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Uva Highlands Estate Source:Sri Lankan Planters (SLP) Official FB page Uva Highlands Estate is situated in Bandarawela, at an elevation of 1,250 metres above sea level and is said to have originally been planted in 1915. This estate has been producing high quality seasonal teas consistently which has made the ‘Uva Highlands’ mark synonymous with the uva quality season. Uva Uva is Sri Lanka’s remotest province. Though not far from Kandy or Nuwara Eliya as the crow flies, access to its provincial capital, Badulla, is only possible over steep, winding mountain roads. To get there from Colombo, one has to drive inland, then skirt nearly the entire southern half of the island’s central massif before turning north and ascending into the hills. Access from Sri Lanka’s other major urban centers, most of which lie on the coast, is equally difficult. In early British times a journey from Colombo to Badulla ...