Little Adam's Peak, Nine Arch Bridge and Ravana Falls

Little Adam's Peak, Nine Arch Bridge and Ravana Falls is Majeste's private day tour from Ella. It takes about 7.5 hours door to door and costs $47 per person for two, including your own car with an English-speaking driver, and tea factory tour and tasting. Prices checked 7 Nov 2026. Nothing to pay now.

Ella's three sights and a tea factory before lunch.

Diesel locomotive hauling red carriages around the curved Nine Arch Bridge among misty tea-covered hills
Photo: Alexey Komarov via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

StartElla
Hoursabout 7.5 hoursDoor to door
Distance20 kmRound trip

About this tour

The walk up Little Adam's Peak in the early light, the Nine Arch Bridge timed to a train, the Halpewatte tea factory and the roadside Ravana Falls, all before lunch. The bridge is packed from 09:00 to 16:00, which is why we go early. Little Adam's Peak is an easy hour and a half; the tea factory tour and tasting is included.

  • Little Adam's Peak at sunrise, an easy walk through tea
  • Nine Arch Bridge with a train crossing (timetable checked the day before)
  • Halpewatte tea factory tour and tasting, included

Your day

Planning times from Ella, not promises.

  1. Pickup in Ella.

  2. Little Adam's Peak: 1 to 1.5 hours up and down through the tea.

    About Little Adam's Peak

  3. Breakfast at a cafe on the Passara road, paid directly.

  4. Nine Arch Bridge, timed to a scheduled train.

    About Nine Arch Bridge

  5. Halpewatte tea factory tour and tasting.

    About Tea factory tour and tasting

  6. Ravana Falls, a roadside stop of 20 minutes.

    About Ravana Falls

  7. Lunch in Ella, paid directly, then drop-off.

What is in the price

Included

  • Private air-conditioned car or van with an English-speaking driver for the day
  • Fuel, expressway tolls and parking
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off in Ella
  • Every entrance ticket and activity listed under tickets and fees

Not included

  • Lunch is at a local restaurant, paid directly, about USD 5 to 15 a head
  • Breakfast at the cafe
  • Tips for the driver and any local guide, at your discretion
  • Drinks, snacks and personal spending

Tickets and fees

  • Little Adam's Peak

    Free entry

    Free. No source lists a fee.

    Source

    • No fee found in the sources we read, checked 7 Nov 2026
  • Nine Arch Bridge

    Free entry

    Free. Open access.

  • Ravana Falls

    Free entry

    Free. A roadside waterfall; no ticket.

    Source

    • No fee found in the sources we read, checked 7 Nov 2026
  • Tea factory tour and tasting

    $18.05

    LKR 3,000 (about USD 9) per person at Halpewatte, Ella, the factory's published price; the page does not say whether children pay.

    Source

Amounts are for two adults. Entrance fees for Sri Lankan residents differ. Message us and we price them for you.

Entrance fees last checked 7 November 2026. Activity prices last checked 7 November 2026. Rupee fees converted at LKR 332.5 to USD 1 (XE mid-market rate, 6 Nov 2026).

Good to know

  • Train times change on the current special timetable; we check the day before and move the bridge stop to match.
  • Heavy afternoon rain from October to December; the paths are slippery.
  • Add the guided walk if you want a local guide on foot for the peak and the bridge.

Good months: January, February, March, April, June, July, August, September.

Harder months: October, November, December.

Optional extras

Not in the price. Add them in the price box.

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