På gång i Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka under året

Mest folk — Thai Pongal, Adam's Peak pilgrimage season

• Säsong

  Western quality season

  1 jan – 15 marSkörd

  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.

• Risk

  Ground frost at night

  5 jan – 25 feb · vanligtvisExtrem kyla

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Thai Pongal

  14–17 jan · vanligtvisSkördTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Adam's Peak pilgrimage season (5 dec – 10 maj (vanligtvis)), Christmas and New Year peak (20 dec – 5 jan)

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

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Western quality season (1 jan – 15 mar), Ground frost at night (5 jan – 25 feb (vanligtvis)), Adam's Peak pilgrimage season (5 dec – 10 maj (vanligtvis))

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

• Festival

  Ram Navami at Seetha Amman

  26 marReligiös högtidTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Western quality season (1 jan – 15 mar), Adam's Peak pilgrimage season (5 dec – 10 maj (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — resenärer beskriver det som högsäsong, The April Season

• Festival

  The April Season

  1–30 aprStor festivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Sinhala and Tamil New Year

  12–16 apr · vanligtvisNationell helgdagStängningarTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Ram Navami at Seetha Amman (26 mar), Adam's Peak pilgrimage season (5 dec – 10 maj (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Adam's Peak pilgrimage season, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  Southwest monsoon on the hills

  15 maj – 15 sep · vanligtvisRisk

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Adam's Peak pilgrimage season (5 dec – 10 maj (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Pågår fortfarande: Southwest monsoon on the hills (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: Southwest monsoon on the hills (15 maj – 15 sep (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — August break i Sri Lanka, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Southwest monsoon on the hills (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: Southwest monsoon on the hills (15 maj – 15 sep (vanligtvis))

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

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Lugnt — en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i november.

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

• Öppning

  Adam's Peak pilgrimage season

  5 dec – 10 maj · vanligtvisTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Christmas and New Year peak

  20 dec – 5 janJul & nyårTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗