Golden Rainbow Guesthouse

We highly recommend you to stay at Golden Rainbow Guesthouse with Kumar and his family. The place is beautiful and surrounded by nature, Kumar is helping you anytime, the food is amazing (better than restaurant, it's home made cooking) and you are the closest you can be to the temple cave.

Really nice play to stay! Ideal location, food is delicious and that can arrange a scooter rental or tuk tuk ride to visit the area!
I highly recommend!

Beautiful, both the location and the dinner. Even though we arrived late, in less than an hour they had organized a delicious and more than abundant banquet. The owner is friendly and available to give advice and also to show you around with his own tuc tuc!

Stayed in July 2023.
This inn is a little far from the center and is very quiet and surrounded by nature. The owner is very kind. By the way, when they opened the guest house, their first customers were Japanese. Breakfast was also delicious in Sri Lankan style.
Initially, I was thinking of staying here for one night and then staying the night in Sigiriya, but I chartered a tuk-tuk for the day and went sightseeing around Sigiriya, Pidurangala, etc.and then headed home. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

The host family, especially the father of the house, took very good care of us. Even before we arrived, we asked for a recommendation for a driver with a car and were immediately contacted. Upon request, we were served a full dinner, much more than we could eat, for $6 per person per day. For our day trips we were also recommended a TukTuk driver (Rosne) with whom we toured the area for two days. Rosne didn't want to name a price, we should give what we wanted. We gave 2000 LKR for the first short afternoon trip (approx. 2-3 hours incl.waiting time) and 7000 LKR for the second full day trip. Rosne drove us reliably to all desired sights, knew the area well and was able to recommend a few more viewpoints to us. Of course, like every TukTuk driver, he has always made offers for other places in the vicinity, from which he probably gets a commission. We did some of them, like an overpriced massage, but we didn't do others, like the Herbal Garden, which was a good thing. Nevertheless we were satisfied.
The host also recommended a driver for the onward journey to Kandy. Fares were all slightly higher than normal (LKR 12,500 to Kandy) but all were reliable and safe, unobtrusive and friendly.
Overall we had a good time in Dambulla, even if each excursion ended up being much more expensive than planned. The helpfulness of the host, the room, the food and the price are definitely a recommendation! However, you shouldn't be afraid of insects.

Although the owner is a bit pushy, he would like you to go everywhere with his TUKTUK, the place is beautiful and the room clean. Great breakfast.

If you are in Sri Lanka you must come to this place. A paradise! The stay was splendid. I stayed here for 10 nights. The room is comfortable, clean, with air conditioning and a fan. Clean sheets and comfortable bed. Excellent wifi and hot water with good pressure.
You have a space outside that overlooks a super well-kept and beautiful garden! You are in a strategic point very close to the cave temple. Nestled in the jungle, an oasis of peace. In the morning a typical breakfast awaits you which is plentiful, delicious and always different! You can also dine at the family restaurant, the best dishes I ate in a month in Sri Lanka!
The family is incredible, the owner is a special person who helps you with everything, helpful and thoughtful. I found a second family in this place! You can rent the moped here, and if you want you can use the owner's Tuk Tuk service. I hope if you choose this place because I can guarantee you will love it! Very happy to have been here … thanks for everything!

Perfect natural environment, wonderful host family will meet every wish and need. Cottage room is clean, spacious, has fridge and kattle plus free tea & coffee. Bed is comfy, big snd has mosquito net. Bathroom is clean and spacious, too.
They serve huge and delicious breakfast and dinner. Very close to Rock Temple and you can climb a hill just above the lodge to meet sunrise.
Highly recommended accomodation!

The rooms are nice and clean. The host is attentive. Looks like the breakfast was not home made. I think it was bought from restaurant. The place is bit far from town. But you cam hire a tuktuk. Don't think to walk in the night to home stay, because it was dark and we felt bit scary.

As it is in full nature, you may see animals. You need to take care of yourself. I have seen one onthe way.

We had a great stay at this beautiful place! Where to start.

Host:
The host family is incredibly friendly, caring and accommodating. The host, Kumara, gave us valuable tips when we arrived and quickly organized a scooter for our tour to Sigiriya and a safari in the Eco Park (which was great to spot Elephants!). Spacial requests and questions were answered immediately and we just felt incredibly welcome at this place.

Location:
The location is also great for sightseeing and as a starting point for tours and onward travel to Kandy. In the middle of nature with a beautifully maintained garden and very clean and tidy rooms. A bit away from the "centre" of Dambulla (which this is not worth seeing anyway). From the guesthouse you can easily walk to the Rock Cave Temple. The bus to Kandy stops right on the main road nearby (Kumara helps you to catch it:). If you do need to go to Dambulla center, Kumara quickly organizes a tuk tuk or you can find one on the main street.

Meals:
It seems there are no (good) restaurants within walking distance, but Dambulla generally has a rather limited selection (we checked it out when we had the scooter). However, on the last evening after returning from the safari, the hostess cooked us a super delicious Rice & Curry for a reasonable price - so you don't need to go out for dinner and can just have it at their place! We were also given free fruit all the time! Breakfast was exceptionally good: a huge assortment of different specialties, fruit, juice, & tea - and all freshly made at the time we wanted.

All in all a great experience! Thank you for everything.

The host are very helpful and nice. The place is just beautiful, inside a small forest, and very close to the Dambula Temple, within walking distance.

Very cozy and beautiful guesthouse.
Kumara and his family are wonderful people!
You will really enjoy your time here.

Kumara is a great host. After staying at many places in srilanka, i don't think we have found a better host than Kumara. So, thanks Kumara. The place is great, the food is great, they arrange bike, tuktuk for your convenience. Stay here. It's super close to the temple and amidst nature. You can see monkeys and hanumans (grey langur) and lots of birds. It's a cute homely place. And the staff chandana is also super helpful with great suggestion for restaurants. And kumara's little daughter is such a cutie

Nice place with comfy rooms, good breakfast and very polite staff that will try to please your every wish.

Great location, very clean, delicious food. Best spot we've stayed during our Sri Lanka tour. All people there have been so friendly, helpfully and warmly, so we really felt at home. Very good assistance for our trips to Polunaruwa and Singira. Our Tuk Tuk driver was very good and showed us many interesting spots and animals. Highly recommended, thank you for the great time with you.

It was a pleasure to stay there. Very nice accommodation. A lot of nature around and the nicest TukTuk driver.

Great hospitality, stayed here during my sigiriya visit. Sumptuous complimentary breakfast he offered me, still I relish. It's like a home stay.

Excellent quiet location near to the cave temples. Sri Lankan breakfast was best we have had in Sri Lanka. Evening meal was also food.

Nice place to explore Sigiriya and Dambulla. The treehouse bedroom is very spacious, clean and confortable plus you have the feeling to sleep in the jungle with birds and monkeys sounds.

The strong point of Golden Rainbow guesthouse is how helpfull and honest the owner is. He will give you fair prices and arrange everything for you, he wants you to get the best expérience.

Also his wife made a very tasty sri lankan dinner and breakfast!

Nothing negative to say about this guesthouse really. Enjoy!

Best place where we stayed at the Sri Lanka. I widh to be back one day. Really recommend to everyone who love to be connected with nature. Monkeys comes at the morning and nature sings lullaby.