So we couldn’t be more excited to see Sri Lanka opening back up, and things are initiating to get back to the new normal.
As we’re all reaching to be encouraged to ‘holiday in Sri Lanka this year, it’s a great time to get out and about and explore our grand Island. We may have that hot, humid weather or chill weather on the hillside. Yala National Park and its surroundings are the best for adventure seeks or luxury resorts for stay, but we have plenty of unique highlights of our own worth checking out.
Enjoy the stunning beaches of Yala, watch Plenty of endemics animals at Yala national park, adventure in the Down South of Sri Lanka.
Read on for the rundown of our favourite Yala resorts - we would love to hear about your favourites too.
Wild Coast Tented Lodge is bordering Yala National Park, famous for its leopard inhabitants. This stunning luxury tented camp is situated on a fantastic, empty beach overseeing the Indian Ocean. Thanks to carefully chosen natural fabrics, the excellent design glimpses the artificial structures integrating seamlessly into the surrounding geography. The usage of arched fabric forms allows each of the 28 tents to assume the shape and shade of the rocks and boulders that lay spread nearby, whilst an intelligent structure in the form of a leopard’s paw print indicates the area’s most famous citizen. The open-air bamboo-clad Ten Tuskers bar and Dining Pavilion – planned to mirror the boulders spread across the golden shore beyond – surround the resort’s massive free-form swimming pool. Visitors can enjoy imaginative daily-changing menus of authentic Sri Lankan cuisine in the cafeteria, as well as sundowner cocktails and picnics al fresco on the dunes, overlooking dusk pay over the Indian Ocean.
Uga Chena Huts is an all-inclusive hotel in Sri Lanka that focuses on exclusivity and privacy to intensify an authentic wilderness experience like any other five-star hotel. It is a spacious 7-acre property but accommodates just fourteen luxurious 1130sq-ft guest cabins.
These cabins include 781sq-ft, climate-controlled living spaces and cabin exteriors that feature structure cues from the region’s vernacular architecture. These abodes are designed in harmony with their wild environs. The interiors subtly highlight safari themes, featuring log furniture and African-style agrarian motifs that belie the ultra-modern creature comforts afforded within.
These well-appointed cabins include spacious living areas, cosy bedrooms, en suite private bathrooms featuring free-standing bathtubs and twin vanity controls, as well as shaded outdoor decks with built-in private 5m plunge pools.
Mahoora Tented Safari is the supreme venture of real, mobile-luxury experience in the Sri Lankan jungle. They have been conserving the wildlife of Sri Lanka for the prior two decades, delivering some `safari unique experiences in these award-winning camps found in 12 other national parks and nature reserves across the Island of Sri Lanka. Relish living in nature with a team of individuals designated the benchmark for roaming safari camping in Sri Lanka. Adventure sites of beguiling remoteness with three various camping choices. Your customised wildlife adventure is about to begin.
This eco-friendly resort is fitted to wildlife lovers due to its closeness to Yala National Park. Getting natural features into the architecture, the exteriors and interiors are pastoral and elegant. The hideaway has its observation deck on the top floor and delivers a 360 view of the grove and the Indian Ocean. The resort has chalets for visitors to stay in, and visitors can select between having a beach panorama or a jungle view.
The spaces allow guests to sense like they are in the wild, with a preference of rooms at treetop deck and some on the ground level. Staying at this resort allows visitors to immerse themselves in nature as journeys to the national parks are never distant. Nevertheless, animals even trek free across the resort, such as wild boars and elephants passing by the pool area.
Beautifully placed between the peaceful calmness of the Indian Ocean and the biological phenomena of Yala National Park, Jetwing Yala rests within an unknown patch of coastal wildlife at the ending of Sri Lanka’s southern shoreline. With timely access to both the road and the ocean, Sri Lankan hospitality stays comfortably attached amidst the coastal wilds of a tropical isle.
Jetwing Yala is furnished with a host of stylish luxuries, as anticipated in Sri Lankan hospitality. In addition, further standard amenities such as free Wi-Fi, room service, daily housekeeping, Jetwing Yala also offers loyal meeting facilities, a 75-metre long swimming pool, a blissful spa, and a coastline guarded by professional lifeguards qualified by Life Saving Victoria in Australia.
From roaming the exhilarating habitats of Yala National Park with a resident naturalist to stepping back in time at the ancient sites of Kataragama and Sithulpauwa, Jetwing Yala offers a world of unique Sri Lankan experiences of history, wildlife and everything in between, just staying to be realised.
This luxury boutique resort in Yala is lodged amongst a garden of blossoming shrubs and trees, forming a sanctuary for those below its covering of colouring. Placed amidst a society of “Chena” agriculturalists and residence of nosy monkeys, posing peacocks and other unfamiliar flora and fauna, the villa welcomes you to sample the wilderness of Yala National Park at the doorstep.
Further, professional Naturalists will anticipate and satisfy your intentions, dietary conditions or experiential tours to ensure all your requirements are fulfilled. The elegant and delightful areas of this villa make the ideal niches for you to relax, rest and recuperate after an exciting wildlife safari or an extended voyage—lounge in plush areas where indulgence and nature combine, by the pool or open-air living space. Then, retreat to the more relaxed confines of your villa to refresh after a guided bush trek or a thrilling play run in hunt of the park’s most prestigious habitats, the leopard, the elephant and the sloth bear. Taru Villas Yala delivers superior service to bounce to Sri Lankan heritage and culture.
Escape to Leopard Safaris by KK Collection for a luxurious camping experience on the fringe of leopard hotspot, Yala National Park. Nothing compares to the feeling of being under canvas in a four-poster bed as nature serenades you to sleep. Wake up to expert-led Yala safaris in our private jeeps before returning to our 12-acre camp to swim, dine or siesta beneath swaying neem trees. As an alternative to hotels in Yala, our camps offer highly personalised service and every creature comfort in a unique wildlife-rich setting, and are fully inclusive of high-quality food, drinks, safaris and nature-themed activities.
Laya Safari is uniquely set with entry to many panoramic and cultural characteristics varying from the Yala National Park to ancient ruins, undulating dunes, pristine beaches, and important religious sites. To define the experience, in a nutshell, it’s: sun, sand, safari and sacred sites all balled into one destination!
Lodging at Laya Safari is organised as individual cabanas with two separate rooms that share a shared rooftop terrace. Both the bed and lounging area of each space faces the majestic Indian Ocean and pristine sand outside. Each cabana is lavishly designed with plush beds and stylish wood trimmings.
Glamour camping, learned as glamping, is becoming a growing trend in Sri Lanka by letting travellers stay interconnected to nature with the conveniences of residence. As part of the Beyond Escapes team, create the contrast in the wild with professional naturalists, specialist culinarians and satisfied safari vehicles to give a unique glamping experience with extra comfort.
For wildlife travellers who desire a luxury glamping adventure, Leopard nest is a great campsite that produces the true nature of an utmost glamping experience with classiness, romance and adventure. Further, obtain the abstract design of nests into the luxury residence and make a memorable glamping experience in Yala National Park. Whilst underestimating the environmental impressions, we make the difference in the wild and deliver an authentic, incredible experience with extensive tents and treehouses that are outstanding in design and exclusive in mitigation.
During the splendid period of British rule, Sri Lanka was one of the world’s most sought after locations for genuinely exotic expeditions. Leopard Trails tailored tented safaris returns to the original spirit and true significance of safari, reminiscent of a golden era – an era of refinement, romance and adventure.
They aim to deliver a unique Sri Lankan safari adventure in sensational privacy and soft comfort – with only the canvas walls of your tent isolating you from the wonders of our fantastic biodiversity. So, at dusk, return from your evening safari and make your way to our wilderness bar.
Fill your heart and soul with a suitable drink and good company while you handle witness to Mother Nature’s masterpiece – the jungle orchestra!
However, while you enjoy the luxurious air-conditioned canvas tents, the curated local dining experience and the authentic atmosphere of a tented camp, what truly sets Leopard Trails apart is apart from a team of internationally qualified and locally experienced safari guides; a group that is usually described by returning visitors as the best in the relations.
Jetwing Safari Camp is found at the border of Yala National Park, Sri Lanka’s most renowned nature reserve, which features the highest concentration of leopards globally.
In the harmonious wilderness of Yala, camping has always been the lodging choice of adventurers and enthusiasts alike. Jetwing Safari Camp redefined this popular recreation with a feeling of high luxury completed by the most satisfactory in Sri Lankan hospitality.
Upon the soft dunes of coastal Yala, our jungle tents incorporate the simple pleasures of camping with the plush comforts of modern living. Fitted with modern amenities that range fits air-conditioning, Wi-Fi, and a luxury shower compartment, each of our ten rustic tents remain a natural fit in the surrounding habitat – completed by the sound of our bordering ocean and even the calls of our wild neighbours. In addition, the spacious wooden deck that stretches from the comforts of your luxurious bedroom serves as a personal view for wildlife such as samburs, wild boars, birds and reptiles that sometimes visit the grounds of Jetwing Safari Camp, adding to the attractiveness of our coastal wilderness.
And with a personalized butler at your assistance, the home of Sri Lankan hospitality is yours to indulge in across the sprawling greens of our resident setting.