Kottawatta Village

The plus point: nice room. Outdoor bathroom. Top swimming pool and a large foot pool with small fish which massage your feet and devour the little useless skins. Top!

The least -: The restoration needs to be reviewed. Restaurant cleanliness average day view.

We stayed here over the Christmas break and were so excited to be in the village and embark on our kids’ first safari. Unfortunately, our tent was cut open, and our phones and credit card were taken. When we tried to contact the front desk they hesitated to hear our experiences and gaslighted us. Finally after the manager came, they said a monkey got into our tent and made the hole, and also went so far by saying we didn’t bring our phones back to the tent from the pool.

We had the police involved who tried their best to help us, but the language barrier was difficult.

I would not trust this management. Their lack of compassion and support was shocking. We are so grateful we were not harmed / in the tent when this happened.

Superb quiet deluxe room with a magnificent swimming pool. Very good meal on site. Ideal for families.top

We stayed 2 nights and It was my very first experience in a tent! The hotel is in a great location and I loved the surroundings and the room view. In my point of view, room and bathroom cleanliness should improve a bit more. (Bed and bedding was comfortable and clean). The staff is friendly and helpful (specially the restaurant staff was very nice). The food was delicious! Hotel arranged us the safari and it was so nice!

Nice hotel close to the national park. We had a "luxury tent" with an outdoor bathroom. That was super! Otherwise, the room facilities were ok. The staff was ok, but we have experienced more cordiality and service in other hotels. The dinner was very tasty.

We had an amazing stay here, the staff were very friendly and accomodating. The rooms were really cool with a view of a beautiful pool and palm trees. They hosted our Safari trip which was really good, we loved it. The restaurant was really good, we enjoyed every meal we ate there. Our waiter/receptionist Yasit was lovely. We recommend this hotel if you are staying in Udawalawa!

We stayed the hotel in April 15-16th. Allowed us for early checkin. Thanks for that.
Better if the bathrooms are clean than this. Untidy washroom fittings and the room tea/ coffee box not cleaned at all.
We requested safari from hotel and they provided the requested. We left the hotel at 2.30 and we were able to finish the safari around 5.45. But the same time another team who left for safari stuck at the forest. So our travel guide/ driver told us that they required help from our safari jeep and we went for their help but unfortunately we had some bad experience over there. Our jeep also going to fall and stuck and mud and we had to push the vehical in the middle of the jungle and we survived due to drivers’ ability. Fortunately we were able to arrived to Safari gate at around 7.30pm but other team not came with us. After that day we had our breakfast and its fine. But there was a staircase which was broken and my husband and my one year old baby girl fell down and my baby got injured. But no one in the hotel even asked for any help for that. After that incident they close that staircase.
We bought lunch from the restaurant on 15th. But the lunch not got at all. We ordered egg rice and deviled prawns, deviled chicken and pork black curry. But all not good at all.

Anyway Thank you for the stay and hope you guys improve the mentioned

Disappointed, sad and angry. If you expect a peaceful accomodation, you'll be dissatisfied. We felt like living by the highway, hearing the noise of the street all the time. But the night was the worse. There was a big party with extremely loud music nearby and in our tent we could hear everything and couldn't sleep at all. Even earplugs didn't help! Mind you that if you are in a tent there are no walls so you can hear every noise. I'm writing this to warn others nad tell them what to expect

Nice surrounding and location. But rooms were bit dusty. Could have been bit more cleaner.
Having said that, though the staff is very friendly and helpful. We went there with our one year old, so the kitchen staff made special meal for her.

Nice place to rest and the breakfast is buffet. Amazing. I really love and enjoy this place. Nice price, nice location and the rooms looks like the pictures so … nice option if you want to be close to the safari

Silent, comfortable in downtown, nice stay.excellent the breakfast with delicious food with buffet. Beautiful "tropical garden" where you can relax sitting and taking a drink. This is ideal for family trip and camping lovers.

They have their own safari jeeps for exploring the udawalawa national park. Pricess are reasonable.

This place stinks and full of mosquitos. The outdoor toilets are a terrible idea with this kind of environment.

A nice place for a very reasonable price. Went there without prior booking because we thought there would be plenty of spared rooms. But almost all the rooms were booked.

There are so many walk-ins. So better book a room in advance. The rooms are clean and nice. Try to get the higher category rooms by the pool. It was 6k with breakfast.

You can order other meals in the restaurant as well. They do BBQs as well. The food is pretty good and portion sizes are generous.

The hotel has plenty of room to walk and there is a playground area for the children as well.

Also the staff is friendly and helpful. You can book jeeps for safaris within the hotel.

Nice place to relax for a very reasonable price.

Loving the place.the place was so cleaned and the service is very good. Food is tasty. I'm really happy about the service.my first experience of the place was 5 years ago with my husband. We stayed in a Tent house, that day we checked in late night and checked out early morning so we did not have much time to feel the place. But the room was good back then as well. Then this time when we booked the place March 2023, we didnt know this was the one we stayed 5 years ago. I'm truly surprised and happy because we came with our baby girl too.she also enjoyed the place. Can recommend to anyone without a blink of an eye.

Children play area: There are several small pits in the ground which are dangerous for kids. Younger kid got hurt and it could have been a sad story if I wasn't able to get hold of him before he fall to the ground.

Room: is a low cost built with AC but spacious. Roof is asbestos and insulated so the heat doesn't penetrate much. The TV is like a stamp hanging on the wall compared to the space in the room. Door handle of the bathroom can easily hurt your fingers because if you do not pay attention, fingers get stuck in between the door and the wall.ouch.

Bathroom: is open to sky. There are low visibility spaces (under the sink and stairs) where any venomous snake can fall from tree branches and hide under the sink.

If you go to this hotel, the best thing is to check in without going on a safari. They expect a safari rather than a hotel service. If you go on safari and enter the hota, you can imagine the worst of their service. It's really bad service. They provide rooms for this kind of money in the hope of getting more money from the safari. If you're going for it, think twice.

This is such a wonderful place, especially for that good price. The tents are big and the bathrooms clean. From the balkony you can see monkeys and green birds. We had fireflies in the room at night. I just loved everything about my stay. The pool was beautiful but could have been cleaner. The breakfast was huge and delicious.

Very beautiful place with nice garden and pools for a very reasonable price. Dinner and breakfast were great! We also got our sunrise safari organized. Highly recommend it!

Very good price value - AC room, clean pools, friendly staff and good food. Coffee and service attentiveness could be a bit better, but besides that it has been a pleasant stay. Recommended!