An escape from the heat of the country’s coastline, Sri Lanka’s hill country is vivid with colour and culture. Ceylon Tea Trails is ideally located to experience the peace and tranquility of the serene hill country of Sri Lanka, which Lonely Planet says is one of the top ten places to visit in Asia, along
Leopard and Biodiversity Research and Conservation in the Norwood, Castlereigh and Bogawanthalawa Valley areas bordering Peak Wilderness Sanctuary Dunkeld Conservation Station, June 2017. Continued research being carried out by The Wilderness & Wildlife Conservation Trust (WWCT) within the surrounding area that borders the Peak Wilderness Sanctuary is revealing some remarkable results. The Dunkeld Conservation Research
Tue, 13 June 2017 THE LEOPARD THAT CAME TO TEA: EXPLORING SRI LANKA’S HILL COUNTRY Words by CONTRIBUTOR : EMMA BOYLE Photos by ALICE LUKER This article appears in SUITCASE Volume 19: The Wild Issue. Leopards have developed a taste for the local dogs,” Rohan, my naturalist guide, mentions casually as we creep up a winding road flanked
When I arrived at Tea Trails for the first time I was introduced to my private butler, Suresh. Resplendent in a silvered sarong and matching shirt, (He has 4 sets to choose from) he was everything I envisaged a butler to be. Tall, handsome and quietly spoken. In fact, I’ll admit it here for the
The Scots are a tremendously mobile and resourceful people. Over the last couple of centuries these resourceful people took their talents in engineering, mining and tea and coffee growing to the ends of the earth and were instrumental in founding and building some of the great institutions we still see today. Including most of the
