The Nilmini Lodge

The lodge is close to many little restaurants. It is also right in front of the bus stop that you would get to go to/come back from Dambulla. The lodge is at walking distance from both the Lion’s Rock and the Pidurangala Rock, however if you plan on visiting before sunrise or after sunset, you should take a TukTuk as the elephants crossing at the time are dangerous. I saw one myself during the day while walking back. The hosts are available to help if you have any questions or need a Tuk Tuk.

The fan and A/C in my room were very dirty (a lot of dust).

An incredibly lovely family who made my stay in Sigirya feel so warm, personalised and peaceful, in what is otherwise quite a touristic town. Not the top end in term of facilities - but super good value - and after arriving late one night they offered to give me a ride to see sunrise at 5am the next morning. Owner has been running the guest house since the 60s and has plenty of stories of the town over the years. For an authentic Sigiriya experience, highly recommend.

I had a lovely stay at Nilmini Lodge, the whole family were very kind, helping me with anything I needed, from organising early morning tuktuks for hikes to teaching me some local sayings and pronunication The breakfast was wonderful, and my room suited me perfectly as a solo traveler for a couple of days, I couldnt of asked for anything more. I really can't stress how nice the whole family are, especially Marli. Thank you!

Caring people First guesthouse in town First guesthouse in Sigyria to be visited by the Lonely Planet guy( I just discovered this yesterday) Tasty Hoppers

Great family running the place and the room was basic but perfect. Had hot water, good ac, a fan, bug nets and wifi. Close to restaurants and helped with well priced safari's. Also has a little store there that was better priced than the rest!

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Excellent and well maintained room with aircon, fan, private bathroom with hot shower for bargain price. Close to entrance to Sigiriya Rock and to all other facilities in Sigiriya village.. Friendly hosts who have run this lodging since 1973.

Nothing, all was fine.

Good location, relatively clean and good money value. The host (don’t remember grannies name) who works there is very helpful and friendly and provides you with all information. Really great host!

A bit dark and moist. But for one night a good choice!

The worst booking experience ever in my life (we have booked around 50 hotels with Booking.com alone). We had a horrific experience and that’s not about the dirty bathroom or the used bath soap in there or the several varieties of insects we spotted inside the rooms or WiFi was not available in the room or the fact that we had to go and ask them to provide bed rolls, towels and soap. But it is more beyond that - read below

When we reached the property after several hours of journey, they told us there is no room available. But we told them we have a confirmed booking. Then they said one of their guests extended their booking for another day. Then we told them we booked more than 4 hours ago, you didn't message us or ask us to cancel. The owner then replied that we saw the booking only 15 minutes ago and he is not constantly checking his messages/bookings. When we told them we will raise the issue with the Booking.com they gave us another option - a more expensive room but we have to pay extra - which we refused to accept. Then they said we have nothing to do, search for someother hotels. This is the last thing that we would expect to hear at around 9pm in a place covered by jungle (those who have been to Sigiriya would know what I mean). But then we insisted that we be provided a room, and then they came up with another option that they will give us a more expensive room without any extra charges but with two conditions - one, that we cancel the Booking.com booking so that they do not need to pay commission to Booking.com. two, no breakfast, even though it was originally included in our booking. We literally had no other option left than agreeing to these terms. The host was very rude. We spoke to local guides, tuk-tuk drivers, forest officials, etc. about the incident and they all had some choice words about this property owner.