Guest Houses in Udawalawe

Lovely place, great dinner, pool was appreciated and the staff were amazingly helpful. Organised our safari with a phenomenal guide who spotted everything down to the tiniest chameleon!

Amazing place! The accommodation was clean and beautiful. sahan was super nice and helped us organizing our days in udawalawe. good place for safari tours.

Absolutely lovely family run accommodation. Lovely couple and their gorgeous dog Shane. Very close to the national park and these guys can arrange a safari for you at a very reasonable price. Food was fantastic too. Lovely feel to the place.

Room was super clean, very large and the shower was great. The hotel organised a dinner for us which was really nice and we also went on the safari tour with the hotel. The guide was great, the jeep was comfy and the experience was really enjoyable.

very beautiful property and the food (breakfast and dinner) was delicious. the owner is very friendly and flexible. he organized the safari on request. the whole stay was great.

We highly enjoyed our stay at Hasthi Safari Cottage. The rooms were amazing little bungalows with great outdoor showers. It was very clean and comfortable and had air conditioning. The dining area was a cute little hut that felt like you were right in the middle of a safari. We were able to get washing done and a delicious Sri Lankan dinner and breakfast organised through the accomodation. Dasun was a very friendly and accomodating host. We also organised a safari through Hasthi’s and I would highly recommend them for one. Their driver was very experienced and attended to a tense moment in the safari extremely well and confidently. He also had a very good eye for wildlife and took us away from any crowds. We were very pleased to have him as our driver.

Exceptional everything, location is amazingly peaceful right on a lake you can swim in, great safari, a/c room and I have to say the best meal I think I've ever eaten! Ridiculously cheap too

Wonderful and modern place and really kind host. They organised a fantastic safari for us where we saw elephants, crocodiles, monkeys and much more….

Delicious breakfast, a kind and helpful host, and an incredibly well-organized, professional safari! The room itself was of high standard, equipped with a kettle, coffee, tea, and water, all at such an affordable price! The air conditioning was outstanding. The surroundings of the house, with a well-kept garden full of greenery, were delightful.

This is one of the must beautiful Accomodations i've ever been to. But not only the place itself, also the host was extraordinary. When we arrived at the Gates he greeted us and led us trough this elephant themed paradise to the front desk, where we were seated on sitting bags and given mango-banana-smoothies. He sat down with us and went trough the plans for our stay. At first we thought that he wanted to sell us something or make us go on some tour organized by him, but it was just his plain professionalism, trying to organize plans to make us spend our time the best way. We even double checked the price we would pay, because we could not believe that low price! While we unpacked our stuff, he even brought some cake for us to enjoy. Unfortunately we could not try the (according to the reviews) great dinner, because the restaurant was closed during our short stay. There were only two rooms, so we were the only guests. 10 minutes walk to elephant Transit home, same street. Room had a terrasse with lounge-furniture. A living room including all you could wish for (foot-massage-device, yoga-mattress, games, working desk,...). Bedroom both AC and Ventilator, wichever you prefer. Next, the spectecular bathroom with natural shower. All shining clean an made of wood/stone/nature materials (even plastic bottles in wooden covers). Everything thought through to the smallest of Details, perfectly arranged. The whole place looks like all work has been done, but the host still plans to ad a swimming Pool and elephant themed cottages so he can house more guests. When we left, we even got a parting gift! Even more, he also contacted us after we arrived at our next destination to see if we were well. Long Story short, there is only one place to spend a few days in udawalawe: the elephant next door.