Jetwing Vil Uyana, A Luxury Reserve

Site magique et de toute beaute qui invite à la détente et à l'émerveillement y compris pour les enfants.

The hotel & grounds were wonderful. There was loads of wildlife, including mongeese, monitor lizzards, grey slender loris & a resident crocodile. The room, restaurant & swimming pool were all excellent. There were also plenty of places to sit & read outside the room eg a library area.

Beautiful from start to finish

Sri Lanka offers many surprises. This hotel is one of them and a great place to stay. Great rooms, excellent food and facilities. It is on the more expensive end but worth it. It is also a bit out of the way so you cannot walk to alternate restaurants/cafes but facilities are great. It is very close to Sigiriya Rock so you can climb it in the morning and then return to the hotel and relax in the pool, watching the 'pet' crocodile.

Avons séjourné 2 jours dans ce magnifique hôtel lacustre, dans une villa avec piscine.très bien pour se reposer. prix payé 600 USD par nuit Cependant nombreux détails : piscine non chauffée et pas mal de mesquineries : pas de peignoir de bains, produits de toilettes et papier non remplacés, éclairage à revoir, trop sombre, avons dû réclamer à faire la chambre à 14H30, repas bons sans être excellents...

We had a wonderful stay at Vil Uyana. The grounds are stunning and full of wildlife giving a great ambience to the hotel. All the services and facilities were first class and the staff were exceptionally helpful.

Good for honeymoon staying and good refreshment

Un vrai hôtel de luxe, un service excellent, un personnel à l'écoute, à ne pas manquer si vous voulez faire un tour à Sigiriya à 5mns de l'hôtel.

Vil Uyana is an incredible hotel; it's a place where you can access a huge part of what makes Sri Lanka such an extraordinary country. It's built in a restored wetland, so is a bit like staying at the zoo, in the best sense: on the way to breakfast or back from dinner, you see peacocks, langur monkeys, giant water monitor lizards, eagles, bats, civets, frogs, iguanas, lorises. As we left the hotel one day, a wild elephant was right by the roadside, having breakfast. (If you've seen Disney's "Monkey Kingdom", you'll have some sense of the amazing animals; it was filmed at Polonnaruwa, which is close by). The food is good, the public spaces beautiful, the location close to many astonishing ancient sites nearby (as well as several national parks, where you can see elephants by the dozens or hundreds, depending on the season). The staff is warm, courteous, and extraordinarily helpful. There are a few extremely minor bumps because of the remote location -- there is wi-fi everywhere but it is medium-speed, not high-speed (but how do they even manage to have internet access in this wild place? That's a miracle in itself). And during a particularly strong downpour, the power went out twice for two seconds each time. It was barely noticeable. We give this our highest possible recommendation.

gorgeous grounds with plenty of monkeys and peacocks about; impressive large room/villa with comfortable ac and good wifi; caution - bathroom with open toilet (no divider from shower and no formal wall/door from room); very friendly and helpful staff; nice public area (library, lounge, pool) and restaurant with pretty good options. only wish we had stayed for more than one night!