August break i Sri Lanka, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Southwest monsoon on the hills (15. mai – 15. sep (vanligvis))

Rolig — skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i oktober.

Rolig — en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i november.

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

• Åpning

  Adam's Peak pilgrimage season

  5. des – 10. mai · vanligvisMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Christmas and New Year peak

  20. des – 5. janJul og nyttårMye folkBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗