Sri Lanka Holidays arrival of Prince Vijaya: extract No 1. off the divine diary of God Vishnu by bunpeiris
“Sri Lanka Holidays King Sihabahu’s son, Vijaya from Lal country has reached Lanka, together with seven hundred followers. Lord of gods, my Faith will be established in Lanka. Therefore, protect him along with his followers & also Sri Lanka Holidays Lanka diligently” My lord Sakka, the lord of the gods had no hesitation in entrusting the protection of Lanka to me for my love for the little island was no secret for him. “My lord Vishnu, the command of master rests in your hands”.
At last, here lands the Humans, the favorite tribe of all gods. The ships would carry no less than seven hundred Vangas. I had been tired of Demonic tribes in the island of Sri Lanka Holidays Lanka. The demonic brutalities of the Malyawath, Malin & Sumalin had severely tested the boundaries of divine magnanimity of mine. I failed. I was no longer able to stand aside tolerating the heinous crimes: I forced the unhuman off the kingdom of Lanka.
Then again in spite of the great splendor & magnificence of Sri Lanka Holidays King Kuwera, he was brought to an early demise by King Ravana, again of Demon tribe. King Ravana, although a non-human, was a man of principle, if I may say so. After all you might agree in view of my poetic license being divine. All good things must come to an end & the great splendor & glory of King Ravana too found its way into non existence. He broke the commandment that Moses would inscribe in time to come, in tabernacles ‘thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife’. What a price did he pay for a woman? He lost the whole kingdom, all his warriors, all his ten heads. Human centuries later Gas Cogine would even jest, pointing to the ten heads of King Ravana Of Lanka while being taken to the execution by decapitation. He had the audacity to reap the fruits of his clandestine love affair, consummate his love with Queen Pramila. Now, he would gladly lose his head for his women. Humans would always loss their head for a women; that’s the eccentric beauty of their race. But then viewed in the backdrop of all non-divine virtues & vices, it was not much unlike of human race. Thousands ships were launched in Greece to bring back Helen of Troy; if Cleopatra’s nose could be half an inch shorter, western civilization, in time to come, would unravel in a different direction; Caesar will be bound to loss the script in Sri Lanka Holidays.
But then again all those weren’t of great importance. Timely divine intervention to prevent the epic war between Kauravas & Pandavas ought to have taken place. It is easy for now, everybody to sit back & point fingers at gods. But then did we the gods fail in that too or was it the fault of humans? Isn’t Karma ought to take its cause without divine intervention? Aren’t the humans endowed with Free Will? Human greed was such Duryodana wouldn’t return even a bastard wreck of a village to five Pandayas. Since we have bestowed the concept of honour, would five Pandaya simply leave their motherland? Had the epic war not occurred, hadn’t put kotis of splendid young men to an early demise, the human civilization taken a much superior, almost divine course of passage.
Had the epic war not occurred, the humans would be deprived of the literary masterpiece of Mahabharata, & among millions of others, blogger bunpeiris wouldn’t read Mahabharata at the age of ten in his mother tongue, Sinhala. But then all these monologues should be put into the back burner. I rush to the ancient Island of Lanka. What a lovely name? In Sanskrit, the language of the gods, name Lanka means “The resplendent Island”. In the guise of a wandering ascetic, I resort to sit at a foot of a giant Na tree, the would be national tree of the nation. My mind’s eye peeped into the future. No fiction would ever be composed anywhere near to the history of Lanka that would begin to unravel within a few human moments.
The ultimate blow to fiction would be hammered broadside by the history of Lanka. The grandeur & splendor of the epic narration of history of Lanka that would be narrated in time to come in Mahavamsa would belittle all human efforts of fiction. What a glorious nation it is bound to become? I can see the ships anchored & men diving off the ships to the shallow waters. Prince Vijaya is the first reach the beachhead. His followers follow close at heel & rest in the copper colored beach. Having rested, they get up & wipe the sand off their palms. Some of them stare at their palms in amazement. The palm which had rested on the palm colored beach have become copper colored. Very fine coppery sand wouldn’t leave their hands. “Thambapanii’ Prince Vijaya exclaims.
Venturing into the land, they find me seated serenely at the foot of the giant Na tree. “Oh! The first one we meet is wandering ascetic. We have been wanderers too. It’s a fine omen. Now it seems we are bound to settle in the island. And we might as well pick up a leaf from his lord of serenity too.” They close in & kneel at my feet at the beach of Lanka. “May you live long, my lord” the Prince greets me in Sinhala giving birth to the traditional Sri Lanka Holidays greeting of the nation “Ayubowan”. “May you live long too” And may your progeny live long too.” “My lord, what do you call this island?” ‘Prince, this is the land of Lanka, the resplendent island” The prince watches me intently. My answer addressing him with his rank ruffled him to an extent, yet not much. He is a fine specimen of a human being: dashing with a touch of arrogance. I read the mind of the prince: Oh! Lanka, a lovely little name! Of course it is a resplendent island; our palms are already copper colored. My lord, is this island inhabited? “There are no human beings here. Fear not, there will be no danger to you”
The prince watches me closely. He wonders if there aren’t humans, whether there could there be non-humans. He also thinks of my blessings on his progeny, assurance. He has not even a faint shadow of a fear of any being. Right over his heart, he sports a huge solid mettle pendent, two human knuckles thick mini shield embossed with well sculpted majestic face of a great lion. The pendent is plated with Teflon providing it a kind of skidding surface: no great spear would pierce it. On his rippling arms and rounded wrists too are smaller versions of the same lion shield. His rear is unprotected: a sure sign he wouldn’t turn tail in the battle. Two crossed swords in leather sheaths hangs over his shoulders giving tell tale signs that he is ambidextrous.
For a man, he wears a high volume of mettle. But then, without being a giant, he is exceedingly well built and doesn’t seem to be weighed down by protective metal shields. Without wearing the traditional battle armor, he is ready to give battle. A pair of designer cut brilliant blue Ceylon Sapphires of The Island Of Gems dazzle in his exceedingly long ears. His long ears say of his royal clan: he is from no less than Maha Sammatha Vansa of Gauthama Buddha. The lion like forehead, the manly moustache conjoined with a well trimmed designer beard and his commando poise is very impressive. He is ahead of his time, very stylish, chic. Cool, I like his style, by god.
Welcome to Sri Lanka Holidays. I chose to circumvent the question of the prince. Of course the island of Lanka is inhabited. And it is inhabited by no less than Demons: they can change form in a split second; appear of disappear at their whim; move rocks & rivers. Most of all, their military prowess is on par with us, the gods. The prince & his outcasts are already in the demon’s den. Now, it is time for me, to interfere. My Lord, the king of Gods, Sakra entrusted me to protect the island till the arrival of next Buddha, Maithree Buddha in another 5000 human years.
Looking into the future of history of Lanka, I could see the intermittent invasions of marauding Dravidians from South India would wreak havoc upon Lanka, the resplendent island. I made a note in my digidivinetel diary to help the heroic princes who would appear mostly from south of the land, Ruhuna to regain their kingdom and reestablish glory: King Walagamba (BC103- 76), Prince Dutugamunu (BC 161-137) , Prince Kirthi (1065-1120 AD), Prince Parakrama (1164-1197 AD) and Prince Diyasena (Modern Sri Lanka). After all we, the gods could only help those who help themselves.
The ultimate test of the mettle of the lion nation would come in the war against a Dravidian marauder in just over 2500 human years, halfway between the period of which the next Buddha, Maithree would appear in this planet called earth, a zillion light years far from the abode of we, the gods, the resplendent beings endowed with non earthly powers denied to other beings. A charismatic and majestic lion-hearted prince endowed with a lion like forehead and adorned with a manly moustache from Ruhuna would emerge with his sibling Gotabhaya to take the battle to the Dravidian marauder at the “The Turn Of The Screw” at “The Turn Of The Tide” and overhaul the pathetic notion of “human impossible” with the conquest at “The Sea of Conches.” The villain who would put Kalinga Maga to the shame would be vanquished by Prince Diyasena aka Don Percy Mahendra (Mahinda) Rajapakse, the hero of Modern Sri Lanka. He would show the rest of the planet, to take the world on, all you need is human courage.
Chanting my Sri Lanka Holidays blessings melodiously, I sprinkle water on all of them, one by one. They gaze in amazement; the bowl of water wouldn’t go empty. In a flash, all of the followers of the Prince are on their feet with swords drawn off their sheaths. “Stay your hands” commands the Prince who is still seated. All of them sheath their swords, yet alert to all possible signals from the prince & signs & sounds of the surroundings. Their eyes are peeled scanning the whole landscape in the front & the flanks; their ears are tuned to pick up all sounds from rear. The Prince holds his stare at me. He had noted me fluttering of my eyes while chanting: the ascetic is not a demon. I look back to his past; he hasn’t encountered Sri Lanka Holidays demons.
“Nobody makes a move” commands Prince. “Be at ease” the prince commands once again. All of them kneel down once again in the coppery beaches of Sri Lanka. Having sprinkled water on all seven hundred of them, I take a small ball of cotton thread & once again chanting tie pieces of thread around teach & every one of them. Once again they watch me in sheer amazement; the small ball of thread keeps unraveling yards & yards & still doesn’t diminish in size at all. “May all Sri Lanka Holidays gods protect you my lord, May you gain great merits by way of blessing dispensed upon us” the prince declares. “May all big & small gods protect all of you, great prince. “May you go with the ways of Sri Lanka Holidays gods.”
Location
Sri Lanka Holidays Dutch Bay Island is located close to where Portugal bay meets Dutch bay of the Kalpitiya peninsula of the Puttalama lagoon in the north western coastal belt of beautiful island of Sri Lanka.
Peniinsula
Sri Lanka Holidays Kalpitiya peninsula is a sandy stretch of land about 30 miles long and 4-5 miles wide with Indian ocean to the west & Puttalama lagoon to the east. Across the lagoon to the east in the mainland is Thambapanni (Puttalama) where the founder of the island nation, Prince Vijaya & his 700 followers arrived from Bengal, East India in 543 B.C.
The Dutch Bay Island
The Dutch Bay Island was so named by the Dutch colonialists (1656-1796), who captured the Portuguese Fort at Kalpitiya to engage in trade of arecanuts & salt, the products of the region.
Sri Lanka Holidays Dutch Bay Island significance
Sri Lanka Holidays Kalpitiya peninsula is also a marine sanctuary: a spectrum of diverse habitats consists of bar reefs, mangrove swamps, salt marshes flat coastal plains, saltpans and vast sand dune beaches. The area has been earmarked by the government of Sri Lanka for high-end tourism of Sri Lanka Holidays.
Sri Lanka Holidays Dutch Bay Resorts Development
Sri Lanka Holidays ‘Dutch Bay Resorts’ in the supremely serene coastal area of Kalpitiya peninsula will be open for the tourists on the 11. 11. 2011 at 11.11 a.m. The foundation stone of the Sri Lanka Holidays Dutch Bay Resorts, spread over1600 hectares, was laid on 9. 9. 2009 at the premises secured by the Six Senses group in the year 2008.
Sri Lanka Holidays Dutch Bay Resorts accommodation
60 luxurious mangrove boutique chalets are designed to be built within the inland water bodies while the 20 two storey Signature Villas are designed to be set up in the Lagoon itself.
Sri Lanka Holidays Dutch Bay Resorts developer
Six Senses, a renowned international hospitality chain has closed ranks with and ‘Swarna Dweep’ the hospitality developers based in Bahrain. ‘Dutch Bay Resorts’, an up-market luxury resort ( 6 star) of hideaway boutique chalets and the Signature villas will be managed by Six Senses under the commercial name ‘Six Senses Hideaway at Dutch Bay’.
Sri Lanka Holidays comments by few good men at the top
“The location is pure, untouched Sri Lankan beauty; tapping into new local destinations would create still more reasons for tourists to travel to the island.” Minister of Tourism Promotion in Sri Lanka, Faizer Mustapha
“It’s wonderful for Sri Lanka Tourism to tap into previously unexploited holiday destinations within the country” Bernard Goonetilleke, Chairman of the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau
“This would also help in realizing the goal set by the President of 2.5 million tourists by 2016; especially because we only have 17,000 rooms as opposed to the 5,000 more needed to host such a capacity.” Minister of Tourism Promotion in Sri Lanka, Faizer Mustapha
“The price range of the new hotel would start at USD 350 for smaller chalets while larger villas will cost approximately USD 800-1000.” Neil de Silva, Chairman of Dutch Bay Resorts.
Sri Lanka Holidays Dutch Bay Resorts is the first development project within “Kalpitiya Integrated Tourism Development Project”, the mega tourism project of Sri Lanka.
In September 2008, The Ministry of Tourism, Sri Lanka declared on its plans to launch an ambitious project (total investment:US$4 billion; number of islets:14; allocated length of 30 mile long peninsula: 8 miles; acerage: 4000 acres; number of rooms: 4000-5000; service: 4-6 personnel per room to guarantee luxury service) named ‘Kalpitiya Integrated Tourism Development Project’, a public private partnership (PPP) to begin in 2009 & to have it developed within 5 years, to attract ‘ultra-rich’ tourists to the luxury accommodations in the Kalpitiya Dutch Bay Region with golf courses, amusement parks, observation towers and even a full-fledged international airport for which an airstrip has already been mapped out in Palavi close to the naval base. The project that could be identified with the mini city concept will have expanded infrastructure facilities: road development, electricity, hospitals and condominiums.
Sri Lanka Holidays Dreamweavers with sustainable Tourism
According to Mr. Prasad Galhena, project director of Kalpitiya Integrated Tourism Development, the whole project is completely eco-friendly with sustainable power generation and consumption, green technology, green building design. The islands will feature luxury accommodations and condominiums.
“We hope to impose mandatory requirements, such as the growing of vegetables and fruits for the resort by people in the adjoining areas, which would invariably benefit and uplift living standards of local residents as well” Mr. Neil De Silva, Chairman, Dutch Bay Resorts.
Sri Lanka Holidays caution: possible loss of water layer below the soil
Sri Lanka Holidays Kalpitiya peninsula is also a freak of nature. It has no rock surface underlying the soil. What it has below the soil is sea. For centuries rain has filtered through the sand forming a layer of fresh water. The development of Kalpitiya peninsula mustn’t end with loss of fresh water layer.
Swarana Dweep meaning Golden Island in Sanskrit to the front at Kalpitiya
Swarna Dweep is a Public Limited Company established by Norwich International Consultants together with a team of highly qualified Europeans and a Sri Lankan Entrepreneur currently operating in Europe and the Middle East. Swarna Dweep has been established in Sri Lanka under the Companies Act No. 7 of 2007. Swarna Dweep will focus on the development of world-class, 21st Century sustainable Tourism, Real Estate and Transportation portfolios with a target Internal Rate of Return (IRR) in excess of 21% over the 5 year term of the equity fund in the current market conditions. Swarna Dweep will operate a close ended fund denominated in US Dollars and already has approval from the Sri Lankan Government Board of Investment (BOI) to repatriate the funds with a 15 year tax holiday.
Sustainable tourism (Green i.e., eco) credentials: to be edited
Location: Fortress Hotel is located at the beach village of Koggala (of stilt fisherman)130 km from Colombo & 157 km from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB), 16km south of historically living & thriving southern seaport city of Galle, home to UNESCO World Heritage Site of Sri Lanka Holidays VOC Galle Dutch Fort. Lovely Unawatuna Bay Beach is just 5km away.
Setting: Fortress Hotel is of a magnificent tropical setting. It stands right next to the palm fringed pristine beach of Koggala close to the picturesque Lake of Koggala. The free flowing enormous Infinity swimming pool overlooking the Indian Ocean adds onto the oasis of peace and serenity.
Architecture: Fortress Hotel, Koggala inspired by the style of Dutch Fort is another one of those numerous Sri Lanka Holidays edifices, where the modernity of interior design synthesis with the traditional Sinhalese concepts of eco-orientation. Rising by the seaside, the fortress-like resort’s wall enclose the beautifully landscaped verdant gardens giving shelter & shade to the hammocks, day bed. The massive gates befitting a fortress open up to an awesome view of Indian Ocean through the open air reception area.
International recognition: Fortress hotel is Small Luxury Hotel.
Type of Lodging: Hotel.
Luxury category of the hotel: 5 star Hotel by International standings.
Hotel chain franchise: none.
Accommodation: All 49 rooms with high ceilings & multi level floors are luxuriously appointed with designer fittings & equipped with super king size beds, open plan bathrooms, & sophisticated entertainment systems with plasma TV screen.
The range of rooms: Fortress Room, Ocean Room, Ocean Loft & Fortress Residence.
Restaurants: “Pepper” for breakfast, lunch & dinner; “Heat” for wood fired seafood pizza & Mediterranean a la carte; ‘T’ Tea lounge for a range of exquisite “Ceylon Tea”
Spa: Ancient Ayurveda medical treatment to the fore at the modern spa. The resident Ayurvedic doctor is at hand to direct most suitable Ayurvedic treatment for you.
Excursions: Fishing, Turtle hatchery, Kottawa tropical rain forest, VOC Galle Dutch Fort, Ruhuna Yala National Park, Handunugoda Tea Factory are few among the regular excursions. Water sports center offers Scuba diving with PADI certified professional divers.
SRI LANKA HOLIDAYS ECO TOURIST VILLAGE AT AMPITIGALA, SRI LANKA
The very first Sri Lanka Holidays Eco tourist village was established at the hamlet of Ampitigala, Bulathsinhala area in Madurawala, Horana by Minister of Tourism Nandana Gunathilaka on 27th August 2009.
Distance from Colombo: 60km
Distance from Kalutara tourist Hotel Zone: 24 km
Cost of the project: LKR 8 million
Concept: Sri Lanka Holidays Eco tourist village is established to showcase & promote the traditional local industries of the region: Hand loom, Pottery, Rubber industry
Objectives:
(a) To educate local tourists as well as foreign tourists on traditional life style & traditions of the region.
(b) To upgrade the living status of the inhabitants of the Sri Lanka Holidays eco villages.
The road ahead: pioneering project will be followed with a chain of Sri Lanka Holidays Eco tourist villages around the island of Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka Holidays Aditya Sustainable tourism (Green i.e., eco) credentials: to be edited. Location : Aditya boutique hotel is located at the coastal village of Rathgama midway between the Surf beach of Hikkaduwa & the VOC Galle Dutch Fort in the South Western Coastal belt of Sri Lanka.
Setting: Beach front on the secluded stretch of beach.
Luxurious Accommodation: Aditya boutique hotel consists of 12 spacious and elegant suites. Each & every suit is stylishly decorated objects d’art and antiques & set on its own theme. Facilities: In-room facilities include large-screen TV, DVD/CD player, mini-bar, safe, hairdryer, tea / coffee making facility. Each suite consists of private plunge pool/Jacuzzi.
The Amal restaurant: It cannot get any better with the guests being free to pick their own sweet timings for meals. You may have full breakfast at the midday, with no worries at all. Over & above the timings, the guests may request their custom feast and the master chef would oblige. Then again you may have your own private table set up wherever you choose- in the restaurant, by the pool, in the gardens, on the beach or in the privacy of your own suite.
Savitri Garden Spa at Aditya Resorts The Savitri Garden Spa at Aditya Resorts open to all hotel guests, is not confined to regular massage & regular foot reflexology. The Spa goes beyond the regular therapies to infuse a deeper sense of well-being and rejuvenation to their guests with an elaborate course: Aditya Signature Massage that uses a fusion of techniques and essential oils to restore the glow to body and soul. The couples are offered floral or milk bath in the utmost in privacy in addition to the regular & Aditya Signature therapies.
Sri Lanka Holidays Sustainable tourism (Green i.e., eco) credentials of the hotel: To be edited.
Location: Jetwing Kurulubedda is located 116 km from Colombo at Mahamodara, Galle. Setting: Back to the nature. Then again, not any other nature, but Sri Lanka Holidays nature, that would never cease to amaze you all. A serene boat ride of ten minutes in a short waterway off river Gingganga takes you all to the luxury boutique hotel on a quiet village patch off the river, secluded deep inside a spread of mangroves.
Accommodation: In 3 acres of land are the two luxury private dwellings built on stilts consist of bedroom suite, a spacious plunge pool & large terrace with relaxed seating arrangement. Sri Lanka Holidays Jetwing Kurulubedda is a luxury eco-retreat extension of Sri Lanka Holidays Jetwing Lighthouse Hotel & Spa at Galle.
Ambience: no nonsense, though the dwellings are luxurious, you are right in a village. You can have a bath at the well as if you are a humble peasant. You can enjoy a traditional village by the lagoon drink of Kirala, a mangrove tree botanically identifies as Sonneratia caseolaris at the dining pavilion overlooking the paddy fields & marshy lands. A ramp from the dwellings takes you to the sprawling lawn at the edge of the river. All these are among the bounty of bird life of Sri Lanka Holidays. Kurulubedda means the Woods of the birds in Sinhalese.
Sri Lanka Holidays Sustainable tourism (Green i.e., eco) credentials of the hotel: To be edited.
Location: Sri Lanka Holidays Boulder Garden is located 198km from Colombo at Kalawana of south west region of Sri Lanka close to Ratnapura, the City of Gems.
Riolta Remarks by bunpeiris: Sri Lanka Holidays Boulder Garden is a modern day interpretation of twist, turn & rock of ancient Sri Lanka’s tradition of building onto the Rock caves. But then again, in ancient Sri Lanka, while it had been temples that were built into the rock caves, during your Sri Lanka Holidays in the modern Sri Lanka, it is eco-nature holiday resorts that are built into the rock caves & boulders. Boulder Garden built into the rocks, onto the rocks & sheltered by the rocks is a nature based secluded evergreen sanctuary of a hotel, an oasis of tranquility with its distinctive features. It is another one of those unique nature master hotels of Sri Lanka Holidays.
Setting: Back to the nature. Located at a foot of a hill overlooking a tea estate with exotic tropic surroundings including paddy fields on the fringes of Kalawana village, the Boulder Garden is the gateway resort to Lion king (Sinharaja) Tropical Rain Forest, a Sri Lanka Holidays World Heritage Site.
Architecture: The main entrance of the resort is located in an open cave. 2 out of 10 suits are quite literary rock caves. Then again the bar is another rock cave. Such is the design the rocks are allowed to intrude into some of the bathrooms while the resort is equipped with all modern amenities such as swimming pool, telephones, air conditioning, mini bars & Jacuzzis.
Ambience: Winding steps of stone leads to 10 suites set up in 4 rising tiers. The deep corridors with rock walls, grilled windows with massive timber beams and mirror-polished cement floors combine to create a medieval ambience.
Accommodation: Spread over 15 acres, the evergreen secluded hideaway of all suite luxury boutique resort is well sheltered by gigantic overhanging boulders. All suits provide private balconies and terraces for you to enjoy the magnificent evergreen tropical surroundings of Sri Lanka Holidays Boulder garden.
Sri Lanka Holidays Sustainable tourism (Green i.e., eco) credentials of the hotel: To be edited.
In a nutshell: Bliss, luxury & serenity
Location: Mandara Resort, a luxury boutique hotel is located on the pristine beach at the hamlet of Mirissa 150km south of Colombo.
Setting: Sri Lanka Holidays Mandara Resort sits tight between the estuary of Pollathu Modara River & the beaches of spectacular Mirissa village situated between Weligama Bay Beach & Matara of southern coastal belt of Sri Lanka. Pristine beach fringed by lush coconut groves, the river flowing silk smooth at the delta, the lagoon & the Red Cliff hill brings in magnificent vistas all around the lovely boutique hotel
Accommodation: Twenty air-conditioned luxuriously furnished suits are equipped either with Jacuzzi or plunge pools. Each room, supremely comfortable, is of its own design & décor. Among the luxury comforts & conveniences are audio visual features of satellite TV, Home theatre system & DVD/CD player. Mini-Bar & Wi-fi enabled Internet complete the features at your finger tips.
Good habits: enjoy fresh food. International as well as local traditional dishes are served at your convenience in the main dining area, in suite, garden or in the shade with fresh & fresh sea food just unloaded from the fishing boats. Gymnasium is equipped with the state of art equipment so that not a single beat of your keep-fit regime would be lost; swimming pool is twinkle-illuminated in the evening with fiber optic lighting for your sun-down swim.
Water sports: Among the numerous water sports are river cruises, sailing, fishing & snorkeling
Dolphin and Whale spotting excursions are organized by Mirissa Water Sports during the season from December to April. Tropical island of Sri Lanka is in contention to be recognized as the “The Best Place in the World for Seeing Blue & Sperm Whales Together.”
Sri Lanka Holidays Sustainable tourism (Green i.e., eco) credentials of the hotel: To be edited.
Riolta Remarks by bunpeiris: Sri Lanka Holidays Yala Village, a luxurious star-class jungle resort immerses you in the wilderness and unleashes wildlife but prevents you from the wide beach of silver sands.
Location: Sri Lanka Holidays Yala village is located 250km from Colombo at Kirinda in Deep South of tropical island of Sri Lanka. The resort in wilderness is just 10 kilometers from the town of Kirinda & 22 kilometers from Tissamaharama, an ancient city of the kingdom of Ruhuna.
Setting: Right in the wilderness with a lagoon, then again the beachfront of pristine sandy beach but with wild waves & underwater currents. Make do & be content with the hotel swimming pool & that’s at once a plea & order. Ten acres of scenic wilderness blending evergreen forest and typical Sri Lanka dry zone vegetation of the eco-friendly property consists of an observation deck giving bird’s eye view of the Sri Lanka’s most famous national park that borders the hotel: Sri Lanka Holidays Ruhuna Yala National Park.
Wildlife at close quarters at the Yala Village: Just outside your luxury chalet you would view the roaming wild elephants or illusive leopard sunning on a nearby rocky outcrop or a grazing deer in the panoramic landscape teeming with birdlife.
Accommodation: 61 fully air-conditioned individual luxury chalets with private verandas spread over 10 acres of wilderness provides you absolute privacy. All chalets are equipped with satellite TV, tea/coffee-making facilities & mini-bar.
Restaurant: The elevated open-air sheltered restaurant set in nature serves you freshly prepared western & traditional Sinhalese cuisine.
Activities: Participatory/Luxury/Super Luxury Movable Camping, Wildlife Safaris, Bird Watching & Special Study Tours for Flora and Fauna of Sri Lanka.
Heritance Ahungalla Hotel, one of the finest among the Sri Lanka hotels, is an outstanding architectural achievement of a luxury beachfront hotel in Sri Lanka by illustrious Geoffrey Bawa, one of the foremost architects of Asia. The driveway to the front of the hotel brings to the view, the grand open-plan lobby designed in a concept of light and space. Natural light that pours into the lobby, reigns over the whole hotel. As much as it is sunny indoors, outdoors are shady: the expansive wooded gardens of the hotel are well shaded from the tropical sun.
Herein is another glorious Geoffrey Bawa Special. Bask in the light and space special effects show. Glorious!
Herein is a stunning telescopic view: the airy and spacious lobby ends at the infinity pool that runs all the way to reach the beach. The effect is astonishing: the bluish expanse of infinity pool blending with the blues of the sea and the blues of the horizon. There’s blue and shades of blue, tones of blue, there’s space, there’s more space, there’s light, again light, the expansive blue pool, still more of pool and the sea, the sea, the horizon, then endless horizon- it holds your breath up. Let your breath fall, now. Jesus, you nearly choked. Bunpeiris
Sri Lanka Holidays Sustainable tourism (Green i.e., eco) credentials of the hotel:
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Heritance Ahungalle is an architectural landmark; it is also a geographic landmark of the area between prime Sri lanka Holidays beach resort of Bentota & the surf beach of Hikkaduwa. Most of all, Heritance Ahungalla is a landmark of the history of tourism in Sri Lanka: it is the first ever 5 star beach resort of the tropical island of Sri Lanka.
Location: Heritance Ahungalla (5 star) is located 76km from Colombo at the fishing village of Ahungalla between the prime beach resorts of Bentota & Hikkaduwa of South western coast of Sri Lanka.
Setting: Beachfront. Heritance Ahungalla is set on the prime stretch of pristine beach amidst dense coconut groves.
Architecture: Heritance Ahungalla is an early architectural masterpiece of a classic beach hotel by Sri Lanka’s illustrious architect Geoffrey Bawa. The entrance to the lobby provides a long vision across the huge expanse of a swimming pool merging to the sea at the far end. Ground floors as well as upper floors are designed with linked pavilions providing views & breeze of the sea. Geoffrey Bawa’s hallmark of architecture is manifested herein with the concept of interior too having the virtues of exterior: tropical sun, sea breeze, lush greenery & flowing water. Among the numerous architectural masterpieces of Geoffrey Bawa are Heritance Kandalama at Dambulla & Cinnamon Beach at Bentota, Serandib Hotel at Bentota & Jetwing Lighthouse at Galle.
Accommodation: Heritance Ahungalle comprises of 160 spacious comfortable well furnished & stylish rooms. A host of amenities and an array of services of lavish luxury spoil you to the very fingertip.
Awards: National Cleaner Production Awards 2008 by National Cleaner Production Centre (NCPC), Sri Lanka. NCPC is a member of United Nations International Development Organization’s and United Nations Environment Programme’s global network of cleaner production centers.
Location : Aditya boutique hotel is located at the coastal village of Rathgama midway between the Surf beach of 
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