På gång i Ella, Sri Lanka under året

Mest folk — Hill-country high season, Year-end break i Sri Lanka

• Regel

  Poya days

  1 jan – 31 decStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

• Regel

  Hill-country train reservations

  1 jan – 31 decBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Hill-country high season (15 dec – 31 mar)

Mest folk — Hill-country high season, February break i Sri Lanka

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Poya days (1 jan – 31 dec), Hill-country train reservations (1 jan – 31 dec), Hill-country high season (15 dec – 31 mar)

Mest folk — Hill-country high season, February break i Sri Lanka

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

Pågår fortfarande: Poya days (1 jan – 31 dec), Hill-country train reservations (1 jan – 31 dec), Hill-country high season (15 dec – 31 mar)

Mest folk — Sinhala and Tamil New Year, Sinhala & Tamil New Year break i Sri Lanka

• Helg

  Sinhala and Tamil New Year

  13–16 aprNationell helgdagStängningarTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Poya days (1 jan – 31 dec), Hill-country train reservations (1 jan – 31 dec)

Lugnt — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

• Säsong

  Cloud in the Ella Gap

  15 maj – 15 sep · vanligtvisDimsäsongRisk

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Poya days (1 jan – 31 dec), Hill-country train reservations (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mycket folk — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Pågår fortfarande: Poya days (1 jan – 31 dec), Hill-country train reservations (1 jan – 31 dec), Cloud in the Ella Gap (15 maj – 15 sep (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Poya days (1 jan – 31 dec), Hill-country train reservations (1 jan – 31 dec), Cloud in the Ella Gap (15 maj – 15 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — resenärer beskriver det som högsäsong, August break i Sri Lanka

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Poya days (1 jan – 31 dec), Hill-country train reservations (1 jan – 31 dec), Cloud in the Ella Gap (15 maj – 15 sep (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — August break i Sri Lanka, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Poya days (1 jan – 31 dec), Hill-country train reservations (1 jan – 31 dec), Cloud in the Ella Gap (15 maj – 15 sep (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Poya days (1 jan – 31 dec), Hill-country train reservations (1 jan – 31 dec)

Lugnt — en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Pågår fortfarande: Poya days (1 jan – 31 dec), Hill-country train reservations (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mest folk — Hill-country high season, Year-end break i Sri Lanka

• Säsong

  Hill-country high season

  15 dec – 31 marTorrsäsongTrångtBoka tidigt

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Poya days (1 jan – 31 dec), Hill-country train reservations (1 jan – 31 dec)