Facilities

The Ayurvedic wellness centre at Dalmanuta is overlooked by an experienced Ayurvedic physician who also has her private medical practice nearby in the village. Relaxing massages, herbal baths and body wraps take place in a separate area of the gardens in cooling wattle-and-daub huts with thatched roofs. Medicinal plants used for some of the therapies are grown in the tranquil medicinal gardens where hours can be spent walking past ponds and waterways. A swimming pool and Jacuzzi is located in the front garden. Dalmanuta's informal open-sided riverside restaurant is famous for its seafood, attracting regulars who come to feast on fresh lobster, prawns and crab. Sri Lankan and Western cuisine is served here, as well as alcoholic beverages. The owners encourage village crafts and several artisans including a potter, wood carver, artist, and village tailor have their workshops in rudimentary huts within the premises allowing guests to learn of local crafts as well as purchase items made to order.