Handunugoda is 200 acre property, comprising of Tea, Rubber, Cinnamon, Pepper and Coconut plantations. This Estate is just 15 minutes away from the main tourist resort area of Koggala, in the southern province of Sri Lanka. It may perhaps be the closest tea plantation in the world to the sea. It abounds with a variety of Bird and animal life. The conditions are almost like a Rainforest. The peacock, monkey, porcupine and the mouse deer can be seen if the Visitor is lucky and picks the correct time. You are welcome at any time between 8 AM and 6 PM . You are kindly requested to leave behind only your footprints.
Nobody else in the world makes this tea to the best of my knowledge.
Was presented to the Anuga Fair in Cologne by Dilmah one of Sri Lanka’s leading tea companies and won the award for the most innovative tea.
Dilmah certification is available.(Three of our teas won this award at the Anuga Fair in Germany.
The Ceylon Flowery Cammellia, The Lapsang Souchong and the Sapphire Oolong.) Flowery Cammellia is a malty tea.(Black tea mixed with aromatic tea flowers.)…
Our Museum will tell the great human story a of tea.
How the British planter came to Ceylon and struggled with the elements to create first the coffee industry and on the demise of coffee the magnificent tea Industry.
How he brought the Indian Tamil plantation worker from South India to work on the plantations and the enormous contribution these people made and still make to enrich this land beyond measure.
The Museum will have a comprehensive library on tea and the history of tea.
It will provide an ideal research and study opportunity for those who want to improve their knowledge on the brew that changed the world.
In addition to books on tea , we will have a good collection of books on Ceylon and it’s diverse and often violent history.
I, myself will be available for discussion and consultation.
The Museum will also have a recreated old planters bed room with an attached bath room for use by the visitors.
Light refreshments will also be available when the Museum is finally opened to the public. We hope to have the Museum ready for visitors by March 2012.…
About Us - I am the Sole Proprietor of this plantation complex.
I therefore take complete responsibility for the information provided and the quality of the products sold.
I was a professional Plantation Manager.
I count over 45 years experience in plantation management, originally for the British plantations in Sri Lanka and then for the state owned and managed plantations.
My career culminated in my appointment as the Regional Manager of over 100,000 acres of the best tea lands in the Island in the country’s most prestigious plantation District of Nuwara Eliya.
I have written four books. The Plantation Raj, For a Sovereign State, and The Tortured Island.
The latter two books are in the 7th and 6th reprint respectively.
The latest book written by me is the Suicide Club.
This book has won international acclaim and is being sold and distributed all over the world.
This is a series of anecdotes about life on the British owned plantations.
Handunugoda epitomises tea production paying the closest attention to cleanliness It is today one of the most sought after destinations by visitors to Sri Lanka.
We have accommodation facilities in our Private bungalows on our sister Cinnamon Plantation in Mirissa.
Visit our website at http://www.mirissahills.com
We will be opening to the world in around March 2012 , the only private Tea Museum in the country.
It is our desire to tell the Human Story of the saga of the tea plantations, that have made this Island nation famous all over the world for this magical beverage.…