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<h2>Elegant Accommodations</h2> Elephant Arcade in Tissamaharama offers a lodge with a swimming pool, garden, terrace, and restaurant. Guests enjoy free on-site private parking, a 24-hour front desk, family rooms, and room service. <h2>Comfortable Amenities</h2> Rooms feature air-conditioning, private bathrooms, and views of lakes, gardens, or pools. Additional amenities include a terrace, patio, barbecue, tea and coffee maker, and free toiletries. <h2>Dining Experience</h2> The restaurant serves lunch and dinner with vegetarian and vegan options. Breakfast includes full English/Irish, vegetarian, and Asian selections. Cuisines include seafood, Asian, international, and barbecue grill. <h2>Prime Location</h2> Located 23 mi from Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport, Elephant Arcade is near attractions such as Tissa Wewa (6.2 mi) and Bundala Bird Sanctuary (22 mi). Guests appreciate the lakes, host, and property staff.

Couples in particular like the location – they rated it 9.7 for a two-person trip.

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Property highlights

    • Top Location: Highly rated by recent guests (8.9)

    • Breakfast Info

    • Full English/Irish, Vegetarian, Asian

    • Free Private Parking Available On Site


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Room Type
Number of guests
 
2 queen beds
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Guest reviews

Categories:

Staff
9.5
Facilities
9.2
Cleanliness
9.4
Comfort
9.4
Value for money
9.3
Location
8.9

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Guests who stayed here loved

  • Eyal
    Israel Israel
    Wonderful guesthouse with a relaxing atmosphere, a beautiful pool, delicious meals, and stunning lake views. Dennis is amazing – dedicated, energetic, and always kind and helpful. Highly recommended!
  • Amnath
    Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
    The food varieties provided tasted really good, the calm environment with the lake view is really amazing also the service given was very friendly and professional.
  • Eva
    Czech Republic Czech Republic
    Beautiful place, nice clean rooms, calm garden, great food! Very nice stay, would recommend.
  • Chandra
    Australia Australia
    Fraindly Owner, kind & helpfull staff, more space for relax. I am happy with envirement and facilities. Staff help me to comming and departure times.
  • Lyu
    China China
    The room is quite spacious. It's the biggest room we've stayed in the whole Sri Lanka trip. The staff were very friendly. They helped us to prepare the other morning's breakfast package for the Safari tour. We left for the Safari at 5:30a, our...
  • Isfak
    Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
    Place was extraordinary and special thanks to denis the staff here for preparing the food which was good. And a suggestion it would be better to a arrange a vehicle for the location area
  • Kacper
    Poland Poland
    Quiet, clean place, with beautiful view on the lake. Tucans are resting on nearby trees. Lovely, friendly hosts, who will arrange you a tasty breakfast for safari, as well as everything you would require :)
  • Lbuderaski
    Poland Poland
    Very nice comfortable house rooms, pleasant view, beutifull birds around singing. Peacefull place with very kind and helpfull people take care of you. Lots of animals around, monkeys jumping on the trees ( but not disturbing) peacocks running,...
  • Eva
    Netherlands Netherlands
    What a beautiful hotel! We spend one night driving b35. Wonderful views, lovely pool and the room is giant and super clean. The beds were the most comfortable during our trip. The family is really lovely and friendly. They Made us delicious dinner...
  • Luke
    Australia Australia
    Very kind and welcoming hosts, lovely room with ample space for two couples. Spacious and clean bathroom with great shower. The host catered for our doetary requirements and we can say without a doubt it was one of the best meals we have eaten in...

Area info

Restaurants
1 Restaurant On Site

  • Lake view
    • Cuisine
      Seafood • Asian • International • Grill/BBQ
    • Open for
      Breakfast • Lunch • Dinner
    • Dietary options
      Vegetarian • Vegan

Amenities of Elephant Arcade
Great facilities! Review score, 9.2

Most popular amenities

  • Outdoor swimming pool
  • Free parking
  • Family rooms
  • Restaurant
  • Airport shuttle (free)
  • Non-smoking rooms
  • Room service
  • Breakfast

Bathroom

  • Toilet paper
  • Towels
  • Towels/Sheets (extra fee)
  • Bathtub or shower
  • Private bathroom
  • Toilet
  • Free toiletries
  • Shower

Bedroom

  • Linens
  • Wardrobe or closet

View

  • Landmark view
  • Mountain view
  • Pool view
  • Garden view
  • Lake view
  • View

Outdoors

  • Outdoor dining area
  • Outdoor furniture
  • Barbecue
  • Patio
  • Terrace
  • Garden

Kitchen

  • Dining table
  • Electric kettle

Room Amenities

  • Clothes rack

Living Area

  • Dining area
  • Sitting area

Media & Technology

  • Flat-screen TV
  • Satellite channels
  • Video games

Food & Drink

  • Tea/Coffee maker

Internet
No internet access available.

Parking
Free private parking is available on site (reservation is not needed).

    Services

    • Executive lounge access
    • Wake-up service
    • Airport shuttle
    • 24-hour front desk
    • Room service

    Safety & security

    • Safe

    General

    • Air conditioning
    • Mosquito net
    • Carpeted
    • Fan
    • Family rooms
    • Ironing facilities
    • Non-smoking rooms
    • Iron

    Accessibility

    • Entire unit wheelchair accessible
    • Entire unit located on ground floor

    Outdoor swimming pool
    Free!

    • Open all year
    • All ages welcome
    • Pool with view

    Languages Spoken

    • English

    House rules
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    Check-in
    From 2:00 PM to 10:00 PM
    Check-out
    From 12:00 PM to 12:30 PM
    Cancellation/ prepayment
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    Children & Beds

    Child policies

    Children of all ages are welcome.

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    Crib and extra bed policies

    Cribs and extra beds aren't available at this property.

    No age restriction
    There's no age requirement for check-in
    Pets
    Pets are not allowed.
    Cash only
    This property only accepts cash payments.

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