Kings Pavilion Kandy is an exclusive escape that will offer guests an extraordinary perspective on the majesty of the hill capital of Sri Lanka. Surrounded by misty mountains and verdant greenery the Kandy boutique hotel gives you an experience akin to royalty.
Revel in the rustic luxury of airy bedrooms styled after bygone eras, enjoy the 360 degree vistas and take a dip in the secluded infinity pool at this Kandy hotel that gives guests an incredible insight into the lifestyle of Kandyan kings; savour the decadence of your ultimate retreat.
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Your Stay
1 Night
Bed and Breakfast
Ceylon Tea Trails | Dickoya
At Ceylon Tea Trails, each bungalow is individually designed with the comforts of modern-day luxury and the classic elegance of a bygone era. The spacious bedrooms come equipped with antique furniture, while bathrooms feature traditional copper baths and claw foot tubs for complete relaxation. Each bungalow also has a private butler who will anticipate your every whim, from offering a selection of fine wines to arranging private excursions. Whether guests are looking for adventure and exploration or want to relax in the peaceful serenity of Sri Lanka's countryside, let Ceylon Tea Trails take care of it all. From immersive wine tastings and guided nature walks to historical tours and tea-picking experiences, each bungalow has an exclusive selection of experiences tailored to each guest's interests. With a team of dedicated staff and the very best facilities, guests will be sure to feel refreshed and invigorated after their stay at Ceylon Tea Trails.
Fully Inclusive - Bed, All Meals, Fees and Activities
All Drinks (excl Premium Brands) Included
Wild Coast Tented Lodge | Yala
Where the Indian Ocean meets the Jungle. Resplendent Ceylon’s latest creation is Wild Coast Tented Lodge, adjacent to the world-famous Yala National Park, renowned for its dense leopard population. This spectacular luxury tented camp is situated in a stunning location where the jungle meets a pristine beach, overlooking the blue waters of the Indian Ocean. The lodge offers guests various experiences to partake in and enjoy during a stay at the lodge.
These include Jungle Afternoon Tea where guests have tea arranged by rangers at any spot in the park. Guests also get to prepare their own lunch mixing herbs and spices under the guide of Chef Ranil. Jungle Wellness is the spa treatment guests can look forward to in between the game drives and other activities they choose. Kids can also have fun by participating in the Junior Chef and Junior Ranger programmes where they can cook their own meals and have fun camping as Junior Rangers by setting up their own tents and building a campfire.
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The 55 square metre Cocoon Pool Suite boasts soaring vaulted ceilings, offering jungle views from the double-height, double-glazed facades. A four-poster king-sized bed and a spacious bathroom are centred around a free-standing handmade copper bathtub. The suite's décor is a combination of colonial expedition style and contemporary design, highlighted in natural colours and premium materials, from the teak floor to dark leather details. The Cocoon Pool Suite also boasts its own private plunge pool. The most exclusive room offered, there are only four of its kind at Wild Coast Tented Lodge.
The 55 square metre Cocoon Suite boasts soaring vaulted ceilings, offering jungle views from the double-height, double-glazed facades. A four-poster king-sized bed and a spacious bathroom are centred around a free-standing handmade copper bathtub. The suite's décor is a combination of colonial expedition style and contemporary design, highlighted in natural colours and premium materials, from the teak floor to dark leather details. The private outdoor viewing deck overlooks a watering hole designed to attract a diverse array of fauna and flora, perfect for early morning bird-watching. The Cocoon Suite offers a most glamorous camping experience.
Wild Coast Tented Lodge offers 8 Family Cocoon Suites, comprising a 55 square metre Cocoon and an adjoining twin-bedded, 20 square metre Urchin about 5 metres away, offering privacy and space for parents and children alike. The Urchin is enchanting for older kids, ideally aged 8 and above. Like the Cocoon, the Urchin is uniquely designed to tickle the senses and trigger the imagination. The two single beds in the Urchin are even suitable for adults, and an additional futon can be added for a 3rd child in the Urchin.
Your Stay
2 Nights
Fully Inclusive - Bed, All Meals, Fees and Activities
All Drinks (excl Premium Brands) Included
Anantara Peace Haven Tangalle Resort | Tangalle
Situated in Tangalle, the Anantara Peace Haven Tangalle Resort rests along a secluded stretch of Sri Lanka’s southernmost coastline. Set amidst a coconut plantation and golden crescent shores with glorious Indian Ocean views, Anantara Peace Haven Tangalle Resort offers a naturally exclusive hideaway for exotic beach life in a peaceful world. The resort offers 152 rooms, including pool villas with Nespresso machines, Wi-Fi access, separate showers and bathtubs, and private terraces. Guests can enjoy delicious Sri Lankan and international cuisine at several on-site dining facilities. Additional amenities include a spa and a tennis court.
The Wallawwa is not your typical Colombo airport hotel. Set in 200-year-old tropical gardens just 15-minutes’ drive from Sri Lanka’s main international gateway, our award-winning 18-bedroom country house hotel with gourmet food, jungle pool and heavenly spa, carved out of an atmospheric 18th century manor house, exudes style and serenity. As an alternative to hotels in Negombo, The Wallawwa promises to start or end your Sri Lankan holiday in style.
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The two-bedroom Mountbatten Suite is as generous as a private villa, boasting a sitting room and a private garden with plunge pool. The master bedroom has a grand four-poster garden-facing bed and an ensuite bathroom with rain shower and freestanding bathtub, and its open plan design incorporates a sofa-furnished lounge. The second bedroom – furnished with queen-sized twin beds – also has its own shower room. The suite is equipped with walk-through wardrobes, cable television, retro phone and mini bar.
Our garden-gazing two-bedroom Family Suites promise each member of the family comfort, space and exclusivity. These private havens comprise of a double Garden Suite with ensuite wet room and a smaller, interconnecting twin-bedded Wallawwa Bedroom with its own bathroom and rain shower. Suites directly access the garden, and in-room amenities include cable televisions, mini bars and retro phones.
Spacious and light-filled, the Garden Suites overlook and directly access lush lawned gardens fringed by borders of tropical shrubs. Ideal for post-flight lounging, they feature king-sized or twin four-poster beds, comfy armchairs, day bed window seats, ensuite wetroom with rainshower and further cushy seating on a private garden veranda. Amenities include mini bars, cable televisions and retro phones.
Stylish bedrooms designed to pamper guests with all the essentials for a good night’s sleep, including luxurious four-poster beds adorned with crisp linen sheets and lightweight duvets. Equipped with mini bars, retro phones and cable televisions, Wallawwa Bedrooms have ensuite terrazzo-lined wet rooms with rain showers. They are perfect for those looking for stylish yet affordable accommodation near Colombo Airport.
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24-hour Security, Bar, Internet Access (Complimentary), Laundry Service (Available), Library, Pool, Restaurant, Spa
Airport Shuttle (Available), Credit Card, Room Service
Location: Negombo Duration: 2 hours Host: Wallawwa Chef (optional – please book 24hrs in advance) Group size: 2–6 people What to wear: Closed toe shoes are recommended for the fish market. We have Wellington Boots for you to borrow, and socks are available to buy at cost price in our shop. Ladies should cover their legs and shoulders to avoid drawing attention to themselves. Other: The tour will leave the hotel at 6.30am (in order to see the sales of the larger fish) and you will return by about 8.30am for breakfast. Alternatively we can provide a packed breakfast upon request. Please do take your camera. The fish market is a very vibrant place and there are many excellent opportunities to take pictures This tour will not operate on Sundays and poya (full moon) days as the fish markets are closed.
Fishing is hugely important to the country’s economy; approximately one million people are involved directly and indirectly in the fishing industry. The Sri Lankan coastline is dotted with fishing communities who live off the sea from one generation to the next, and Negombo’s big commercial port is the hub of the island’s fishing industry. Under the Portuguese, Dutch and British, Negombo’s port was used for trade in cinnamon and other spices. The canals running north and south of town were very important in connecting the spice-rich villages around Negombo to Colombo’s vital sea ports; these are now used mainly by local fishermen.
Today Negombo’s fishing industry is vibrant and vital; row upon row of colourful fishing boats are moored up around town, and the hardworking fishermen unload their catches on the beaches and in the town’s shallow harbours having been out in the Indian Ocean overnight or for weeks at a time. The majority of the fish caught in Sri Lanka is Yellow Fin Tuna, a staple of the Sri Lankan diet, alongside Red Snapper, Mullet, Herring, Sailfish and the slightly-harder-to-catch Kingfish. Negombo’s wholesale fish market opens at around 3.30am in the morning (until around 9am) and attracts serious buyers from Colombo and across the country keen to purchase the biggest, best and freshest offerings to sell in their restaurants, shops and stalls.
This tour takes in the wholesale fish market beside the town’s main harbour as well as the local fish market near the beach where fish is sold by small-scale fishermen and third party vendors. One of our chefs will accompany you if you wish and tell you about the different kinds of fish being sold. He’ll teach you how to identify the freshest fish and advise which recipes these different types of fish would suit. The local fish market is also home to a line of fish butchers who are paid to clean and slice each fish to perfection. Behind the market is an authentic fishing beach where you will usually see fishermen pulling in smaller fish from the nets on their boats. These small fish are salt washed and sun dried, and later added to curries or sambols which gives a more pungent fishy flavour to dishes. Along the shores of this beach you can watch the fish (and purple squid) being soaked in huge vats of brine and being laid out to dry on hessian mats in the heat of the Sri Lankan sun.
Location: Meet at the Colombo Fort Café at the Old Dutch Hospital Tour Duration: 4–5 hours including transfers from/ to The Wallawwa Host: Colombo Fort Walks Group size: 2–6 people What to wear: Comfortable walking shoes, and something to cover your shoulders in case you enter anywhere that requires you to be covered Other: The drive into Colombo is about 45 minutes each way so the complete tour will take more than half a day The tour usually starts at 3pm. There are many great picture opportunities so please do take your camera; the guide will let you know when it is not appropriate to take pictures.
Your tour starts at the Old Dutch Hospital where you will meet your guide and anyone else taking part in the tour. Your guide will start by giving you a talk about the history of Colombo from the city’s days as a former colony of the Portuguese, the Dutch and the British. Colombo’s Fort area is home to some of the city’s most historic buildings, including the splendid Old Dutch Hospital, and you’ll have the opportunity to visit and photograph many of these ageing landmarks on your tour. As you are guided around the Fort’s most historic streets, you’ll gain an insight into colonial Colombo’s former greatness. A highlight of this part of the tour is a refreshing break for tea at the city’s oldest hotel, overlooking the grandiose harbour.
After exploring the Fort, your tour continues in neighbouring Pettah, the largest wholesale market in the country, which sells everything imaginable from electronics and haberdashery to spices and locally grown fruit and vegetables. The market is a complete contrast to the relative tranquility of the Fort and encompasses many streets, each of which specialises in a different product; buyers from across Sri Lanka come here to stock up on goods for their stores. The market is chaotic from dawn until dusk, but your guide will lead you down the best and most interesting streets and if there’s time, to some of the area’s hidden gems such as the Jumma Mosque and the Dutch Period Museum. Bring your camera and expect to be blown away by the sights, sounds and smells of this fascinating market.
These tours are the best way to experience Colombo and learn about its fascinating colonial history. Each tour is fully customisable, so you could choose just to focus on the Fort or The Pettah, rather than a combination of both. They also specialise in photographic tours. Be aware that on poya days (full moon holidays) and on Sundays the markets are closed so your tour will focus on the Fort instead. On Sundays traffic in the Fort area is very much reduced so this is a good day for photography.
Location: The Wallawwa Tour Duration: 90 minutes approx. plus lunch Host: Wallawwa Chef Group size: 2–6 people What to wear: Very casual Other: Do bring a camera if you’d like to take pictures
Meet with the Wallawwa chef for an in-depth demonstration on how to replicate some of the fabulous rice and curry dishes served at our restaurant. You’ll learn about the various spices used to flavour the dishes and the different methods of preparing each of the delicious curries. The chef will select fresh vegetables from our kitchen garden prior to the cook and you are very welcome to join him on the kitchen garden tour if you like, so please let our team know at the time of booking whether you’d like to join the chef.
In the demonstration the chef will use clay pots to cook each curry. These clay ‘chatties’ are the secret to providing an authentic and distinctive flavour to Sri Lankan cuisine and have been used across the island for centuries. Villagers in rural areas still use them for cooking on an open hearth.
You will have the option of picking from a fish, chicken or seafood curry, along with a dhal (lentil) curry and a selection of vegetable curries depending upon what is fresh and in season. The chef will also share his method for making a traditional rice accompaniment. You may get involved as much or as little as you wish and you’ll have many opportunities to taste the curries during the cook. Feel free to ask as many questions as you like – our chefs will be happy to indulge you!
After the demonstration, enjoy a lunchtime feast of the delicious curries you’ve prepared followed by a traditional Sri Lankan dessert.
The Verandah
Guests can enjoy exquisite a la carte Asian Fusion cuisine at The Verandah, the convivial open-sided all-day dining restaurant overlooking the 200-year-old tropical gardens. The innovative menus feature the finest ingredients available in Sri Lanka, and many of the fruits, vegetables and herbs used to prepare these freshly cooked dishes are plucked daily from the hotel's extensive kitchen garden. A selection of fine wines, cocktails, spirits and beers perfectly complement the menus.
Your Stay
1 Night
Bed and Breakfast
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5 Star
Hotel
Spoken Languages: English
No. Rooms: 17
Special Interests: Flora, Gourmet, History & Culture, Indigenous Culture / Art, Leisure, Nature, Relaxation, Shopping