Why Kazakhstan Stole My Heart (and Didn’t Break My Wallet)
Learn about Kazakhstan visa requirements and process from Pakistan, flight options, tour costs and accommodation in this complete travel guide.
Trip Reports
Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage
Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage is the largest collection of elephants in the world. It has wild Asian elephants which are being fed, treated and nursed for their wounds that they get in various forests of Sri lanka or from land-mines. According to our tour guide there were about 90 elephants at that time. Once the calves attain … Read more
Explore Kandy: Scenic Journey and Cultural Highlights
The Kandy-Nuwara Eliya road was good one and it was not bumpy like Ketulgala-Nuwara Eliya road. The total distance from Nuwara Eliya to Kandy is about 100km. The hills are carpeted with uniformly-clipped lush-green tea-plantations. The scenes of carved water-streams and waterfalls were amazing so we stopped at few places before getting to Kandy. Kandy is … Read more
Mackwoods Tea Factory
Mackwoods Labookellie tea factory is the first tea factory in Sri Lanka which was awarded ISO-9001 certification. It was established in 1841 by British Ship’s Captain William Mackwood who was it’s first Chairman as well. It survived many wars especially World War I and II, kept progressing and now it has over 10,000 employees working on … Read more
Victoria Park, Nuwara Eliya
The city of Nuwara Eliya is also called ‘Little England’ mainly due to its climate, the average daily temperature stays around 15C throughout the year. British colonists liked this location and it was like a home to them, they used to spend their time here hunting, playing cricket or golf. Perhaps the biggest attraction in … Read more