Thumb Up Family Rest

Super friendly and lovely owners. They made me a great dinner and packed breakfast for a good price. The room is clean and comfortable. It's a bit of a walk from the railway station, but also walkable from the Haputale Main Viewpoint for amazing views. When the tuk-tuk driver didn't show up in the morning, the owner drove me to Lipton's Seat (would recommend going and then walking down to Dambatenne Tea Factory!) Overall great value!

Very nice big clean room. Super friendly , welcoming and accommodating

Good location

Comfy bed, clean room, lovely owners, tasty breakfast, amazing view from the balcony

In general it's pretty quiet but we were woken up at 5am by the mosque's call to prayer

Highly recommend.Amazing and kind hosts. The view to the valley is stunning. Room was clean and renovated. Toilet and shower as well. It is about 10 min walk from the town centre. You can rent a scooter there as well.

The family are so friendly and attentive that you immediately feel part of the family. The location is slightly outside of town but the walk to and from town has quite an incredible scenery. Plus you get away from the busy area and can sit on your own balcony watching the sunrise or sunset - beautiful. The room has been newly renovated and is exceptionally clean with new bedding and pillows. The kettle in the room is an added bonus with plenty of teabags to satisfy you during your stay. The beds are extremely comfortable and big. The shower is very good and is hot with good pressure. Great for exploring the local area and we caught local buses to Lipton's seat, the Tea factory and Diyaluma Waterfalls. Dinner and Breakfast are offered by the hosts and we would suggest speaking with the host early into your stay to make arrangements. Tip - in Haputale go behind the Bus Stand and there is a minibus that takes locals all the way to Lipton's Estate. Leaves at 10:30 and comes back at 14:00 - 200 Rupees per person. To get to the waterfalls get Bus Number 322 to Wellawaya which stops on the road outside the homestay. Leaves Haputale at 07:30. 150 Rupees per person. From Diyaluma get any bus back to Beragala Junction and then transfer to any bus heading to Bandarawela or Haputale. This is a truly wonderful homestay and we would recommend it to everyone wishing to stay in Haputale. Quite beautiful and special.

Value for money. Nice room with views, good walking possibilities in the surrounding. Beautiful surrounding, good breakfast, very nice hosts, waterboiler and tea and sucker in the room, hot shower. Go with the local bus (behind the main road) to Lipton tea factories. Beautiful views, a lot of tea plants. The factory is oke to visit. Nice to go up from there to ‘Lipton seat’. With sunrise it is often a great view. We saw only mist. But still we enjoyed the ‘outing’ a lot. We liked also the balconies and nice chairs to sit everywhere. 1 km from town. We walked.

Everything was fine. The price is comparable. The room is rather small but we liked it a lot, with windows and good views. The waterpressure is everywhere rather low. All accommodations are on a road or between two roads. This location was just in between the roads. You hear traffic, but this was oke to us and no other options, or far away.

My stay at Thumb Up was truly special! Ghanty made me feel really welcome and at home, the atmosphere is one of familiality and kindness towards their guests. The room was clean and very comfortable, perfect to settle in after a long day of exploring Haputale and the beautiful nature around it with a scooter you can rent directly from them. Watching the sunset from the roof terrace overlooking the tea plantations and hills really rounded off every day and made my stay even more enjoyable. If you‘re looking to stay in Haputale, this is the place!