Goatfell

All three Concordia Double Bedrooms are contemporary in arrangement, but are flooded with historical charm. With a careful mix of antique and modern furnishings, including a luxurious four-poster bed, you can relax in true comfort on your own private veranda or soak in the bathtub after a day exploring the tea trails. Kandapola is a large, private bedroom to the front of the bungalow and opens directly onto the lawn and infinity swimming pool through a set of French windows. Ragala, located to the right of the bungalow, is generous and indulgent, with views of the bungalows beautifully manicured gardens and surrounding tea estate. Tucked off the central hallway, Summerhill bears similarities to the Ragala Bedroom yet has the option of being connected with its neighbouring twin bedroom, Park, to make a family suite. All rooms come with an array of modern amenities.

The Concordia Twin Bedroom Park is cosy and chic, tucked off the central hallway. Laden with period charm, with bedroom is funished with four-poster twin single beds, with luxurious duvets, an armchair, desk and walk-in wardrobe, as well as a table and chairs on a private veranda. This room can be connected to the Summerhill Bedroom to create a family suite.

The kitchen at Goatfell promises locally sourced, freshly cooked food, served to you in an upcountry tea bungalow atmosphere. Feel right at home with your favourite drink in hand, freshly shaken or poured by your very own butler. Splendid afternoon tea is served in the garden and gourmet meals in the cosy indoor dining room or outside on the veranda. Expect to tuck into a hearty breakfast followed by a ‘Planter’s Lunch’ – a selection of daily curries – before moving onto afternoon tea and later, an à la carte dinner. With all that and snacks and drinks, including your favourite tipples beside the warm crackling fireplace, you’ll be spoilt for choice!

The cool, fresh mountain climate of Kandapola makes it a superb destination for exploring the outdoors. The bungalow’s own tea estate provides a good introduction, and you can stroll along hedge-lined estate roads flanked by waist-high tea bushes, either on your own or with one of Goatfell’s butlers as a guide. Finlay’s Tea Factory, an authentic working tea factory, is within walking distance and you can learn all about tea cultivation and production in a manager-guided factory tour.

If you fancy going further afield, make use of one of Goatfell’s complementary bicycles or your own two feet and go exploring! There is so much too see all around the hotel, away from the beautifully manicured Goatfell gardens is the wild hill country, where abundant flora and fauna thrive.

Just 30 minutes away is the Nuwara Eliya Gold Course where you can partake in your favourite past time, or learn from scratch, with the stunning scenery all around you. With rich tradition, history and ambience, its no doubt it is one of the oldest golf clubs in Sri Lanka. With kids activities too and a coffee shop, everyone can enjoy a trip to the beautiful club.

Goatfell and all Teardrop Hotels have founded the charitable foundation CARE (Creating A Rewarding Experience) to give back to the local communities they work in. Over the last year alone they have donated more than a quarter of a million rupees to charitable causes in the local community. These range from providing food, medicine, reading glasses and stationary to low-income families, as well as helping to more widely equip local schools so that they may provide a higher level of education for the communities’ children.

The owners of Goatfell have worked hard to make sure that the tourism industry in Sri Lanka can prosper well, under the Sri Lankan Tourism Alliance. After the tragedy of the Easter Sunday attacks, Sri Lankans and world travellers alike came together to promote Sri Lanka as a destination. With one in ten families reliant on tourism for income, this solidarity is vital in the efforts to maintain the health of the industry. Goatfell and its sister properties are all members of the Sri Lanka Tourism Alliance, to promote successful and sustainable Sri Lankan tourism.

The team at Goatfell is acutely aware of the damage that single-use plastics are having on the environment. That is why they have made every effort to remove them from everyday use. Being in the middle of such beautiful countryside highlights the need for care and consideration when it comes to the materials we use, which is exactly how the team at Goatfell conduct themselves.