Extra Mile Sri Lanka

As we walk along the Pekoe Trail, the beauty of nature is abundant. While we love the amazing views that expand before our eyes while never failing to stop us in our tracks, we also love the smaller surprises. The flashes of coulour that flutter by us. Like this beautiful Idian Fritillary.

Congratulations to Miguel Cunat and The Pekoe Trail team for conceiving and developing a national trail that has garnered much needed positive attention to Sri Lanka during a challenging period and for instilling a renewed sense of excitement in the hearts of local and foreign travellers. It has not only proved to be a fantastic walking experience but has done so much for the communities it passes through. This award is a well deserved accolade that is celebrated by all!

We have enjoyed the beauty, adventure, joy and magic of the trail for well over a year and are thrilled to see the world recognize the same and we are excited to share that joy with discerning travellers.

We are thrilled to announce that Sri Lanka was honored with the Best Wider World Tourism Project award last night in London at the prestigious British Guild of Travel Writers International Awards 2023.

This award validates the efforts of and Sri Lanka to revive the local tourism industry by innovating and celebrating authentic travel to attract travelers keen to explore Sri Lanka on foot.

We thank all our partners who make this Trail possible including , the tea industry and plantations companies.

Special thanks also to those who nominated The Pekoe Trail and the British media for their unstinted support.

The weather changes so rapidly in the hills, some treks feel like a couple of them rolled together as one. While we started the trail with an amazing cool breeze, that soon changed to blazing heat and ended with pouring rain. This was when the sun had simmered down, just before a drizzle broke out. Gotta love it!!

The Pekoe Trail takes you through varied terrain and the weather in the hills changes so rapidly, you can enjoy cool breezes, scorching heat, little bit of rain or a walk through the clouds, all during the same trail.

Great to see The Pekoe Trail featured on The National Geographic Traveller Magazine last month and online today. Always exciting to see our guides Ramli Raban and Thilantha Abeysinghe featured for the great work they do taking Jess and our clients on these trails.

How to explore Sri Lanka's highlands on the new Pekoe Trail Carving a path through cloud-swathed villages and centuries-old tea estates, the new long-distance Pekoe Trail gives hikers a chance to explore Sri Lanka’s quiet central highlands.

Discovering new perspectives as we explore the hill country on

Thushni De Silva Thudugalage speaking about her experience on The Pekoe Trail

This new walking trail is changing the lives of women in Sri Lanka The first of the Pekoe Trail’s 22 segments was opened in 2021, shining a light on life in Sri Lanka’s tea estates.

Get lost in nature to see life from a new perspective 🌿

It has been a joy to explore paths and trails that take us completely off the beaten track and explore communities and cultures that are tucked away in remote villages.

Taking in the magic of the forests 💚

Was a pleasure hosting Cathy on The Pekoe Trail and lovely to see it come together in clip like this.

Kandy & The Pekoe Trail An introduction to Kandy, a cornerstone of Sri Lanka's Cultural Triangle. Cathy visits Sri Lanka's most important Buddhist Shrine; theTemple of the Tooth Rel...

We love each of the Pekoe Trails BUT, trail 13 is something special. 💚 Multiple view points, pinus forests to ancient lush green forests, tea gardens like folds of velvet and the mist rolling in and out to set the mood.

It has been a great start to the year with several articles coming out in the UK about the Pekoe Trail with journalists who came along with us to experience it for themselves. Here is the latest!

Why there'll never be a better time to visit Sri Lanka The destination is gearing up for a tourism revival, with affordable pricing and a scarcity of tourists giving Sri Lanka added appeal

We are thrilled to see this amazing article on The Times UK today by Louise who we hosted on several of the Pekoe Trails. A great account of her experience through the tea country of Sri Lanka with our experienced guides.

Views and brews: what it’s like to hike the hills of Sri Lanka’s tea country I have a confession to make: the last time I visited Sri Lanka I took a Ziploc bag stuffed with Yorkshire teabags. Yes, you read that correctly. Yorkshire Tea,

The Pekoe Trail offers us a great opportunity to understand the tea industry in Sri Lanka in a deeper way than ever before. Each of the 22 trails go through tea plantations and communities that are built around them but also through forests, along railway tracks, past waterfalls and so much more!

Sometimes simpler it is, the tastier it is. Some mouth watering home made food we enjoy while exploring the villages just shy of the tourist trail.

Great to see the Pekoe Trail mentioned once again as the new year rolls in. It has been our pleasure to work with journalists to spread the joy of this trail.

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It was exciting to see the Pekoe Trail mentioned in the Telegraph as 2022 came to a close. It was our pleasure to host Adrian on our Kandy city walk as well as on one of the Pekoe trails in Ella. We hope to see many more travellers explore this amazing trail and wonderful island.

We welcomed the new year taking in the first sunrise of 2023 from atop Ella Rock with our wonderful guests. May this year be as bright and beautiful as this sunrise. We wish all of you the very best for a wonderful and adventurous new year!

Human encounters are one of the most magical parts about traveling. We thoroughly enjoy working with this lovely, hard working young couple who operate small scale bakery with a wood fire oven. Watching the process has given us new appreciation for the bread we eat!

Exploring the scenic tea country is made all the more exciting by the railway track that weves seamlessly through the hills.

Wind in your hair, bird songs in the air, smiling faces greeting you as you peddle passed paddy fields, lakes and water ways. What more could you ask for.

Leave the everyday behind and get lost in the mist and let nature rejuvenate you as you sit in the stillness and silence.

Come take a journey through this island paradise as we take you an inch off the grid experience the beauty and charm of authentic Sri Lanka.