Ella Train Journey: Scenic Blue Train Ride

Experience the breathtaking beauty of the Nuwaraeliya to Ella train journey. Reserve your seats on the famous blue train and have the tickets delivered to your hotel. Choose from two daily departure times.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Ella Train Trips - The Ella Train Journey is renowned as one of the most stunning train rides globally. Currently, due to track maintenance, the train departs from Ambewela station, which is conveniently located near Nuwara Eliya.
    The journey offers breathtaking, lush green landscapes from start to finish. The train traverses through hilly regions,…
What's Included
  • All Fees and Taxes
  • On-board restrooms
Additional Information

The Ella Train Journey is renowned as one of the most stunning train rides globally. Travelers have the chance to book seats on the latest blue train, which is the most popular option.
There are two trains available each day:

  • 12:40 PM
  • 2:30 PM
    Travelers can select their preferred time from the options above, and the team strives to meet their…
Location
Ella Train Trips
A9
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Virginia_m
Mar 11, 2026
Nickel - According to the announcement, everything went very well. Beautiful landscapes and an atmosphere that will take you back to the last century.
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Julie_b
Feb 23, 2026
Train ride - Excellent service reliable highly recommend Tickets arrived on time Great communication Beautiful scenery on route
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Monikarm4524hl
Feb 4, 2026
Chilling train ride - Had a nice train experience, reservation for tickets with mahaweli tours, worked perfect, we got e-tickets on time and a very warm caring for us by the employee BE. Thanks we enjoyed it. The views were brilliant
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Helenagon5
Jan 26, 2026
Perfect experience buying train tickets - Perfect experience buying our train tickets from Mahaweli tours, they arrived 2 days before our travel and they are now using an e-ticket system which worked well instead of needing delivery. We got second class reserved tickets which was exactly what we wanted.
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244padmanabhanm
Aug 17, 2025
Good service and helpful - Great support by Bawantha for being able to arrange the tickets and also very helpful with the details. Good service. Would recommend
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Janina_w
Oct 4, 2025
Great Service but ask again beforehand which class was booked! - Have travelled by train in October, super nice experience! The Service was great, BE organized everything great and kept in touch with us. However, we were then accommodated in the 1st class, which we did not want. The description said 2. or 3. Great. In the end it was still really great and we were able to sit down at the open door :)
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Tod_m
Aug 21, 2025
Great time, but a little stressful - Tickets were arranged as promised. However, it was a little stressful not being guaranteed which class of service we would get and whether we would be able to sit together. Communication was a little challenging at times. However, in the end, it all worked out and we had a really good time.
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Juan_f
Aug 18, 2025
A scare that wasn't - When hiring the tickets, a Kandy-based Travel Enterprise was contacted by WhatsApp. We arrange delivery on the day of departure of the train journey at the hotel at seven in the morning. The day before we were informed about a new regulation by the Sri Lankan government and that we will be reimbursed. But several hours later they sent us by WhatsApp the tickets that they could finally get online. At all times they communicated with us by WhatsApp.
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Florent_d
Aug 25, 2025
A bad experience buying... - A bad experience buying tickets. The agency handling the file in Sri Lanka initially told me that we had tickets booked for a train on August 10 at 12:15 p.m. before notifying me the day before that we had to change the schedule to a 2:00 p.m. train. We were supposed to receive the tickets the same day before 7:30 a.m., but we were only able to collect them around 12:00 p.m. And finally, the tickets were invalid because the agency had not written our passport numbers on the tickets. Nothing was right about this.
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Passport01546580665
Aug 19, 2025
Very poor service, ticket cancelled last minute - Reserved tickets one month in advance. These would be delivered to our hotel on the day of departure. Received nothing that morning. After contacting us several times our booking was cancelled. Because this was so short before departure we were unable to buy new tickets.
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From $24
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).