{"id":105,"date":"2026-08-23T05:16:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T05:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aveniqtravel.com\/?p=105"},"modified":"2026-08-23T05:16:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T05:16:32","slug":"kandy-to-ella-sri-lankas-iconic-hill-country-train-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aveniqtravel.com\/fr\/kandy-to-ella-sri-lankas-iconic-hill-country-train-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"De Kandy \u00e0 Ella : le voyage en train embl\u00e9matique \u00e0 travers les montagnes du Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Le trajet en train entre <a href=\"https:\/\/aveniqtravel.com\/fr\/destination\/kandy\/\">Kandy<\/a> et <a href=\"https:\/\/aveniqtravel.com\/fr\/destination\/ella\/\">Ella<\/a> On la qualifie si souvent de l&#039;un des plus beaux trajets en train au monde que c&#039;en est devenu un clich\u00e9\u00a0; mais apr\u00e8s l&#039;avoir emprunt\u00e9e, on peut confirmer que sa r\u00e9putation est justifi\u00e9e. Plantations de th\u00e9 \u00e0 flanc de collines vertigineuses, cascades, for\u00eats de pins et vall\u00e9es envelopp\u00e9es de brume, le tout depuis une place c\u00f4t\u00e9 fen\u00eatre \u00e0 bord d&#039;un train qui n&#039;a gu\u00e8re chang\u00e9 depuis des d\u00e9cennies. Voici comment en profiter pleinement.<\/p>\n<h2>Dans quelle direction, et \u00e0 quelle distance<\/h2>\n<p>La plupart des voyageurs parcourent l&#039;int\u00e9gralit\u00e9 du trajet de Kandy \u00e0 <a href=\"https:\/\/aveniqtravel.com\/fr\/destination\/nuwara-eliya\/\">Nuwara Eliya<\/a> (via la gare de Nanu Oya) ou continuez jusqu&#039;\u00e0 Ella \u2014 comptez environ 6 \u00e0 7 heures pour l&#039;ensemble du trajet, ou bien divisez-le en \u00e9tapes plus courtes. Le tron\u00e7on le plus pittoresque est g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme \u00e9tant celui entre Nanu Oya et Ella\u00a0; si vous \u00eates press\u00e9 par le temps, privil\u00e9giez donc ce tron\u00e7on plut\u00f4t que la partie plus plate au d\u00e9part de Kandy.<\/p>\n<h2>R\u00e9servation de places<\/h2>\n<p>C&#039;est l\u00e0 que les gens se font souvent pi\u00e9ger. Les places en premi\u00e8re et deuxi\u00e8me classe sur les trains touristiques sont compl\u00e8tes des semaines \u00e0 l&#039;avance, surtout en haute saison (de d\u00e9cembre \u00e0 mars), et ne peuvent \u00eatre r\u00e9serv\u00e9es que via le syst\u00e8me de Sri Lanka Railways ou directement en gare. La troisi\u00e8me classe est sans r\u00e9servation et il y a toujours de la place, mais cela signifie voyager debout ou assis par terre pr\u00e8s des portes si le train est bond\u00e9 \u2013 un endroit o\u00f9, sur ce trajet pr\u00e9cis, beaucoup de gens prennent leurs photos. Si les places sont limit\u00e9es aux dates de votre voyage, nous pouvons vous aider \u00e0 int\u00e9grer le train \u00e0 votre itin\u00e9raire en r\u00e9servant vos billets \u00e0 l&#039;avance.<\/p>\n<h2>\u00c0 quoi s&#039;attendre \u00e0 bord<\/h2>\n<p>Des vendeurs ambulants proposent des en-cas et des boissons tout au long du trajet. Les portes restent g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement ouvertes (s&#039;asseoir sur le seuil est une tradition, mais tenez-vous bien et faites preuve de bon sens). Le train s&#039;arr\u00eate dans de petites gares o\u00f9 vous pourrez vous d\u00e9gourdir les jambes. Pr\u00e9voyez un v\u00eatement l\u00e9ger\u00a0: la temp\u00e9rature baisse sensiblement \u00e0 mesure que le train grimpe les collines, m\u00eame si vous avez commenc\u00e9 la journ\u00e9e sous la chaleur.<\/p>\n<h2>Qu&#039;y a-t-il \u00e0 chaque extr\u00e9mit\u00e9 ?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aveniqtravel.com\/fr\/destination\/kandy\/\">Kandy<\/a> C&#039;est le c\u0153ur culturel du Sri Lanka, abritant le Temple de la Dent Sacr\u00e9e et constituant un bon point de d\u00e9part pour un jour ou deux avant de partir explorer les montagnes. <a href=\"https:\/\/aveniqtravel.com\/fr\/destination\/ella\/\">Ella<\/a> C&#039;est en soi une petite ville de montagne offrant quelques-unes des meilleures randonn\u00e9es courtes du pays \u2014 le Petit Pic d&#039;Adam et Ella Rock vous r\u00e9compensent tous deux par des vues imprenables sur la vall\u00e9e apr\u00e8s quelques heures de marche \u2014 sans oublier le pont aux neuf arches, l&#039;un des endroits les plus photographi\u00e9s de l&#039;\u00eele.<\/p>\n<h2>Int\u00e9grez-le \u00e0 votre voyage<\/h2>\n<p>Le train Kandy\u2013Ella est id\u00e9al comme \u00e9tape d&#039;un circuit plus long \u00e0 travers les montagnes, plut\u00f4t que comme excursion d&#039;une journ\u00e9e aller-retour. La plupart des itin\u00e9raires se poursuivent d&#039;Ella vers la c\u00f4te sud, profitant ainsi du trajet au lieu de faire un d\u00e9tour. Il constitue un \u00e9l\u00e9ment essentiel de plusieurs de nos circuits, notamment notre <a href=\"https:\/\/aveniqtravel.com\/fr\/tours\/cultural-highlights-of-sri-lanka-11-days\/\">Points forts culturels du Sri Lanka<\/a> Itin\u00e9raire. Vous souhaitez int\u00e9grer le train \u00e0 un itin\u00e9raire personnalis\u00e9 avec le reste de votre voyage\u00a0? <a href=\"https:\/\/aveniqtravel.com\/fr\/custom-tour\/\">Commencez \u00e0 planifier ici<\/a> et nous nous occuperons de l&#039;organisation et de la r\u00e9servation des billets.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>R\u00e9servation des places, informations sur ce \u00e0 quoi vous pouvez vous attendre \u00e0 bord et comment int\u00e9grer le trajet en train de Kandy \u00e0 Ella \u00e0 votre itin\u00e9raire au Sri Lanka.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aveniqtravel.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aveniqtravel.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aveniqtravel.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aveniqtravel.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aveniqtravel.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aveniqtravel.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109,"href":"https:\/\/aveniqtravel.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105\/revisions\/109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aveniqtravel.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aveniqtravel.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aveniqtravel.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}