{"id":18019,"date":"2020-05-19T16:01:05","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T15:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.travelcenter.uk\/?p=18019"},"modified":"2020-06-26T06:11:44","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T05:11:44","slug":"a-holiday-to-ella-with-great-hearts-comes-great-responsibilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/a-holiday-to-ella-with-great-hearts-comes-great-responsibilities\/","title":{"rendered":"A holiday to Ella; With great hearts, comes great responsibilities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome to the little hill country village in <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.travelcenter.uk\/reasons-why-you-should-visit-sri-lanka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Sri Lanka (opens in a new tab)\"><strong><span style=\"color:#0693e3\" class=\"tadv-color\">Sri Lanka<\/span><\/strong><\/a> where humanity runs in the blood, and hospitality practised as a religion. Most of you might already know the reason why I am saying this, but if you don&#8217;t, you will get to know at the end of this article. Ella has been under the attention of tourists all over the world for a decent amount of time. A holiday to Ella is something more than just a holiday where no words can describe it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#000000\"><strong>A holiday to Ella or a lifesaving journey to Ella?<\/strong> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Carefully halting the COVID-19\nglobal pandemic, Sri Lanka has already proven the developing dominance within\nher. When you shut down airports all over the world, there are moments people\nget stranded without being able to fly home. Right now, millions of tourists\nare stuck in countries which isn&#8217;t their home, and many are having financial\nissues. Apart from their families, literally illegal to fly back home.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">When everything and anything is happening to everyone, the humble people of the hill country village, Ella had other plans. With no money and <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.travelcenter.uk\/top-five-hotels-in-sri-lanka-just-for-50\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"accommodation, (opens in a new tab)\"><strong><span style=\"color:#0693e3\" class=\"tadv-color\">accommodation,<\/span><\/strong><\/a> stranded there were 14 tourists. That&#8217;s where the hospitality and &#8220;together as one&#8221; momentum started reflecting. All the citizens got together to help these 14 tourists by giving them <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.travelcenter.uk\/flavours-of-sri-lanka-from-your-kitchen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"food (opens in a new tab)\"><strong><span style=\"color:#0693e3\" class=\"tadv-color\">food<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, accommodation and most superiorly giving them a family away from home. It&#8217;s not like a game of football, just a passion for treating people right against all the odds.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This made the island nation start\na campaign called tourism disaster monitoring and hosting program to help every\nstranded tourist by giving them food, accommodation and other essentials. Sri\nLanka is a country highly depending on tourism. Now, tourism has gone down to\nthe line, but the dignity and respect didn&#8217;t stop them.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p>[socialpoll id=&#8221;2642984&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#000000\"><strong>Why a holiday to Ella is an offbeat experience?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.travelcenter.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Untitled-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Untitled-2.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Untitled-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Untitled-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Untitled-2-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Untitled-2-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Untitled-2-280x186.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Untitled-2-585x390.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Apart from the generosity and\nkindness of the Sinhalese, Ella is an utter natural beauty, with its\nwaterfalls, tea plantations, greenery, and hills; it is just jaw-dropping. It\nhas views that one hasn&#8217;t seen before, scenes one hasn&#8217;t witnessed before, and\nnature one hasn&#8217;t tasted before. Your holiday to Ella is incomplete without the\n7-hour train ride from Kandy to Ella, one of the highlights of Sri Lanka, in my\nopinion. Through the cold mountains and the lush landscapes, here&#8217;s the best\ntrain ride in the world!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Ella is brimming with nature;\nwherever one sees, he gets to know why people desire to visit Ella so much. The\ngreenery, blossoms, fields, all of them mould the beauty of Ella, a mould that\nis tricky to resist. With a fresh and clean atmosphere, Ella, or little\nEngland, is the ideal destination to go to if one wants to revive the brain. A\nholiday to Ella is an offbeat vibe of brilliance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"background-color:#d1dade\" class=\"has-background has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color:#ff6900\" class=\"tadv-color\"><strong>Suggested Reads: <\/strong> <\/span><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.travelcenter.uk\/ebook-unseen-sri-lanka\/mobile\/index.html?utm_source=tcuk-blog&amp;utm_medium=ebook&amp;utm_campaign=unseen-sri-lanka-ebook\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"tadv-color\">Sri Lanka&#8217;s melting pot of itineraries<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#000000\"><strong>Aren&#8217;t you tempted for a holiday to Ella?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.travelcenter.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Untitled-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18028\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Untitled-3.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Untitled-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Untitled-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Untitled-3-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Untitled-3-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Untitled-3-280x186.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Untitled-3-585x390.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">One of Ella&#8217;s sensations is&nbsp;<strong>Ella Rock<\/strong>. Ella rock\nmight be a long way uphill, but it&#8217;s deserving all the effort. Each day, tons\nand tons of people hike the Ella Rock because of the exceptional view it gives\nto its climber. The panorama from the peak of Ella Rock is challenging to put\nin such simple expressions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Another phenomenon of Ella is her\nwaterfalls. The refreshing and clean water that slide down the Ravana fall is a\nvery popular waterfall on the island. It is one of the most attractive sites in\nSri Lanka. However, this scenery is just so appealing. People from all over the\nworld hit this place because of its natural elegance and its pretty\nbackdrops.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Ella is just from a different world, and there is a reason why Ella is called as &#8220;lonely planet&#8221;. Visit this beautiful island nation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/holidays\/asia\/sri-lanka\/ella\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"book a holiday to Ella (opens in a new tab)\"><strong><span style=\"color:#0693e3\" class=\"tadv-color\">book a holiday to Ella<\/span><\/strong><\/a> with the help of our traveller <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/holidays\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"friendly holiday deals (opens in a new tab)\"><strong><span style=\"color:#0693e3\" class=\"tadv-color\">friendly holiday deals<\/span><\/strong><\/a> and engage in a holiday you never dreamed of. One for all and all for one. It&#8217;s all about travel!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the little hill country village in Sri Lanka where humanity runs in the blood, and hospitality practised as a religion. 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