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James Taylor Tea Estate From Kandy
James Taylor Tea Estate From Kandy
James Taylor Tea Estate From Kandy

James Taylor Tea Estate From Kandy

By Ceylon Travel Dream
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$158 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 7h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
Overview

Pick you up little early in the morning around 6.30 from your hotel in kandy we proceed the 1 hour journey to Taylor Hill. Site of the Loolkandura Estate Start your visit by learning about the estate’s You’ll be able to spend the next several hours visiting the many highlights of the plantation created by Mr. Taylor,, a statue erected in his honour, and a log cabin the planter once called his home. And also we take you on a tour to the Loolkandura Tea Factory, which still packages tea to this day, ro see the process of the fields. By the end of the day we proceed back to your hotel in kandy

Activity location

  • Loolkandura
    • Deltota-Rikillagaskada Road
    • 20730, Rikillagaskada, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Loolkandura
    • Deltota-Rikillagaskada Road
    • 20730, Rikillagaskada, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka

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James Taylor Tea Estate From Kandy
  • Activity duration is 7 hours7h7h
  • English

Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 6:30 am
Price details
AU$157.55 x 1 AdultAU$157.55

Total
Price is AU$157.55

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedEnglish speaking guide for the entire tour
  • What's includedWhat's includedAll Govt. Taxes and Surcharges
  • What's includedWhat's includedTransport in a A/C Vehicle
  • What's includedWhat's includedLunch
  • What's includedWhat's includedMineral Water Bottle
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedUsage of guide beyond mentioned timings or anything beyond the itinerary
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedAny tours to cities not mentioned above
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedAny other services not mentioned above

Know before you book

  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Loolkandura
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
James Taylor, the pioneer of tea industry in Ceylon was born to Michael & Margaret Taylor at Moss park, Monboddo Estate, Laurancekirk in Kincardineshiro, Scotland in 1835 (two years before Queen Victoria ascended the throne). Setting out from London on October 22, 1851 as a youth of 17 he arrived in Ceylon in 1852 and on arrival was sent to Loolcondera estate in Hewaheta a few miles distance from Kandy.
Loolkandura
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
Loolkandura Estate in the Kandy district is the very first patch of tea was planted as a test after the failure of coffee plantation in Sri Lanka. With the wild success of this plantation, then 21 year old planter James Taylor who was in charge of this plantation has been forever immortalised and has become a part of post colonisation history of Sri Lanka.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESLoolkandura
    • Deltota-Rikillagaskada Road
    • 20730, Rikillagaskada, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLELoolkandura
    • Deltota-Rikillagaskada Road
    • 20730, Rikillagaskada, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka

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