Ella One Night Tour

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1. It's in the middle of beautiful countryside, with small vegetable plots in the valleys, tea plantations on the hill slopes and forests on the tops.
2. The climate throughout most of the year is typical of the high Hill Country, with a hot sun by midday, but a moderate air temperature. It will often rain in the afternoon, but only for an hour or so. A sweatshirt, or light jacket is needed at night. In December it can rain a lot! Heavy rain causes a few problems including tea harvesting to be suspended, dirt trails can turn to mud, and the emergence of leaches on greenery including along hiking paths and in tea plantations.
3. There's not much to do in Ella itself; though it is can be quite busy with tourists. The centre of town is a combination of some small shops, lots of small sized hotels and restaurants, and some bars. It's a base for exploring the surrounding country. Instead of staying in Ella, you may find it more comfortable to stay somewhere a kilometre or more from the centre.
4. Ella has a small post office and multiple banks with ATMs. Track bashers (rail enthusiasts) should particularly enjoy the line to Badulla, where at the village of Demodara it does a 360-degree loop before crossing over itself.