Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka

Topdrukte — Thai Pongal, Adam's Peak pilgrimage season

• Seizoen

  Western quality season

  1 jan – 15 mrtOogsttijd

  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.

• Risico

  Ground frost at night

  5 jan – 25 feb · meestalExtreme kou

  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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Thai Pongal

  14–17 jan · meestalOogsttijdDrukSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Adam's Peak pilgrimage season (5 dec – 10 mei (meestal)), Christmas and New Year peak (20 dec – 5 jan)

Topdrukte — Adam's Peak pilgrimage season, February break in Sri Lanka

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Western quality season (1 jan – 15 mrt), Ground frost at night (5 jan – 25 feb (meestal)), Adam's Peak pilgrimage season (5 dec – 10 mei (meestal))

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

• Festival

  Ram Navami at Seetha Amman

  26 mrtReligieus feestDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Western quality season (1 jan – 15 mrt), Adam's Peak pilgrimage season (5 dec – 10 mei (meestal))

Topdrukte — reizigers noemen het hoogseizoen, The April Season

• Festival

  The April Season

  1–30 aprGroot festivalDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Sinhala and Tamil New Year

  12–16 apr · meestalNationale feestdagSluitingenDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Ram Navami at Seetha Amman (26 mrt), Adam's Peak pilgrimage season (5 dec – 10 mei (meestal))

Druk — Adam's Peak pilgrimage season, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Seizoen

  Southwest monsoon on the hills

  15 mei – 15 sep · meestalRisico

  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.

Nog steeds bezig: Adam's Peak pilgrimage season (5 dec – 10 mei (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

In juni begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Southwest monsoon on the hills (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: Southwest monsoon on the hills (15 mei – 15 sep (meestal))

Druk — August break in Sri Lanka, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Southwest monsoon on the hills (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: Southwest monsoon on the hills (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.

Rustig — een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

In november begint er niets nieuws.

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

• Opening

  Adam's Peak pilgrimage season

  5 dec – 10 mei · meestalDruk

  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. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Christmas and New Year peak

  20 dec – 5 janKerst & nieuwjaarDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗