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Sri Lanka’s unparalleled beauty unfolds in its lush tea plantations, pristine beaches, and ancient temples. Embracing sustainability, the island boasts eco-friendly resorts and conservation initiatives, making it a top destination for nature lovers and responsible travelers.

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Discover our exclusive Ceylon tea tours, from one-day excursions to immersive four-day experiences, offering a rich exploration of heritage and tea.

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01 Day Tour

Kandy
Mid Grown Tea
Colombo – Kandy - Colombo
Approx. Travel Time – 8 hrs 30 min

Dimbulla
High Grown Tea
Colombo – Ginigathhena - Colombo
Approx. Travel Time – 7 hrs

Sabaragamuwa
Low Grown Tea
Colombo – Delwala - Colombo
Approx. Travel Time – 7 hrs

Ruhuna
Low Grown Tea
Colombo – Pitigala - Colombo
Approx. Travel Time – 4 hrs 30 min

01 Night / 02 Days Tour

Uva
Mid Grown Tea
Day 01 - Colombo – Ella
Day 02 - Ella - Colombo

Kandy
Mid Grown Tea
Colombo – Ginigathhena - Colombo
Day 01 - Colombo – Kandy
Day 02 - Kandy - Colombo

Kandy – Nuwara Eliya – Dimbula
Mid & High Grown Tea
Day 01 - Colombo – Kandy - Nuwaraeliya
Day 02 - Nuwaraeliya - Ginigathhena - Colombo

Ruhuna
Low Grown Tea
Day 01 - Colombo – Deniyaya - Mirissa
Day 02 - Mirissa - Colombo

02 Nights / 03 Days Tour

Kandy – Nuwara Eliya – Sabaragamuwa
Mid & High Grown Tea
Day 01 - Colombo – Kandy
Day 02 - Kandy – Nuwaraeliya
Day 03 - Nuwaraeliya – Kuruwita - Colombo

03 Nights / 04 Days Tour

Kandy – Nuwara Eliya – Uva - Ruhuna
Low, Mid & High Grown Tea
Day 01 - Colombo – Kandy - Nuwara Eliya
Day 02 - Nuwaraeliya – Ella
Day 03 - Ella – Deniyaya – Mirissa
Day 04 - Mirissa – Colombo

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Embark on an exhilarating helicopter tour through the resplendent island of Sri Lanka, where every twist and turn reveals a tapestry of beauty and diversity. As you soar above the emerald landscapes, a mesmerising panorama unfolds beneath you

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Mr. Nadeem Ahmed

Mr Nadeem Ahmed is a serial entrepreneur. Under his leadership, Global Tea and Commodities Ltd have grown from a small start up with 2 employees in 1991 to over 4500 people today.

Born in Kolkata, India, and after graduating in Economics and Finance from St Xavier College, Kolkata, Nadeem set out to start and grow the company in distant UK, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Somalia, Sudan and other countries.

In the last 25 years, Global Tea has made 16 acquisitions ranging from Brooke Bond Tea, Red Mountain Coffee (from Unilever UK) to the acquisition of over 50,000 Acres of Tea, Coffee and Macadamia nuts plantations from the British Government (CDC) in Tanzania and Malawi, 8000 Acres of Makandi Tea and Coffee (ex Lonhro) to Typhoo Tea Ltd (ex Premier Foods Ltd), an iconic British Brand acquired in partnership with Apeejay Surrendra Ltd.

Value addition has been the focus of the company and Kericho Gold and Baraka Chai in Kenya are now the second largest packers of tea in Africa. The company is steadily growing towards acquiring the largest market share of the UK private label business while Kericho Gold has over 70% of the Premium Branded Market in Africa.

In 2005 Nadeem set up the first tea export processing zone in the African tea industry and Gold Crown Foods (EPZ) Ltd was formed in Mombasa. This is today the largest exporter of value added tea from Kenya with exports of over 15 million kgs which is over 90% of all Kenyan valued added tea exports. During the same year, Global Tea was conferred with the Queen’s Award for Enterprise for Sustainable Development. In addition, Global Tea is also the largest Independent Bulk tea exporter from Kenya with over 60 million KGs exported in 2017 beat Unilever to no 2 position.

The coffee and Macadamia nut plantations in Malawi are now 100% export oriented units, with state of the art processing factories exporting to Japan, USA, Europe, China, Taiwan, Korea etc.

The group sales are in excess of USD$300 million and is amongst the largest tea companies in the world.

Nadeem is actively involved with many social and charitable institutions to name a few as follows;

Patron of the British Asian Trust founded by Prince Charles in 2007
Member of Institute of Directors, London
Member of The Arts Club, London

Dr. Pradeep Uluwaduge

Having counted over twenty years of versatile experiences in the fields of Human Resource Management and Development, Legal & Corporate Affairs and Plantations, both in Sri Lanka and overseas, Dr. Pradeep Uluwaduge currently performs as the Executive Chairman of Browns Plantations, the plantation cluster under LOLC Group which operates in Sri Lanka, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and China. Also, he performs as the Group Chief HR Officer of LOLC Group overseeing Human Resource Management and Development functions of the entire Group covering both local and foreign operations. Further, he serves on a number of boards of other subsidiary companies under LOLC Group.

Dr. Uluwaduge obtained his Ph.D in Management and Business Studies at the Faculty of Management and Finance of the University of Colombo. He also completed his Master of Laws (LL.M) degree and Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) degree from the University of Colombo. He took oaths as an Attorney-at-Law from the Supreme Court in Sri Lanka in 2003.

Dr. Uluwaduge is a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (FCMA), UK and a member of Chartered Global Management Accountants (CGMA), USA. He holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resource Management from the UK and is a Certified Professional Coach (CPC) from the Australian Federation University. He is a life member of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka and a Member of the prestigious Singapore Academy of Law and a professional member of the Singapore Human Resource Institute.

He was awarded as the Best under 40 Business Leader by the Alumni Association of the Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM) in 2016 and he served as a Council Member of the National Chamber of Commerce from 2017 to 2023. He is a visiting faculty for the MBA programme, University of Colombo and a visiting supervisor for M.Phil/Ph.D Programme of the Business School, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT). Further, he has made scholarly contributions in publishing research articles in national and international journals. He is passionate about gardening, shooting sport and collecting antiques.

Ms. Kristina Tucker

Kristina Richens Tucker believes in the beauty and power of the leaf. In her role at The Republic of Tea, her mission is to educate and inspire people throughout the world about tea, its varieties, origins, rituals and health benefits.

Kristina is responsible for overseeing the internal and external communications, public relations and philanthropic efforts for The Republic of Tea. She also serves as the company’s spokesperson.

Kristina brings over 25 years of experience to her role. She began with the company in January 2003 as Minister of West Commerce and was promoted to Minister of Education in August 2007, where she developed the first, much-appreciated Ambassador (broker) Training Manual and completed the first tea educational videos as seen on YouTube. She was then promoted to Minister of Commerce, where she is responsible for management of the national sales team, international sales development, sales systems, analysis and new business development and initiatives. In 2021, she was promoted to Vice President of Sales and Communications.

Prior to joining The Republic of Tea, Kristina was National Sales Manager, Natural Foods, for Just Desserts, Inc., Oakland, Calif. She also worked for Allegro Coffee Company in Boulder, Col., a subsidiary of Whole Foods Markets, Inc.

Kristina travels extensively, counting the finest tea and herb growing countries of the world – including China, India, Sri Lanka, Japan and South Africa – among her many destinations. She also holds a certificate of completion from Front Range Herbal Institute and Specialty Tea Certification program. She earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Delaware, and in 2020 obtained a master’s degree in strategic communication from the prestigious American University in Washington D.C.

In 2018, Kristina was elected to the Board of Trustees of the American Herbal Products Association and in 2022, she was elected as Chair of the Board of Trustees. She served on the Demeter USA Biodynamic Trade Committee. She also served as the Board President of Fresh Start, a Denver, Colo. non-profit, from 2010 to 2016.

In addition to tea and travel, she enjoys fitness, sustainable living and cooking. Kristina resides in Denver, Colorado and starts each day with a cup of Golden Yunnan or Double Green Matcha Tea.

About The Republic of Tea:
The Republic of Tea enriches people’s lives through its great-tasting premium teas and herbs, education and innovation, as it emphasizes a “Sip by Sip Rather Than Gulp by Gulp” lifestyle. Founded in 1992, The Republic of Tea sparked a specialty tea revolution. Today the brand delivers an unequaled selection of the highest-quality teas, herbal blends, and nature-inspired sipware at an incredible value. The Republic of Tea’s collections boast over 350 all-natural premium teas and diverse offerings which include but are not limited to: Beautifying Botanicals®, organic SuperAdapt™ Teas, organic SuperHerb® Teas, Be Well® Teas, Bridgerton Teas, Downton Abbey® Teas, and organic Single Sips®. Further, The Republic of Tea is mindful of how its actions impact the greater community and actively supports organizations like Homeward Bound of Marin and The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN). The Republic of Tea also works to elevate the consciousness of sustainability; it is a member of the Ethical Tea Partnership, Upcycled Food Association, Climate Collaborative and American Herbal Products Association. Certifications include Demeter USA Certified Biodynamic®, Gluten-Free certification, Non-GMO Project verification, OU Kosher certification, and USDA Organic certification.

Mr. Ganaka Herath

Ganaka is the Managing Partner of McKinsey’s Colombo, Sri Lanka office which was officially opened in 2018. Over the last two decades, he has served a multitude of clients including major global financial institutions and conglomerates in Asia, Europe, LATAM and the United States on a broad range of strategic issues. Prior to moving to Asia, he was a Partner in the Financial Institutions Group in McKinsey’s London office and led the EMEA Transaction Banking Practice. He's Leading efforts unlock financing for Bio DIversity enhancement and preservation in Sri Lanka. Led AI transformations for major conglomerates in Sri Lanka. Overall partner in charge of procurement transformation at major players in SL Apparel industry. Led effort to develop SME sales and credit operations strategy for one of the largest banks in Sri Lanka. Led the effort to develop a holistic country level digital strategy for Sri Lanka in 2018. Designing and implementing an end to end digital transformation for the commercial banking journeys of one of the UK’s largest Banks.

Developing 20 country EMEA wide corporate and transaction banking digital platform and product strategy for leading global universal bank. Developing global strategy for one of the largest digital wallet providers and identifying priority themes for European market. Redesigned operating model for top global technology provider for electronic payment transactions and value-added digital services. Developing a strategic alliance proposal to combine the capital market and transaction banking operations and technology platforms of two large African banks with operations in South Africa and across central/eastern Africa. Designing strategic plan to bring together the Global Market and Transaction Service businesses in a universal bank – final proposal was granted board approval.

Ganaka has an MBA with honours from the University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) and a bachelor's degree with Honors in Economics from the University of Nottingham. Prior to joining McKinsey, Ganaka was a Transaction Banking Product Specialist and Relationship Manager at Citibank as well as a programme manager at Yahoo

Mr. Dilhan Fernando

Dilhan C. Fernando, the Chairman of Dilmah Tea, is the younger son of Dilmah Founder, Merrill J. Fernando. The names of Dilhan and his brother Malik form the 'Dilmah' brand, the first producer owned tea brand.

Mirroring his father's devotion to tea, Dilhan's mission is the fulfilment of the pledges his father made in the 1950s, as a young Tea man with a big dream. His commitment was to resist the commoditization that devastated a tea industry that was previously characterized by small, and passionate family enterprises. Merrill sought to bring quality and authenticity back to tea, and secondly, whilst doing so, to share the success of that business with the underprivileged.

Dilhan is the Director of the Dilmah School of Tea www.schooloftea.org, the first international school of tea, with sessions in Colombo, and in partnership with the Institute Paul Bocuse, also in Ecully, France. His desire to share the pleasure in tea with a new generation of tea drinkers saw the birth of the t-Series, designer gourmet teas www.teatimerocks.com and an entirely contemporary approach to a traditional beverage. He is described by Herve Fleury, Director of the Institute Paul Bocuse as, "a man who is passionate, totally supple in his expertise, simple and delicate in his approach and his words. In the very image of tea."

In addition to his responsibilities in tea, Dilhan also manages the humanitarian and environmental outcomes of Dilmah. These are the fulfilment of his family's commitment to making business a matter of human service. The MJF Charitable Foundation www.mjffoundation.org and Dilmah Conservation www.dilmahconservation.org utilise revenue from the global sales of Dilmah in implementing humanitarian and conservation projects in Sri Lanka. The MJF Foundation is one of the largest charitable foundations in Sri Lanka and has changed the lives of thousands of underprivileged people, working in the tea sector and in the wider community. Dilmah Conservation operates on a similar principle, using revenue from Dilmah to implement conservation, environmental education, habitat restoration projects and promote sustainability. Dilhan currently chairs the Biodiversity Sri Lanka Platform which was pioneered by Dilmah Conservation together with the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce and IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature). Dilhan is the Chairman of the United Nations Global Compact in Sri Lanka, a corporate sustainability initiative by the UN.

Tea Tours

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Experience Sri Lanka’s stunning landscapes, Wildlife, Culture & Beaches while discovering the rich heritage of Ceylon tea, renowned globally for its exquisite flavor and sustainable cultivation practices.

Explore Ceylon With Our Tour Packages

Chronicles Of Tea

01 Day Tour

KandyMid Grown Tea Colombo – Kandy - Colombo Approx. Travel Time – 8 hrs 30 min

DimbullaHigh Grown TeaColombo – Ginigathhena - Colombo Approx. Travel Time – 7 hrs

SabaragamuwaLow Grown TeaColombo – Delwala - Colombo Approx. Travel Time – 7 hrs

RuhunaLow Grown TeaColombo – Pitigala - ColomboApprox. Travel Time – 4 hrs 30 min

01 Night / 02 Days Tour

UvaMid Grown TeaDay 01 - Colombo – EllaDay 02 - Ella - Colombo

KandyMid Grown TeaColombo – Ginigathhena - Colombo Day 01 - Colombo – KandyDay 02 - Kandy - Colombo

Kandy – Nuwara Eliya – DimbulaMid & High Grown TeaDay 01 - Colombo – Kandy - Nuwaraeliya Day 02 - Nuwaraeliya - Ginigathhena - Colombo

RuhunaLow Grown TeaDay 01 - Colombo – Deniyaya - MirissaDay 02 - Mirissa - Colombo

02 Nights / 03 Days Tour

Kandy – Nuwara Eliya – SabaragamuwaMid & High Grown TeaDay 01 - Colombo – KandyDay 02 - Kandy – NuwaraeliyaDay 03 - Nuwaraeliya – Kuruwita - Colombo

03 Nights / 04 Days Tour

Kandy – Nuwara Eliya – Uva - RuhunaLow, Mid & High Grown TeaDay 01 - Colombo – Kandy - Nuwara EliyaDay 02 - Nuwaraeliya – EllaDay 03 - Ella – Deniyaya – MirissaDay 04 - Mirissa – Colombo

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Mr. Tom Franks

Mr. Niraj De Mel

Mr. Muffadal Jafferjee

Mr. Kohei Akiba

Mr. Johann Tranchell

Mr. James Mackay

Mr. Bharat Arulsamy

Mr. Aadith Moorthy

Dr. Mao Limin

Dr. Keerthi Mohotti

Dr. M. S. Anuruddha

Mr. Ming Xie

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Mr. Arutselvan Arumugam

Mr. Klaus Peters

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East African Tea Trade Association

Tea Board of India

Sri Lanka Tea Factory Owners' Association

Sri Lanka Federation of Tea Small Holdings Development Societies

Mr. Ganesh Deivanayagam

Mr. Anil Cooke

Mr. Mufaddal Jafferjee

Dr Keerthi Mohotti

Mr. Lionel Herath

Mr. Suranga Herath

Dr. Pradeep Uluwaduge

Thomas Frank

Dr. Madhuri Nanda

Mr. Shreedharan Chandran

Mr. Nicola Ragno

Niraj de Mel

Dr. Sharon Hall

Prof. Buddhi Marambe

Ms. Kristina Tucker

Mr. Sanjaya Herath

Mr. Ganaka Herath

Kandy
Mid Grown Tea
Colombo – Kandy - Colombo
Approx. Travel Time – 8 hrs 30 min

Dimbulla
High Grown Tea
Colombo – Ginigathhena - Colombo
Approx. Travel Time – 7 hrs

Sabaragamuwa
Low Grown Tea
Colombo – Delwala - Colombo
Approx. Travel Time – 7 hrs

Ruhuna
Low Grown Tea
Colombo – Pitigala - Colombo
Approx. Travel Time – 4 hrs 30 min

Uva
Mid Grown Tea
Day 01 - Colombo – Ella
Day 02 - Ella - Colombo

Kandy
Mid Grown Tea
Colombo – Ginigathhena - Colombo
Day 01 - Colombo – Kandy
Day 02 - Kandy - Colombo

Kandy – Nuwara Eliya – Dimbula
Mid & High Grown Tea
Day 01 - Colombo – Kandy - Nuwaraeliya
Day 02 - Nuwaraeliya - Ginigathhena - Colombo

Ruhuna
Low Grown Tea
Day 01 - Colombo – Deniyaya - Mirissa
Day 02 - Mirissa - Colombo

Kandy – Nuwara Eliya – Sabaragamuwa
Mid & High Grown Tea
Day 01 - Colombo – Kandy
Day 02 - Kandy – Nuwaraeliya
Day 03 - Nuwaraeliya – Kuruwita - Colombo

Kandy – Nuwara Eliya – Uva - Ruhuna
Low, Mid & High Grown Tea
Day 01 - Colombo – Kandy - Nuwara Eliya
Day 02 - Nuwaraeliya – Ella
Day 03 - Ella – Deniyaya – Mirissa
Day 04 - Mirissa – Colombo