Spice-Garden Lunch
Trace cinnamon, cardamom and pepper at their source, then eat a spice-led lunch.
What the Spice-Garden Lunch is really like.
Sri Lanka's spices once drew the world to its shores, and the gardens around Matale and the cultural triangle still grow them. A guide walks you through living cinnamon, cardamom, pepper, nutmeg and vanilla, showing how each is grown, harvested and cured. You see cinnamon quills peeled by hand, the way Sri Lanka has done it for centuries. A spice-rich lunch and a few remedies and teas round out the visit.
At a glance
- Best season
- Year-round
- Typical duration
- Half day
- Regions
- 2
Moment by moment
How the day unfolds.
Into the spice garden
Walk shaded paths between living cinnamon, cardamom, pepper vines, nutmeg and vanilla orchids.
Where in Sri Lanka.
The corners of the island this experience touches, so you can picture how it threads into the rest of a tour.
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