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Most Popular Scenic Train Journey
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Most Popular Scenic Train Journey

The intercity Train from Colombo to Badulla is the most popular scenic train journey in Sri Lanka. (10 hours ) making sure that you sit on the right side of the special observation carriage which will give you the best scenery. The Train starts the most incredible journey through the rolling hills covered with Tea estate after Tea estate. One could also takes a nostalgic journey in a Steam Train, The Viceroy Special, to Kandy and experience the reminiscent of an era gone by.

The Train trip will take you through 56 manmade tunnels. Places to look out for are Nawalapitiya, Hatton, Haputale and Ella. Grey stone cliffs and rivers will flash past your window with occasional views of enormous waterfalls cascading down the mountainside while the Train keeps climbing steadily through to Hatton then Nanu Oya. If you are going to Nuwara Eliya you need to break journey here. If not, passing “Adams peak” standing sentinel in the south an important Buddhist pilgrimage site, through the Horton plains National Park. Then Pattipola and Ohiya reaching its highest elevation of 1890 meters above sea level. The Train starts descending towards Ella and at the end of the line you will find the Badulla Train station sitting on top of the line, known as the “Demodara loop”, and the Trains passes underneath it before coming to rest on the platform.

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