Accommodation in Sri Lanka and the Maldives
Sri Lanka has a wide variety of places to stay
depending on your mood, budget, location or preference. Many different styles
of accommodation are on offer from family-run guesthouses to exclusive walauwas
(mansion villas), including boutique and niche hotels, former government rest
houses and tea planters’ clubs, colonial-era bungalows and hotels, sumptuous
suites and villas, and traditional cabanas and tree houses. It is possible to rest your
head in a combination of these places on your holiday in Sri Lanka.
In our continuing endeavour to support responsible travel, we offer only top-tier resorts
in the Maldives that have a responsible and ethical approach to tourism.
Please see below for a summary of the accommodation we offer. For more details,
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of the accommodation available.
Tikalanka Tours can offer Treat Yourself (Plus), Distinguished, Heritage and Guesthouse
accommodation, depending on the type and style of holiday you wish to experience
in Sri Lanka and the Maldives. The price band given below is an average price for
a standard double room on B&B.
| Treat Yourself Plus |
Boutique hotel (Amanwella, Tangalle)
Colonial-era hotel (Amangalla, Galle)
Maldives resorts (e.g. Banyan Tree Vabbinfaru)
Luxury safari camps (e.g. Mahoora Safari Camp, Yala)
Price band: £££££
(GBP500+)
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| Treat Yourself |
Boutique hotels (e.g. Aditya, Galle)
Colonial-era residences (e.g. The Park Street Hotel, Colombo)
Eco retreats (e.g. Vil Uyana, Sigiriya)
Luxury hotels with character (e.g. Heritance Ahungalla, Ahungalla)
Maldives resorts (e.g. Filitheyo Island Resort)
Safari camps (e.g. Kulu Safaris, Yala)
Spa hotels (e.g. Jetwing Lighthouse, Galle)
Suites (e.g. The Dutch House, Galle)
Tea plantation bungalows (e.g. Ceylon Tea Trails, Adam's Peak)
Traditional walauwas (e.g. The Kandy House, Kandy)
Villas (e.g. Club Villa, Bentota)
Price band: ££££
(GBP200 - GBP500)
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| Distinguished |
Boutique hotels (e.g. The Sun House, Galle)
Colonial-era hotels (e.g. Galle Face Hotel, Colombo)
Eco retreats (e.g. Tamarind Hut, Galle)
Environmentally friendly hotels (e.g. Heritance Kandalama, Dambulla)
Heritage hotels (e.g. Heritance Tea Factory, Nuwara Eliya)
International brand hotels (e.g. Hilton Colombo, Colombo)
Private houses (e.g. Horathapola Estate, Airport)
Spa hotels (e.g. Deer Park Hotel, Polonnaruwa)
Traditional walauwas (e.g. Apa Villa Illuketia, Galle)
Tea plantation bungalows (e.g. Mandira Strathdon Bungalow, Adam's Peak)
Villas (e.g. The Last House, Tangalle)
Wildlife resorts (e.g. Chaaya Wild, Yala)
Price band: £££
(GBP100 - GBP200)
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| Heritage |
Colonial-era bungalows (e.g. Serendip, Kandy)
Colonial-era residences (e.g. Closenberg Hotel, Galle)
Eco retreats (e.g. Galkadawala, Habarana)
Environmentally friendly hotels (e.g. Hotel Sigiriya, Sigiriya)
Former tea planters' clubs (e.g. Jetwing St. Andrew's, Nuwara Eliya)
Homestays (e.g. Hanthana House, Kandy)
Meditation/yoga retreats (e.g. The Kandy Samadhi Centre, Kandy)
Small independent hotels (e.g. Villa Araliya, Airport)
Traditional cabanas (e.g. Palm Paradise Cabanas, Tangalle)
Traditional mud houses (e.g. The Mudhouse, Anamaduwa)
Tree houses (e.g. Rafters Retreat, Kitulgala)
Villas (e.g. Villa Samsara, Weligama)
Price band: ££
(GBP50 - GBP100)
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| Guesthouse |
Family-run guesthouses
Simple bedrooms, normally with twin beds, basic furniture, fan (a/c is sometimes available) and
mosquito net (when necessary)
Small restaurant serving Sri Lankan food, with Western and Chinese cuisine also offered in many places
Some guesthouses have a liquor licence, but if there isn't a bar, beer is still usually available
Price band: £
(up to GBP50)
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Tikalanka Tours has visited and selected a range of quality
accommodation with ambience, service and friendliness in mind, ensuring that you
will enjoy traditional Sri Lankan hospitality. All of these places
have been checked
recently and personally by Tikalanka Tours to ensure your enjoyment during your
stay in Sri Lanka. All rooms have an attached bathroom, which includes a shower
(and sometimes a bathtub), washbasin and Western-style toilet.
In many areas of the island you will find a wide choice of
accommodation of differing styles, such as in Kandy and at the southwestern
beaches. In other parts of the country a more restricted range of accommodation
is offered, either because of its isolated locality (e.g. Yala) or due
to the limited number of places available
(e.g. Ahungalla).
Whatever type of accommodation you decide to choose, we hope you will enjoy it
as much as we do.
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