Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Ella, Sri Lanka

Topdrukte — Hill-country high season, Year-end break in Sri Lanka

• Regel

  Poya days

  1 jan – 31 decSluitingen

  Every full moon is a civil holiday across Sri Lanka: shops shut and the sale of alcohol and meat is prohibited. There are thirteen or fourteen a year, so one will land on most trips, and the trains run full with people travelling for it. Bron ↗

• Regel

  Hill-country train reservations

  1 jan – 31 decBoek vroeg

  Reserved seats on the Kandy to Badulla line open thirty days ahead and the observation carriage goes within minutes in the high season. Unreserved second and third class always has room, standing in the doorway included. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Hill-country high season (15 dec – 31 mrt)

Topdrukte — Hill-country high season, February break in Sri Lanka

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Poya days (1 jan – 31 dec), Hill-country train reservations (1 jan – 31 dec), Hill-country high season (15 dec – 31 mrt)

Topdrukte — Hill-country high season, February break in Sri Lanka

In maart begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Poya days (1 jan – 31 dec), Hill-country train reservations (1 jan – 31 dec), Hill-country high season (15 dec – 31 mrt)

Topdrukte — Sinhala and Tamil New Year, Sinhala & Tamil New Year break in Sri Lanka

• Feestdag

  Sinhala and Tamil New Year

  13–16 aprNationale feestdagSluitingenDruk

  The country stops for several days. Trains and buses out of the hill country cannot be booked, and half the kitchens in the village are shut while the staff are home for it. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Poya days (1 jan – 31 dec), Hill-country train reservations (1 jan – 31 dec)

Rustig — schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

• Seizoen

  Cloud in the Ella Gap

  15 mei – 15 sep · meestalMistseizoenRisico

  The south-west wind drives cloud up through the gap for months and the view down to the coastal plain is simply not there on most afternoons. It often burns off before nine, which is why the walks here start early. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Poya days (1 jan – 31 dec), Hill-country train reservations (1 jan – 31 dec)

Druk — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de beste maanden qua weer

In juni begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Poya days (1 jan – 31 dec), Hill-country train reservations (1 jan – 31 dec), Cloud in the Ella Gap (15 mei – 15 sep (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 5 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

In juli begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Poya days (1 jan – 31 dec), Hill-country train reservations (1 jan – 31 dec), Cloud in the Ella Gap (15 mei – 15 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — reizigers noemen het hoogseizoen, August break in Sri Lanka

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Poya days (1 jan – 31 dec), Hill-country train reservations (1 jan – 31 dec), Cloud in the Ella Gap (15 mei – 15 sep (meestal))

Druk — August break in Sri Lanka, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Poya days (1 jan – 31 dec), Hill-country train reservations (1 jan – 31 dec), Cloud in the Ella Gap (15 mei – 15 sep (meestal))

Rustig — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

In oktober begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Poya days (1 jan – 31 dec), Hill-country train reservations (1 jan – 31 dec)

Rustig — een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

In november begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Poya days (1 jan – 31 dec), Hill-country train reservations (1 jan – 31 dec)

Topdrukte — Hill-country high season, Year-end break in Sri Lanka

• Seizoen

  Hill-country high season

  15 dec – 31 mrtDroog seizoenDrukBoek vroeg

  The driest and by some way the busiest stretch. There is a queue for sunrise on Little Adam's Peak, the Nine Arch Bridge is shoulder to shoulder when a train is due, and village rooms go at several times the low-season rate.

Nog steeds bezig: Poya days (1 jan – 31 dec), Hill-country train reservations (1 jan – 31 dec)