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We used this place as a one night stop before driving to Sigiriya. The facilities in the hotel were great, spacious rooms and really friendly staff. The hotel owner’s nephew took us to a nice place to eat 3 minutes walk away, which has nice pool facilities for us to use also. The only negatives - bed was quite firm and you could feel a few springs, but perfectly fine for one night. The location is good if you want to do the elephant sanctuary, but not for much else.

A lot of Mosquitoes, no proper room service, AC is not working properly, no toiletries. They don’t have breakfast arrangements even we are ready to pay. During check out no servant was available to collect the key, we have found him anyway and kept the keys on kitchen table. Owner afterwards called for keys again, we went back again and handed over the keys because of improper communication between owner and his servant. Not worth to stay. Pinnawala is especially famous for elephant orphanage, all hotels are nearby. It is not big place. So if you’re staying find another one not elephant reach villa. Orphanage is really good for children. Those coming from Colombo, try to get the early flight and from Colombo it is 2hours away. Even if you reach by 12pm, you can enjoy the elephant orphanage. Move away from this place and try to stay at Kandy further 2hours from Pinnawala. You can reach Kandy by 5-6pm or even if late. No fear. And you have plenty of options to stay.

We were lucky to meet the owner as he was there at the resort. But I must say there was a mistake in the booking as we had clearly booked a room with 2 king/queen size beds. I showed the owner my booking details and he should me the confirmation sent to him by Agoda with no details of the beds. My wife, twin daughters of 4 years old and myself were made to sleep on one king size bed. This was not enough space and we didn't sleep the whole night and we had not slept in 48 hrs as it was our first night in Sri Lanka. What surprised me was that the entire resort was empty and 25 rooms available. This is communication mistake from Agoda or Owner and this is not unacceptable with my children with me.

We initially booked this place for 2 days but we stayed extra dates also as we felt this is home away from home. This is best place to start and plan your holiday in Sri Lanka as they help you,care and advice you in all ways. We had tours and excursions with them at a reasonable price and they even provide you air port pick for 45 USD which I fond very cheap .If you come by public transport take a bus as its so close to Colombo Kandy main road We had elephant rides and also visited Kandy,Dambulla and Sigiriya also for a reasonable price in a good car.We are very happy with the location and people who run the place. My family wished to stay there even more , I hope I will be able to come bake again . Sakula is a gentleman , It is our first time in Sri Lanka and he know that I'm facing some difficulties managing the rest of my trip in off season , he didn't let that pass without helping me out . Many thanks Sakula :)

We had the most enjoyable time at this hotel. It is located right near the rapids and the water holes where the Elephants from the Orphanage are washed twice daily. The Mahous bring the elephant to the Hotel for a 'private' viewing and interaction with the elephants. The Elephant Bay Hotel is the best location to experience all the elephants during their washing periods. Staff were so helpful and friendly going out of their way to make our stay a joy. Food and drinks were of great quality. Cannot recommend this hotel any more highly!! We have travelled a lot around the world and this has been one of our greatest experiences.

We stayed at the hotel one night to see the local attraction - the bathing elephants from the orphanage. This proved to be a very good decision - to visit the orphanage you need to buy pretty expensive tickets (20 USD per person), and they ask for the tickets even if you want to go to the riverside when the elephants are going there for bathing. With the hotel you have the best spot available to see the bathing elephants and you don't have to pay for the tickets of the orphanage. At the same time the quality of the room is pretty good, very clean, new and the size was also good. They have a great restaurant on the terrace with spectacular view on the river and the elephants and the selection is quite OK. However the prices are twice higher than normally in Sri Lanka. At the same time we weren't really satisfied with the staff at the hotel. We had a feeling that for everything they do they wanted to get money in reward, otherwise they wouldn't help. And when we asked some basic things from them (how to get to a railway junction in the near city to catch the train to Anuradhapura) none of them knew the answer, which was strange. Anyway, the location is very good and room was also great, so among other hotels near the elephant orphanage, I would definitely recommend this one.

If you are a family with young children, then this is the best place. Elephants bathing right on your room door step and having breakfast with the view. One of my best experience in Sri Lanka. Kids loved it. Staffs: Madhu and Santha - excellent service. Food: Pretty good too. Rooms: Very spacious and very clean. Cons: Its best to go after 4pm for Check-in or else you need to pay the entrance fee even if you have booked the room (not to the hotel but to the park). Very wrong in my opinion. Hotel management has to do something about this. Recommended.

We stayed in Miyora with our teenage kids for two nights in order to do the rafting and canyoning activities. Pooring rain but great fun. Miyora had good lunch buffet, basic but tasteful dinner menu and good breakfast. English of serving staff needs improvement. Manager went out of his way to help out with the problem of a lost wallet, thanks again! Rooms were basic but clean and good ac. We would use this hotel again!

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.

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.

Accomodation consisting of several stand alone villas with own shower/toilet. Central outdoor restaurant with reasonable day menu, Breakfast buffet was very average, food was cold and poor choice. Be prepared for a few insects during dinner in open restaurant. But nice atmosphere and surroundings makes it rather special if you are the outdoor type. Take some mozzie spray and give your villa a good spray after closing the doors to kill any stray mozzies lurking. Rooms have mozzie nets over beds too. One thing that really annoyed us was we booked a 3 bedroom villa and when we got there they had given it to someone else! This was even after we had confirmation several months before via Agoda. Apparently they only had one 3 bedroom villa and decided to give it to another guest...this is just an appaling practice and the hotel should be held accountable by Agoda or any other online booking company. It is quite common for some Sri Lankan hotels to dishonour confirmed bookings.