Hey, update for you guys, we did take the train from Kandy yesterday 30th Jan 2019 to Nanuoya (same route to Ella). If you have an early flight home on day 6, you can stay your last night in Negombo (has a great beach) which is only a 15-min drive from the airport. This is a new small hotel located a ten-minute tuk-tuk ride away from the city center. It has 3 large and spotlessly clean rooms with hot water showers and spectacular views overlooking the Ella gap. The service can rival any five-star hotel and the excellent breakfast is served on your balcony. It is free in-room Wi-Fi. Departure from Nuwara Eliya (Nanu Oya Station): 15:51 – Arrives at Ella Station: 18:22 – Express Train (1st, 2nd, and 3rd class) I just did this train trip 3 weeks ago and I agree with you, What a fantastic trip! I would like to add to your hotels recommendation in Ella the Planter’s Bungalow. It is a bit outside Ella passing the waterfalls. It is such a nice place in the nature, and also the main building is a historic building!!! and we had one of the best dinners in Sri Lanka there. I just stayed there for one night after hiking under the rain to the Little Adam’s peak and it was such a bliss….I regret I could not stay longer.

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A very popular place to stop on the way from Kandy to Ella is Nuwara Eliya (a 4 hour train trip). The train station in Nuwara Eliya is called Nanuoya. It is located 8 km from Nuwara Eliya centre. Take a tuk-tuk or taxi from Nanuoya train station to your hotel. It looks like there are four trains from Colombo Fort to Kandy on the 1st of August, after 11 a.m.: Heritance Tea Factory– an old tea factory beautifully renovated into a hotel in the middle of the tea plantations You can search for trains and train departure times here: http://eservices.railway.gov.lk/schedule/homeAction.action?lang=en

The deluxe ViceRoy II train runs every Tuesday and Thursday from Colombo 09:45 and ends up in Badulla at 19:30. Kandy can be a busy and noisy city so it is worth considering staying a little outside the city center. Especially with transportation being so cheap and readily available. Thanks for sharing so many useful details on this blog. I am planning to maldives for my honeymoon, and thinking to take a stop over at SriLanka for two nights. Can you please suggest which is the best location (other then colombo, as we are avoiding beaches in SriLanka, due to our onward journey to beaches only) to stay over and enjoy a good time.

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We’re planning 2 weeks in Sri Lanka around oct/nov and planning to go from Ella to Kandy – I’m guessing left side of the train ? We heard it needs to be pre-booked quite early. Reply A question – As i see from your blog the Kandy to Ella journey is the best. Would we miss out significantly if we only did the train ride from Kandy to Nuwara Eliya and not the entire journey of 7 hours? Dec: Ella. Do the short walk up to Little Adam`s Peak in Ella: https://nerdnomads.com/little-adams-peakRiding on a train can be a romantic, nostalgic, and best of all leisurely way to see the country. Even a commuter train between major cities can be a step up from a drive, but these scenic train rides are more than that. Geared towards long-haul trips from coast to coast, or specifically designed for enjoying the scenery, these train routes will let you take in all the glorious views. You should sit on the right side of the train from Kandy to Nuwara Eliya as the scenery is best on this side of the train. But you will get amazing views no matter what side of the train you sit in.