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Featuring garden views, V Cabanas & Yala Safari Place features accommodation with patio, around 2.6 km from Tissa Wewa.

I had a great stay. The room is spacious, clean and quiet. There is a balcony to enjoy nature and reading. The internet is working well. The family is so helpful and always available. They organized the safari for me and brought me to a restaurant and the bus station. I can definitely recommend this place.
Review score
9.5
Exceptional
197 reviews
Price from
£12.88
1 night, 2 adults

Located within less than 1 km of Tissa Wewa and 25 km of Bundala Bird Sanctuary in Tissamaharama, Tissa Rainbow Guest & Yala provides accommodation with seating area.

The room is surrounded by greenery. Looks like a botanical garden. There are trees full of flying foxes just around the corner. Very kind host and delicious breakfast. Thank you!
Review score
9.3
Superb
245 reviews
Price from
£10.75
1 night, 2 adults

Located just 2.5 km from Tissa Wewa, Blue Birds Tissa & Yala safari provides accommodation in Tissamaharama with access to a garden, a terrace, as well as a 24-hour front desk.

Would recommend this place to anyone wanting to go on the Yala safari. Priyah was an excellent host and couldn’t have done enough for us. He collected us from bus stop, took us back to bus station when we were moving on and made sure we got on the bus ok. He took us out the night before our safari to see the local wildlife, crocodiles, birds, bats it was amazing. He also helped us with booking the Yala safari and we thought this was at such a reasonable price, much cheaper than we had seen online! Safari in itself was amazing. Rooms were immaculate. We cannot recommend this place enough - 10/10 thank you so much for the most amazing stay!!
Review score
9.6
Exceptional
352 reviews
Price from
£11.97
1 night, 2 adults

Set just 600 metres from Tissa Wewa, Viveka Inn Guest and Yala Safari provides accommodation in Tissamaharama with access to a garden, a bar, as well as a 24-hour front desk.

Very kind and helpful family! They helped us with everything regarding the safari when we got there and it was very good! Really recommend
Review score
9.3
Superb
201 reviews
Price from
£9.95
1 night, 2 adults

Boasting lake views, Lake Face Cabana offers accommodation with terrace, around 4.5 km from Tissa Wewa. There is an in-house restaurant, plus free private parking and free WiFi are available.

Lake Face Cabana is the perfect accomodation for nature lovers. We enjoyed watching the birds and the crocodile in the morning before we had a really rich and tasty breakfast. The 3 guest houses are built on stilts and 2 of them have a nice view to the lake. The owner family allowed us to choose the room/house that we wanted because we were the only ones that had booked. We loved our stay, but you should know that the rooms are rather basic (cold water only and fan only, no air condition), but we loved the cold shower with a good stream of water and we loved sleeping with fresh air in the night from the outside. It was at the perfect temperature for sleeping and with the moskito nets, we had no problems with moskitos.
Review score
9.8
Exceptional
329 reviews
Price from
£22.98
1 night, 2 adults

Featuring river views, JAMI River Side Hotel & Yala Safari Place provides accommodation with patio, around 2.1 km from Tissa Wewa.

This hotel was an absolute gem! The lovely family running it were very knowledgable and had provided everything we wanted from our stay. The safari was incredible. We saw an amazing variety of animals, including elephants, elk, white spotted deer, crocodiles, 3 leopards (even a black leopard!), buffalo, peacocks, iguanas, eagles, a multitude of birds, and white monkeys. The half-day safari was more than enough time to see everything we wanted, although I would say we got lucky. The entire property was spotless, and the staff were incredibly hospitable. They even woke us up with coffee in the morning and gave us smoothies when we arrived! Our room was immaculate, and they even helped us arrange our travel for the following day. We couldn't have asked for a better experience.
Review score
9.7
Exceptional
192 reviews
Price from
£13.10
1 night, 2 adults

Boasting garden views, Lake side view cabana offers accommodation with free bikes and a patio, around 4.3 km from Tissa Wewa.

Amazing tree house over looking rice paddies. A really nice place to relax. Room and bed are large and comfortable. The family who runs this are really nice. The mum is a an excellent cook (definitely take dinner at the cabana) and brings you tea in a big teapot. The dad is a safari guide and he was really good... we got to see the leopard! The safari included breakfast and the price was really good.
Review score
9.8
Exceptional
69 reviews
Price from
£19.30
1 night, 2 adults

Situated in Tissamaharama, 6.6 km from Tissa Wewa and 24 km from Bundala Bird Sanctuary, Lake Near Yala offers a garden and air conditioning.

Nice clean rooms. The location was not what we expected, not walking distance to anything and felt very isolated because there's only two rooms at this accomodation so there was no atmosphere at all. The walkway down to our room from the road was also very dark and a bit difficult to navigate through a garden. The owner charged us for the water he gave us alongside the breakfast that was included but didn't tell us it would cost extra until the end. His English wasn't very good so it made it difficult to organize things with him.
Review score
9.4
Superb
31 reviews
Price from
£26.80
1 night, 2 adults

Set in Tissamaharama, 11 km from Tissa Wewa, Serenity Lake Resort Yala offers accommodation with water sports facilities, free private parking, an outdoor swimming pool and a garden.

Nice property. Dulip the host did a good job in making us comfortable at the homestay. He is a starting entrepreneur managing the homestay on his own. He is the host, the manager, the chef, security, housekeeper...... Does all of it himself as a starting business and does a good job in ensuring his guests are comfortable. Included Dinner and breakfast were awesome and the portions were generous, sufficient for 3 meals rather than one. The room was spacious with lots of sitting space outside as well. The property has a pool and lake view.
Review score
8.5
Very good
172 reviews
Price from
£25.27
1 night, 2 adults

Offering a restaurant, River Side Cabana is located in Debarawewa and provides a 24-hour front desk for the convenience of the guests. Free WiFi access is available in the public areas of the...

We stayed in the tree house. Amazing view over the river. Best Sri Lankan breakfasts all home cooked. Not in centre of Tissa so not many tourists. But that made it all the better.
Review score
8.3
Very good
167 reviews
Price from
£9.76
1 night, 2 adults
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  • Avg. price/night: £9.96
    Review score
    9.2
    Superb · 90 reviews
    Beautiful location, close to two of the lakes. We had a lovely stroll in the afternoon and early evening to go watch the fruit bats and birds. A/C worked well. Very friendly hosts. The guesthouse is cheap compared to others in the area; dinner was also cheap.
    Guest review by
    Sam
    Young couple
  • Avg. price/night: £42.55
    Review score
    8.1
    Very good · 77 reviews
    Great host. He helped with some currency exchange (I did not got enough from the airport), arranged a good (and cheap) dinner on the new year's eve when everything around was closed, helped with a tuk tuk. Was very attentive and kind. Room was also better than I expected. AC worked fine, the window blinds worked perfectly.
    Guest review by
    Vladimir
    Solo traveller
  • Avg. price/night: £12.64
    Review score
    8.8
    Fabulous · 506 reviews
    Great hosts great food. Local Host organised safari much cheaper than anywhere else. Still about 45 minutes to national park. But very knowledgeable with lots of experience. Comfortable safari truck. The property is beautiful set in thick green surrounds. Room is large bed is comfy. Ac not very good with no fan meant it stayed a little stuffy inside
    Guest review by
    Jonathon
    Group
  • Avg. price/night: £13.54
    Review score
    9.3
    Superb · 245 reviews
    Wow our host was the best! He was so incredibly helpful. Fixed the aircon right away, helped us with repairs on the tuktuk and brought us cool drinks and coffee exactly when we needed it😁. The rooms are big and comfortable, with a large bed. Nice shower, quiet location. Lastly we booked an amazing safari in the National Park @ the guesthouse. Couldn't be more satisfied with this accommodation!
    Guest review by
    Floor
    Young couple
  • Avg. price/night: £44.42
    Review score
    8.9
    Fabulous · 159 reviews
    Great big cottage with giant bed. Quiet location, you can see a lot of birds. Tasty food. Great host organized us a safari in Yala Park
    Guest review by
    Viktor
    Young couple
  • Avg. price/night: £51.69
    Review score
    9.6
    Exceptional · 273 reviews
    Indika is a very charming host and also a great chef. We had dinner twice and enjoyed both times. The room is as shown in online photos with a big comfortable bed. When the restaurant/reception area is completed it will only enhance the experience. Indika organised our Yala Safari, the bus to Colombo and even drove us to the bus stand in his tuk tuk. We wish he and his family all the best for his dream boutique hotel.
    Guest review by
    Micknor
    Young couple
  • Avg. price/night: £16.08
    Review score
    8.0
    Very good · 364 reviews
    The Hotel has a great location with a beautiful on the rice fields, really quiet and relaxing. The host was really nice, he booked us our safari tour in german (he speaks german). The location was okay, supermarkets and restaurants nearby. Mostly clean
    Guest review by
    Juna
    Young couple
  • Avg. price/night: £6.89
    Review score
    6.8
    Pleasant · 42 reviews
    Very friendly and helpfull hosts It's cheaper than other places and simple too quiet and clean
    Guest review by
    Dacho
    Family with young children
  • Avg. price/night: £13.54
    Review score
    9.3
    Superb · 245 reviews
    Absolutely amazing hosts - really helpful! We were greeted on arrival by a cold king coconut to drink and a cold washcloth, fresh fruits were brought to us during our stay and we booked a great safari through them. The room is a nice size and clean. The accommodation is really pretty, surrounded by plants, and a great location near some local restaurants and an area where fruit bats live. You can see thousands of them nesting in the trees. Wifi is good and bed is large.
    Guest review by
    Saffi
    Young couple