Nature Resort - Yala Safari Village

I genuinely feel conflicted as I write this because there were some really nice things and some... really not nice things. We were able to book our room at a huge discount, so that took a lot of sting out of the unfortunate things. As soon as we showed up the host (owner?) started trying to sell us on a very expensive Yala tour- before we even went to our room! After we told him we're really not interested in Yala right now he showed us to a room that was not what my booking said- I booked an economy double, he took us to a room with three beds and no windows. After that, he gave us a "free upgrade" to a room with one double bed, a twin bed with a private bathroom. Okay, cool. We took the "upgrade," but what got under my skin was that he kept saying that if he gives us the better room, we give him a good review..... not really how that works, guy. Well, we were hungry so we went downstairs to order some food and I saw macaroni and cheese on the menu- PERFECT!! I was in need of some comfort food (had some really bad events earlier in the day), so that seemed like the perfect thing. No joke, we got cold noodles with a slice of sandwich cheese on top- think Kraft singles. Forgiven it because it was kind of funny and it's not exactly a common dish here. Unfortunately, most of the food tasted like it had come out of a box. The coffee is pretty good, though, and you can order it by the pot instead of just cups. We ate and asked about A/C. Well, you have to pay extra to use the A/C in the A/C room....1500 rupees extra per day. Ugh, fine. And then the wifi- even if you are sitting right next to the router you are lucky to get anywhere online. An average page takes forever to load, if it doesn't time out. And forget using it in your room. It's not gonna happen. The owner was often kind of pushy, and something about him made me really uncomfortable. I never could put my finger on it, but there was something that set me on edge. One of the housekeepers was pretty rude as well. Blatantly talking about me with me sitting less than 10 feet away. How to I know? Pointing at someone, staring at them, and talking is usually a pretty good indicator. All that said, the room itself was wonderful. The A/C worked very well and it had a great view (we were on the fourth floor). The room was clean and well maintained and the bed was magnificent! I slept like the dead both nights we were there. It was also pretty quiet for the most part, so we were able to relax whilst in our room. So even though my rating makes it sound like this place is awful, it's really not. It is close to some really cool tourist sites and the room that we had was really nice, but be prepared for some hard attempts to sell Yala safari trips as soon as you walk in.

1181/5000 Very pretty villa on two floors placed right next to a small rice field. Another much larger is located right in front which unfortunately leads to mosquitoes at night. Remember to close your windows and your door before the night otherwise you will be entitled to bites. The food is quite generous but the service is very long and prices much more expensive than in Negombo. Three times more expensive for fries as an example. The bedroom is comfortable and has two medium sized beds with a desk with an ice and a small drawer and a chair to work on your computer or tablet. No free bottle of water but two small soaps for the bathroom. Take the room with hot water as it is cool at night. They all have hot water and air conditioning but the manager disconnects them if you have not paid the package for what is normal. The manager does his job properly but is not very smiling. I stayed three days instead of two days because the mattress is really comfortable. But mosquito nets are not suitable for this type of bed. It should be remedied.

in the hotel booking confirmation it says room I booked have A.C. but when I reached hotel they said they offer hotel.com price for no A.C. room.

Customer service is excellent and Bala is superbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb👌(bala is the caretaker of the place and he's the one who runs the operation there as well) Location is very nice as well And the rooms are also comfortable

The room is clean and comfortable. Host has prepared take away breakfast for us to go Safari in early morning. Reasonable price for doing the laundry! (Very important) Clear air which allow you to see A LOT OF stars at night! Price of Safari is reasonable, however, we were not sure if the host was willing to look for others to go together in a jeep with the cheaper price... Anyways, we paid Rs. 10,000 (two people) and went with other four people finally.

Nice food and hotel

Really nice hotel. Ideal if you are going on a safari in Yala National Park! The owner was so nice to us and even cooked us breakfast when we returned from our safari! Would highly recommend this hotel!

This accomodation was our first in Srí Lanka. Kumara was very nice and helpful, arranged for us the transfer from Hambantota airport, the safari, helped us with SIM cards purchase and also gave us some good advice regarding our next plans. The room was with AC but otherwise very basic and quite dark. The bathroom was not absolutely clean, also with some animals, but it was ok for one night.

We absolutely loved staying here, our room and the whole hotel was very clean. The owner of the hotel really makes you feel at home, I recommend eating dinner here as it's some of the best food we have had so far! Try the curry! We wanted to book a safari and the hostel owner booked it for us, along with taxi to our next destination and even accommodation, he was really helpful! Lovely rooms and excellent wifi, only a few minutes walk into the town. Really loved our stay and would definitely return!

Fine hotel. Helpful hotel owner, made sure we were having a good time. Was easily set up with safari guides and a car to continue our journey northbound. Also we rented motorcycles to cruise all around when getting restless. Thanks for shelter.