Wildlife Hotels in Sri Lanka

Athulya Villas is a 19C Kandyan walawua (ancestral home) perched on a hillock in the village of Panabokke and has scenic mountain views and acres of lush gardens.

Back of Beyond Pidurangala is a rustic eco-retreat at the foot of the towering Pidurangala Rock, walking distance to the historic Sigiriya Rock Fortress. Surrender yourself to nature and the enchanting feeling of living in the surrounds where history dates back to the 5th century AD.

Back of Beyond Wild Haven is an eco-retreat off the beaten track, 20 minutes from Sigiriya Rock Fortress, and is suitable for those who are adventurous and delight in simplicity. It is one of three respected Back of Beyond properties owned by an ardent nature lover. Accommodation consists of two wooden tree houses and four cottages on stilts.

Blue Magpie Lodge is a simple guesthouse set by a river with sweeping views of the misty mountains close to the entrance of Sinharaja Forest Reserve, Sri Lanka's last surviving rain forest.

Borderlands camping is based in Kitulgala, a riverside village that offers Sri Lanka’s best white-water rafting experience. Accommodation is in tents and wooden cabins on stilts and built right over the river.

Boulder Garden is immersed in five acres of wilderness. Although just off the minor road to Sinharaja, you will feel enclosed in the depths of a damp and ancient forest, where monkeys and wild squirrels make malarkey in the trees, and eagles and hornbills fly.

Ceylon Wild Safaris offers six comfortable tents hidden away in the buffer zone jungles of the Yala National Park about 40 minutes from the Katagamuwa entrance. A fully solar-power property with individual plunge pools.

An atmospheric wildlife hotel with well-appointed cabanas on the fringes of Yala game park which is highly regarded by upmarket package tourists and by independent travellers.

Committed walkers seeking simple – one could say primitive - accommodation in an unspoiled mountain terrain will be taken by Corbet’s View. This simple accommodation in the heart of the Knuckles range offers no frills, just overnight shelter. This is Sri Lanka’s hill country at its most escapist. Walkers’ territory, unadorned.