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The staff were fantastic and quickly addressed a mix up with our rooms. The white water rafting was also terrific but not for the faint hearted. The river has proper rapids and not the slow flow found in many other places....it is a wild ride. I wouldn’t recommend the connyoning unless you want to check out the Chinese dam building site that will soon destroy the river. If you have the right expectations - ie, 80s style phuket bamboo huts open to the elements - then you will have a memorable and enjoyable experience. But it’s not the ritz. Make sure you have an internal bathroom in your room as the rooms without baths are small and the walk to the toilet block treacherous. Food ok but fairly bland tourist fare. It was a highlight of the trip to the hills.

Very bad management and staff. We booked and paid for a family room. However, some of our group members fell ill and stayed in Colombo while 2 of us proceeded to Kitulgala for the river rafting experience. Upon our arrival, the manager/owner saw that there are only the two of us and he downgraded us to a smaller room without informing us or compensate us for the downgrade. Only when we entered our dirty old room did we realize this and we spoke to the manager/owner about it. He just brushed us off saying it is a waste of space for the 2 of us to stay in the family room even though we paid for it and walked off! Already tired from our journey, we did not bother to pursue the matter. I took a shower and used their towel to dry. Not even a minute later, my whole body started to get itchy and i realized it was due to the towel. I took another shower and felt relieved. Pillows are disgusting and so is the bed sheet. It makes me wonder if they actually do any laundry. And you can forget about internet there even though they advertise as available. You can get the connection but it so very slow. It took almost 45 mins to load my hotmail page a quarter way. I gave up in the end. Breakfast was standard in Sri Lanka, just tea, bread and spread again.... Better to stay at Aberdeen Falls Resort everyone.

The hotel is well located on the river, which is the main attraction in Kitulgala. Staff were helpful in arranging what they call rock-sliding and rafting. The Rick sliding is quiet dangerous , and health and safety wasn't the best. Rafting on the other hand was great and good value. The room has three walls, with the fourth side open to the river. The river is very noisy at night so light sleepers beware! Loads of bugs come into room if the light is let in but the mosquito net around the bed was very good. Just be smart and don't leave the lights on for too long ! Food was nice and good value. This is a nature experience. Not a fancy 5-star hotel. Temper expectations accordingly and you will be happy with your stay.