As our season is in full swing and bookings coming thick and fast, the tourism industry in Sri Lanka is undoubtedly booming. Some say...

A beautiful family home has become vacant and with efforts to try and support the local people working there, we have decided to rent it...

It feels like we are currently going through open heart surgery with our old kitchen completely gone. Unfortunately, our old mud-built...

In my last post we spoke about 'light at the end of the tunnel'. This was back in October when the worst of Covid was behind us. Well, it...

Sri Lanka, a little island distant from the 'so called' developed world, can finally see some light at the end of the tunnel, and what a...

We are absolutely gutted at the news that the Government has taken the decision to revoke Circular 05/2001, which protects 700,000...

Now that we are finally opening our doors again we would share what our life has been like in the past four months. Tourism has been...

Imagine starting your cooking lesson by plucking your own fresh beans or picking your eggplants for your aubergine curry. Well, this is...

On 21 April 2019 my country of Sri Lanka was victim of another inhuman attack. As if a 25 year civil war, a natural disaster and...

BUDDHISM AND THE VILLAGE Having spent some time here at Polwaththa Eco Lodges, you would have experienced authentic village life in the...

Kandy, the last kingdom and the second largest city of Sri Lanka, is visited by almost every foreign tourist to this country for her rich...

It has been 10 years since the Ellegala family (Sri Lankan/Dutch) started Polwaththa Eco-Lodges in their ancestral village near Kandy,...

The villages surrounding Polwaththa Eco Lodges is where you can see a simple Way of Life which has fascinated our visitors. We therefore...

As we are very unique in relation to other hotels in the Kandy region  there are certain things to consider. a)  Plenty of soft T-shirts...

Sri Lanka is becoming an increasingly popular tourism destination, and travelling through the country using local transport has never...