Forest Villa Nature Resort

Relaxing

Wifi

Very nice and clean room with adjacent bathroom. Room has also nice terrace with chair and table and beautiful garden view. Quiet and rural area. Very nice breakfast and lunch and dinner options. Friendly owner who has a lot of ideas.

Room a bit warm but I was able to sleep outside :-)

The owner only came the morning I left. The guardian is nice but doesn't speak much English. The room is fine, mosquito net. Bathroom fine, cold shower. Would appreciate a fridge. Very quiet place. Breakfast fine.

The owner should be more accessible.

Enviorenment

Pichchamal temple

Comfortable, clean, well appointed and equipped room with good WiFi. Set amidst the forest 12km from town, it is extraordinarily quiet day and night. The genial host, Sampath, offers much and is eager to please.

You MUST have, or be prepared to arrange, your own transport! You are MILES from any restaurants or facilities. The kitchen was being refitted during our stay so we hired a scooter for the length of our stay and ate out. If the kitchen is fitted out correctly it will be a superb retreat from the hustle and bustle. Sampath, I'll be watching ... 😅

We enjoyed our stay at the Forest Villa, mainly because of the very friendly host Sampath. He did his best to make our stay as enjoyable and comfortable as possible. He was always willing to help us and meet our needs. He also organized a Wilpattu National Park full day safari for us for a very good price and it was really amazing! On our way back to the villa it was not a problem for him to stop to buy takeaway dinner or to stop at the shop. We rented bikes to us (for free), so we could move around the city. There was free filtered water at the villa. The breakfast was very nice, we also ordered an additional dinner (rice & curry) which was very tasty too. He gave us many tips and answered all our questions. He also helped us to rent a scooter. In the room there was both AC and a fan. We had a small terrace. We really enjoyed our stay!

The villa was located outside of the city, quite far, but you can see it on the map while booking the place. The internet is not great for working, but for normal usage is good enough. There were many bugs coming to our room. The transport from the city to the villa was not free, as written on booking. Filtered water was available only sometimes (when there was someone at the villa), so sometimes we had to wait till the morning to get some water.

Perfect stay to calm down. I just arrived in Sri Lanka to do my Vipassana course. I decided to stay there one night because its nearby. Best choice! 🙂

Friendly staff!