Wifi

Relaxing

Stayed in April 2025

Room a bit warm but I was able to sleep outside :-)

Very nice and clean room with adjacent bathroom. Room has also nice terrace with chair and table and beautiful garden view. Quiet and rural area. Very nice breakfast and lunch and dinner options. Friendly owner who has a lot of ideas.

Stayed in March 2025

The owner should be more accessible.

The owner only came the morning I left. The guardian is nice but doesn't speak much English. The room is fine, mosquito net. Bathroom fine, cold shower. Would appreciate a fridge. Very quiet place. Breakfast fine.

Stayed in February 2025

Pichchamal temple

Enviorenment

Stayed in January 2025

You MUST have, or be prepared to arrange, your own transport! You are MILES from any restaurants or facilities. The kitchen was being refitted during our stay so we hired a scooter for the length of our stay and ate out. If the kitchen is fitted out correctly it will be a superb retreat from the hustle and bustle. Sampath, I'll be watching ... 😅

Comfortable, clean, well appointed and equipped room with good WiFi. Set amidst the forest 12km from town, it is extraordinarily quiet day and night. The genial host, Sampath, offers much and is eager to please.

Stayed in January 2025

The villa was located outside of the city, quite far, but you can see it on the map while booking the place. The internet is not great for working, but for normal usage is good enough. There were many bugs coming to our room. The transport from the city to the villa was not free, as written on booking. Filtered water was available only sometimes (when there was someone at the villa), so sometimes we had to wait till the morning to get some water.

We enjoyed our stay at the Forest Villa, mainly because of the very friendly host Sampath. He did his best to make our stay as enjoyable and comfortable as possible. He was always willing to help us and meet our needs. He also organized a Wilpattu National Park full day safari for us for a very good price and it was really amazing! On our way back to the villa it was not a problem for him to stop to buy takeaway dinner or to stop at the shop. We rented bikes to us (for free), so we could move around the city. There was free filtered water at the villa. The breakfast was very nice, we also ordered an additional dinner (rice & curry) which was very tasty too. He gave us many tips and answered all our questions. He also helped us to rent a scooter. In the room there was both AC and a fan. We had a small terrace. We really enjoyed our stay!

Stayed in November 2024

Friendly staff!

Stayed in November 2024

Nice and calm place! Perfect to reconnect and relax. The garden is beautiful and the bedroom is perfect 👍 the host is particularly attentive, and he gave us two bikes to visit the town, we also had a tour in Wilpattu National Park. The homemade dinner was amazing ! I highly recommend to stay here !

Stayed in October 2024

loose toilet seat

owner. staff was amazing. great location. amazing food

Stayed in September 2024

The grounds themself are not immaculate but a bit wild and unkempt. I don't mind that because I was not at the actual property except to have breakfast and sleep. There are monkeys and birds around. The monkeys never came close however and so they were not an issue.

This place is very much in a jungle area and the host, Sampath, was key to making the stay enjoyable. The room was immaculately clean and the air con was quiet and worked well. Sampath is an expert guide for Anuradnapura and I went on a fantastic tour with him there and over to Minitale as well. I doubled on his motorbike and he is an expert driver (he also can use a car or bicycle). Sampath took us to a spot midday for a swim to cool down and refresh for the second half of the day. Breakfast at the homestay was simple and tasty. Overall, it is a very convenient and very affordable place to stay with a lovely man as host. The stay and the guided tour are a very convenient combo.

Stayed in September 2024

Little far out the main city but fine if you have transport Wifi didn’t work very well

Sampath was very friendly and helpful planning some activities Good Sri Lankan breakfast Clean rooms

Stayed in May 2024

Nothing

Value for money and how friendly the host and is uncle where. The host wasn't around due to sri lankan New year but he kept in contact with us via calls and WhatsApp massages. Uncle was very friendly and wanted to show his own house a couple 100 meter away. So we went and it was a nice bonus. We could also leave our luggage after checkout time to pick it up later

Stayed in April 2024

The place is quite far away from the road and Anuradhapura. If you have your own ride it is perfect. Otherwise you have to get a TukTuk every time you want to go somewhere. With PickMe we paid ~ 1300 SLR from the busstand to the place.

Very kind host and owner. He organised bicycles for us and even dropped us off at the bus stand on the last day. He can also give you a lot of information on places to visit in the area and organise tours. The place is quiet and out in the green. You can see a lot of birds.

Stayed in January 2024

One room is with airco the other one not. It lays in a wood so there is enough shadow.

The owner was a fantastic guide to the Ruvanveli Seya Dagobe (temple). He showed us a more than 2000 year old holey trea. It is a good location when you cross the country from west to east.

Stayed in September 2023

If you put photos of food on your site you assume you can eat there. That was unfotunately not the case.

The location and the knowledge as guides

Stayed in July 2023

I got picked up at the bus station by the friendly owner, which was very convenient. The room is in a quiet rural area, outside the city. Clean bathroom and comfortable bed. Had a good breakfast as well. The owner is a tour guide of the city, and will show you around, whatever you wanna see. So I had a personal tour guide for the sightings that I wanted to see. Also, after one night I did a jungle tour experience in a tree house, that was offered by the owner. I can really recommend doing that, as it's a true authentic Sri Lankan experience. We stayed for one night in the jungle, while we went hunting and fishing for food, and did a small boat tour. Great experience, accompanied by a lot of friendly family members of Sampath, I felt very welcome as a guest.

Stayed in June 2022

Perfect stay to calm down. I just arrived in Sri Lanka to do my Vipassana course. I decided to stay there one night because its nearby. Best choice! 🙂

Stayed in November 2024

I had a lovely stay! Such a beautiful green area. The room was very clean and the Sri Lankan breakfast was delicious. Sampath and his uncle are so friendly and he gave me a little tour of the fruits and spices in his garden. Thank you!! 🙏

Stayed in June 2024

Great hospitality service. Friendly staff. Good one to stay in Anuradhapura

Stayed in May 2024

Very basis. Middle of no where. Own transport needed/or rely on Sampath on book Tuk Tuk which charged tourist prices. No where to go near by & find transport .

Peaceful, unspoilt. Lovely Wildlife. Very small building with only 2 rooms in total. Real true Sri Lankan experience. Managed by a very nice young man, Sampath. He is very enthusiastic & does him best to please his customers. Very good food if you are vegetarian.

Stayed in January 2024

Evergreen Villa was definitely the nicest place we stayed at during our trip in Sri Lanka so far. The owner and his uncle are just the nicest people, they are so welcomjng and make sure everything is well arranged. From the outstanding breakfast, the trips together to the temples, meeting the family during a cookery class and playing cards in the evening - it was all just really fun. We liked the calm atmosphere of the surrounding nature, and when driving our tuktuk back on the road to the Villa it really felt like coming home. Sad to be leaving but definitely a place to come back to, and a recommendation to anyone that would like to truly experience Anuradhapura!

Stayed in January 2024

The Evergreen Resort is located Outside the City, still all Sightseeing and Temple visiting you can reach in a short time by car. The included Food was fantastic, traditional Sri Lankan Breakfast and Tea in the Morning and at Night, the owner lent us bicycles and told us the best places around to see. It‘s located in a very quiet calm place sorrounded by the owner‘s Garden and forests....the room has a nice clean bathroom and his own terrace.

Stayed in November 2023

It is a bit remote from the city, but Sampath was very eager to offer drives whenever needed.

Lovely little place in the jungle. The room is air conditioned and fitted with a large mosquito net. But above all, Sampath is the most friendly and helpful host imaginable!

Stayed in October 2023

I stayed 2 nights here and felt very welcomed. Sampath is an amazing host who can arrange everything and guide you around the area (sacred city, mihintale...as you wish). The house is out of the City and perfect for naturelovers. Also recommendable is the huge included sri lankan breakfast.

Stayed in August 2023