Absolutely amazing place. Ulpotha is an experience that can never really be described. In summary, if a five-star beach resort with evening gin and tonics and home-from-home luxuries is your preferred destination, or if you like extreme hardship and want to eat bugs for breakfast, then Ulpotha isn’t for you and you wouldn’t fit in anyway. But if you genuinely want to get away from it all, in a warm, engaging and totally relaxing environment, but with a more minimalist lifestyle, where you can challenge your perception of just how important a hairdryer is, then you will have the most amazing time.
Kandy Cottage is a charming and cosy place of retreat for writers and artists, and also welcomes regular holiday makers.
It has the best of both worlds: it nestles in a little hollow adjoining the Udawatte-Kelle forest sanctuary, but is only ten minutes' walk from the historic city of Kandy - the cultural capital of Sri Lanka.
The Cottage is wired throughout with broad band internet access; and the facilities range from laundry to laser printing. What's more, the pricing is unbelievably low compared to similar places in Sri Lanka.
www.kandycottage.com
+94 81 220 4742 (land)
+94 714 327 590 (mobile)
The elephant orphanage is a wonderful place to go because you can feed baby elephants with a bottle. If you go in the middle of the morning or at 2 o'clock you can see them having a bath in the river. Nearby you get a ride on a very big fat elephant. It is exciting and nice to see elephants.
From Lily Hardcastle (age 7) and Phoebe Hardcastle (age 4).
Kegalle; nearest station Rambukkana
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