Nuwara Eliya, 48km from Tea Trails. After the area was ‘discovered’ by a British hunting party in 1819. Sir Samuel Baker, the well-known explorer, fell under its spell in 1846 and planning to make it his home. He imported various features of an English country town to Nuwara Eliya, including a bailiff, Hereford and Durham cows, and even a blacksmith with a forge.