Sinharaja Rest

Eine wunderschöne Unterkunft mit einer tollen Aussicht ! Super leckeres Frühstück und Abendessen. Nelum hat uns sehr gut beraten und für die Wanderung durch den Regenwald einen super sympathischen und kompetenten Guide (Kumara) empfohlen.

Wir hatten dort eine richtig gute Zeit! Das Essen war hervorragend und das Personal mega freundlich!

Wir hatten eine unglaublich schöne Zeit bei Nellum und seinem Team.. so herzliche und hilfsbereite Menschen, leckeres einheimisches Essen, eine einfache, aber für uns wundervolle Hütte mit offenem Bad und Blick ins Grün. Abends konnten wir dem Dschungel lauschen und Glühwürmchen beobachten. Am erste Tag hat uns Nellum eine tolle Tour in den Dschungel organisiert, für den zweiten haben wir super Tipps bekommen, um die Umgebung zu erkunden.

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Sinharaja Rest is located a top a beautiful mountain with amazing views to the rainforest. The cook at the property is amazing as we ate some of the best Sri Lankan food I‘ve ever tried there. The staff were generally helpful but didn’t speak English. The property owner Nelum, was rarely at the property so they had to keep calling him every time we had a question. Nelum organized a great tour of the forest for us with a wonderful guide - Kumar! we found the price a little expensive compared to other offers and he made us a small discount which was much appreciated.

We stayed at the cottage by the entrance and it was extremely run down. The hot water system in the bathroom was not strong enough to provide actual hot water just luke warm. It was raining the two nights we stayed and would have been nice to have a hot shower. The bathroom is in major need of renovation. The toilet seat, although clean, was completely stained with dark black/grey blotches. The sink is extremely small and fitted under a shelf making it practically impossible to wash your face. Wifi was very unreliable. The matress on the bed was extremely hard. We tried shifting to the smaller second bed in our room on the 2nd night but also very uncomfortable. The door and windows are not well sealed so there were huge ants everywhere, more than the usual I would expect for a cottage in the forest. We also had some difficulties with the payment as when we booked we were told we could pay in USD but this was then not accepted at the property. The road to the property is in bad shape and not accessible by larger vehicles. Our taxi van could not reach it. Nelum offered to pick us up at the top of the road so we could reach. However on our departure, Nelum agreed to take us to the main road to catch our transport but cancelled this last minute offering to call us a tuk tuk. We found this a little disappointing.