Sri Lanka’s Pekoe Trail, a new hiking trail that leads to the heart of the hill country, has been featured in National Geographic’s Top 20 Travel Experiences for 2024.
Titled ‘Wander tea trails in Sri Lanka’, the Pekoe Trail has been ranked by National Geographic as one of the “BEST OF THE WORLD 2024” Travel Experiences.
Sri Lanka’s Pekoe Trail is described by Nat Geo as follows;
“Sri Lanka is virtually synonymous with tea. The island nation is one of the world’s top producers of tea leaves. British colonists introduced the first bushes about 200 years ago. Now visitors can trace the footsteps of historic planters on the new, nearly 200-mile Pekoe Trail, the country’s first long-distance walking route.
Starting just outside Kandy, the trail follows the 19th-century tracks upon which workers and horse-drawn carts transported freshly plucked leaves. Hikers pass through hill towns and tea estates and can stop to take a cooking class or savour a cup of aromatic Ceylon tea”.
The Pekoe Trail is funded by the European Union with additional support from the USAID and implemented by the US not-for-profit organization, Improving Economies for Stronger Communities (IESC).
Nat Geo’s list of Top 20 Travel Experiences for 2024: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/best-of-the-world-20-experiences-for-2024 (NewsWire)