Ardnish Estate, above Haputale
Up before the mist.
Six rooms in a 1930s planter’s bungalow on a working tea estate. From $120 a room a night, with breakfast.
The bungalow
A planter’s house, still lived in.
Built in the 1930s for the estate’s superintendent, with red polished cement floors, a fire in the sitting room every evening, and a bay window down the valley.
Selvi has cooked here for twenty years. Breakfast is in every rate; dinner, lunch and a room for your driver are there if you want them.
Six rooms, three kinds
The rooms.
Garden Room
Opens onto the lawn, king or twin, with a deep bath. Three like this.
From $120 a night for two, breakfast included
Ridge Room
The valley view, from a window seat built into the wall. Two like this.
From $150 a night for two, breakfast included
The Superintendent’s Suite
The bay window, a fireplace, and a sitting room of its own. The only one.
From $210 a night for two, breakfast included
Half board adds $28 a person a night, full board $42, children half. A room for your driver, with his meals, is $15 a night.
Around the house
Tea at four, the fire after dinner.
Where we are
Above Haputale, up the estate road.
About 5 hours from Colombo airport by car, about 190 to 210 km; we can send one, and your driver can stay.
The hill country railway is being repaired after Cyclone Ditwah, with the line through to Haputale targeted to reopen fully by 31 December 2026. Until then, come by car.
- Lipton’s Seat
- about 16 to 17 km
- Dambatenne Tea Factory
- about 9 km from town; no processing on Sundays
- Adisham, St Benedict’s Monastery
- about 3 to 5 km west of town; open weekends and public holidays from 9 am
- Ella
- about 30 to 45 minutes by road
- Haputale town
- a short tuk-tuk ride
Before you ask
Pay when you leave.
Paying
At the bungalow when you leave, in cash or by card. Over Christmas and the April New Year we ask for a 20% deposit by bank transfer.
Cancelling
Up to 3 days before you arrive, at no cost. With a deposit, 14 days.
Times
Check-in from 2 pm, check-out by 11 am. Late arrivals after the drive are normal.
Nights
One night or more; two over Christmas and the April New Year.
Ask to book
Tell us your dates, we’ll write the message.
Choose what you can and leave the rest. The message writes itself as you go: it is exactly what we receive on WhatsApp, and we reply to confirm the room.
Your messageto Meedum, on WhatsApp
Choose your dates and the message writes itself here.now
Northlight noteThis is the whole booking system on an Enquiry site. No engine to maintain, no payments: the guest arrives at the owner’s WhatsApp with a message that already has everything in it, so the first reply can be “Yes, it’s yours” instead of five questions.