Nayan's Paradise

The villa is amazing and very comfy. Great pool.

Location: in the middle of nowhere (so distant that there is no PickMe or Uber), not even a possibility to walk to some minor interesting place. Bird sanctuary is 45 mins drive. As a result, you end up completely dependent on a caretaker, which may be a little bit annoying. Beach: polluted (there is only 1 clean part, straight in front of the villa), which makes walks along the beach very sad. Ocean: impossible to swim in due to dangerous waves. Restaurant & grocery: there is 1 restaurant 17 mins walk (average taste, not recommended), grocery store is 45 mins walk. CCTV cameras: there are functioning cameras around the house, including one directed at the private pool (!!!). When confronted, Nayan promised to have it covered - rather doublecheck.

The house was really beautiful and we loved everything. We just stayed for one night, but I would come back. There is a big kitchen and two big bedrooms with really comfortable beds and airconditioning. The pool is also very lovely and the beach is directly behind the house. They even clean the beach behind the house. It also has an own entrance and it's super quiet, you only hear the waves. Everything was super clean!

Its location is special and truly authentic, as it is on the fishing beach where you can observe the fishermen pulling the nets and sorting their catch. I even helped release a turtle back to the sea after it had been caught in the fishing net. That was magical. The bungalows are extremely well-equipped inside. Outside, however they lack the furniture and the covered outside space for the shade and the rainy weather.

The photos and the description of the property on Booking are misleading. In the description it says that each bungalow has a pool with the view. In reality out of 5 bungalows that share the fenced palm garden near the beach, only one, the bungalow closest to the entrance gate, has a pool and the kitchen facilities and none of them have a view of the ocean (apart from the new bungalow that has not been finished when we were there that is closest to the beach and that might have a bit of a view). The photos shown on Booking.com are the photos of the only bungalow with the pool and the beach villa that is located about 200 m up the road, not the other 4 bungalows. We were given the opportunity to move to the beach villa for the 2 last nights of our stay for a better price. The villa was big and comfortable with the beach and ocean view and would be ideal for two couples or a family. There is a caretaker of the property, Martinez who showed us around the bungalow and the villa. He also sells trips and excursions in the area and that, we felt, distracted him slightly from the caretaking duties.The transport is difficult to find as the pick me app doesn't really work there. We shopped around for the transport and in the end managed to find one (not from the area) that was nearly half the price that had been quotted by the caretaker. The village is lovely, though and the villagers are genuinely friendly and welcoming and showed us the authentic slice of Sri Lanka we would not have experienced in a more touristy area. Breakfasts and dinners are tasty. They are prepared by Pradeep and his wife at their house and brought over to the bungalows and the villa. The pub Sira (about 7 min walk from the property) is the only lunch option in the village.

Martinez the manager was wonderful very attentive and helpful. We had a great relaxing stay. The chalet was very comfortable and everything worked. I highly recommend this property.

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Pradeep and his wife were excellent hosts. Great little pool and very quiet. The food Pradeep cooked for us was excellent. Very relaxing and a good stop over on our journey from Negombo to Wilpattu.

We had a very pleasant stay at Nayan's Paradise, it was clean and we enjoyed a nice dinner down the road at a local restaurant. Thanks for a great stay.

Rooms were extremely clean, spacious and even we could do the laundry :) The best thing is that they allowed us to check out 2 hours later to be synced with the train we had to get in the Colombo main station an hour later. The contact through Whatsapp was flawless, always willing to help!

Very beautiful, clean, safe and peaceful paradise. Good A/C. Washer and kitchen facilities, very high quality of everything. The cleanest pool I saw on my trip. Staff was so professional and kind, and offered to help us in every way, even to go out and look for things at the store for me I needed before I left for the airport. Pradeep and his wife cooked a huge and delicious dinner for us, based on the food types we requested. Martinez showed us around the little town which was a quiet and friendly place. The beach was quiet too and full of beautiful shells and men fishing. We were greeted with water from a freshly cut coconut. We felt like queens here! Unfortunately we had to leave for the airport at 3am and the staff helped us make this happen easily and gave us a ride. We felt like queens here!

Everything was wonderful.

Beautiful room, beautiful garden, a nice little pool even. All quite clean. Pradeep, the caretaker, and his wife are very friendly and helpful, made us a delicious breakfast on both mornings. Martinez collected us from the train station with his tuktuk (chargable) and gave us a tour through our spacious bungalow and the garden. The kitchen is well-equipped, so you could prepare some simple meals. Tea, coffee, sugar, and milk, and drinking water were provided which was very generous. There is a direct access to the beach where you can take endless walks, watch the fishermen haul in their nets, sort, weigh, pack and sell their catch. Very interesting - especially after about 4 pm and until dark.

There are no facilities at Nayan's place. Pradeep prepares the meals at his house and brings them to Nayan's Paradise. There is a restaurant close-by (Pub Sirak Beach Hosue, lunch and dinner) which has a seating area outside and is right next to the beach, but after dark we could hardly see our plates and the food was rather bland and basic (the usual suspects: mixed fried rice and mixed fried noodles). It is a nice place for drinks maybe but not really much of a restaurant. There is another little take-away for kottu and egg rotis, etc. just down the road (Lesli's). They do have a table and a couple of chairs, and we had our meal right there which was quite interesting because lots of villagers came by to order take-away so we had a chance to meet some of them. The area around Nayan's Paradise is cool if you want a break, no noise, tranqulity, etc. Do expect any activities or sightseeing. Bring a good book or two and maybe some basic provisions and do not expect much entertainment. Unfortunately, the beach is rather dirty, with lots of plastic being washed ashore all the time and the fishermen also not making an effort to collect their rubbish.

We ended up here by accident because we had to make a stopover. However, we are very happy that this happened, because it was fantastic! we were taken care of by Pradeep and his wife. Super friendly people. The accommodation was beautiful, clean and the breakfast was delicious. If you are in the area; absolutely recommended! it is an undiscovered gem.