Published on Jul, 2023
Thank you to Gunasoma (and wife), Manshijt, and ChoopoolMandrit.
We signed up for the 2.5 hour Methsiri mini adventure. It was a 40 minute drive in the back of a landrover to where our tour started (from Akuressa). It was great to see rubber trees, and how they collect the latex, the real jungle and landscape (saw some wild monkeys too), how cinnamon bark is collected, tea plantations, and more. Gunasoma's English is excellent, and he is very knowledgeable. It was only about two to three km walk, but you need to be able, and it can be slipper. It was ok for my six year old daughter. We had lunch at the end, an excellent selection of dishes made by Gunasoma and family in his new middle-of-nowhere 'hut'.
We really enjoyed our experience. The staff were very friendly and we were made to feel very welcome. Thank you Nandana tea staff!
However, I didn't read things carefully or I misunderstood. We did want to see how the factory worked and the tea was made. I now don't believe that is part of the Mesthiri tour. Gunasoma kindly let us have a factory tour (at Akuressa) and a tea sampling at the end because we wanted to do that. I would recommend that you clarify that you want this in advance, because really that's why we were visitng Nandana - it's all because of the tea!
