Goatfell
Region
Hill Country
Overview
Goatfell is a luxurious, recently renovated four-bedroom tea bungalow accommodation. This former estate manager’s bungalow still resonates with the warmth and upcountry charm of a bygone era. With gourmet food and Butler service, guests can relax on covered verandas, in the warmth of the log-fired sitting room or enjoy tea field views from the infinity swimming pool.
With elevated surroundings high up on a hill near Nuwara Eliya a colonial hunting station admire the glorious hill country views, the enveloping tea hills, waterfalls, and heart-stopping panoramas are a walkers’ paradise.
Activities & Experiences
- Experience the spectacular hill country.
- The bungalow’s tea estate provides a good introduction, and you can stroll along hedge-lined estate roads flanked by waist-high tea bushes either on your own or with one of the butler guides.
- Finlay’s Tea Factory, an authentic working tea factory, is within walking distance of the bungalow and you can learn all about the production of the world’s favourite brew on an absorbing manager-guided tea factory tour.
- Visit Horton Plains a UNESCO World Heritage Site to peer down from the dramatic World’s End and stroll through the reserve’s plains and high-altitude cloud forest.
- Visit Nuwara Eliya known as the “garden city”, it is also known as “little England” for its colonial heritage.
- Play a game of golf at the Nuwara Eliya Golf Club which was established in 1889, as an 18-hole championship course.
- Tothupola Kanda, Sri Lanka’s third-highest mountain, is also found here, and arrange to visit the summit.
- Picnics in scenic locations.
- Visit Hakgala Botanical Gardens and the Sita Ella Hindu Kovil.
Location
Nuwara Eliya, Central Hills
