Spahotell i Kandalama

“Great hotel in a beautiful location. We only stayed one night, but could have stayed longer. The pools looked fantastic and well cleaned. We had an excellent meal, and then played pool on the table next to the bar! The hotel is trying hard to be eco, and we had a very interesting bathroom surrounded by plants in the shower, and an open air roof - covered by mesh to stop anything nasty getting in! We watched a fantastic sunset whilst drinking cocktails. Very memorable. Staff were lovely.”

“Good”

“Large resort with fantastic grounds, nice pool. Very pleasant rooms in small cottages, very quiet, birdlife. Geared at tour groups, but OK for individual travellers as well. Own transport needed. Excellent, but rather expensive, buffé. Single dishes also possible though. Somewhat impersonal due to its size. Sometimes rather confused, but always friendly, staff. To our disappointment the promised naturist/ornithologist was unfortunately "on leave". Beware also that their drivers' accommodation is...

“Kandalama was amazing. Super nice service and gorgeous surroundings.”

“Beautiful setting. I was a bit confused about advertised lake who is actually not on the property and holds little for guests. Pool area was wonderful very quiet with trees and birds. Heinz was most helpful in sugges outings and arranging driver. A few niggles: Breakfasts like all in Sri Lanka could use some tweaking with toast presented first to go cold and items not offered but available such as tomatoes or bacon: readily provided when requested. Spider life is rampant so staff could pay more...

“Sad case of lovely hotel falling into decay after Covid. We four were only guests for our two day stay. Staff could not do enough but could not find booking, pool very neglected and rooms although enormous could do with a large amount of tender loving care. One I hope succeeds in the future.”

“Ett mycket vackert hotell, trevlig personal, god mat. För dom som vill shoppa så är detta resmål ej för dom, detta ställe fanns lite andra utflykter tex åka på safari, se på mycket gamla tempel och byggnader. Eller bara ta och sola och ha det bra.”