Home to birds, flowers, and a little lake where friends are elephants, life at Habarana Village is slow, relaxed and utterly beautiful. While you walk towards the lake, you’ll find a bench or two. Sit there, read a book, or just let all the quietude and peace fill up your senses, or just look back at life and smile for all that you have. As the sun sets, head for dinner, by the lake, the pool or make it romantic with your partner on a treetop, all dimly lit with lanterns.
accommodation
Lodges
At Kingfisher Lodge and Eagle Lodge, experience the pleasure of living with nature; live so close to a lake that its rhythmic ripples become your lullaby and a surprisingly sweet alarm clock. Sounds beautiful, right? Located off the beaten path, in a secluded spot, this large space with an open layout is a private paradise for seekers of sheer quietude and romance. Step out of the room and have your morning cup of coffee with your partner in the veranda, or choose to savour a romantic dinner, right there by the lake. This suite is an experience in itself.
Rooms
Deluxe Rooms - lounge in this spacious room that faces the lake, nurse a drink with your feet up and calmness will become a filter for your thoughts. Combine it with pampered rustic living and sink into the cemented bath-tub and have an almost therapeutic warm shower after all the walking around. At the end, you’ll feel so relaxed you’ll sleep like a baby.
Superior Rooms - inspired by the village lifestyle, neighbours live in close proximity, physically and emotionally. So, when you decide to relax with a cup of tea or coffee just outside your room, you might want to wave at neighbours and share stories about your experience around the cultural triangle. Or simply bask in the simple comforts of your room, feeling close enough to nature. Look through the big glass window behind your bed, and a childlike sense of cheer will take over when you see birds chirping and fluttering from branch to branch.
dining
Ritigala Pauwwa
Wind up, calm down
Unwind after your long day trips to the cultural triangle. Ask our bartender to make you a refreshing drink, and he'll shake up a fun cocktail while the birdsongs all around entertain you.
El Hena
Savour international flavours in the countryside.
When you walk into this rustic abode, you'll see a semi-open restaurant to your right, the main restaurant, El Hena, serving the most delectable international buffets, using local ingredients.
Family/Group BBQ
Isn’t life essentially about creating beautiful memories with the ones you love? Habarana Village believe so to hence they’ve designed a family barbeque affair, which can be arranged in their extensive open garden area, close to the lake. Ask them to prepare for one, and they’ll make sure your evening turns out to be as merry as possible.
experiences
Elephant Safari
Ever come so close to an animal, that you felt its warm and intimidating vibe at the same time? Well, here’s your chance. Take a jeep safari to the Minneriya and Kaudulla National Park, and the echoes of trumpets will reach you before you find a herd of elephants crossing the dusty road, while carefully sheltering the calf of the family.
Bird and Butterfly Trail
The ecosystem around Habarana Village was carefully designed to invite nature in all forms. Thankfully, nature responded in a chirpy, colourful pattern. Forty-eight species of birds and fifty different kinds of butterflies flock around in the Habarana abode seasonally. So, make the most of it when you’re here. Wake up a little early in the morning and take a walk around the expansive gardens and spot them freely going about their business.
Sigiriya Rock
What was once part of a fortress, centuries ago, today stands tall as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Sigiriya Rock still exudes the same might and power it once held, the heights of which can be felt only after climbing up right to the top. And once you're there, the breathtaking views of the lush green lands sweep you off your feet.
Loris Watch
Five decades ago, a British naval officer’s love for trees resulted in an arboretum in Sri Lanka. Today, Sam Popham’s Arboretum is home to several species of birds, butterflies, dragonflies and mammals, including the rare, nocturnal Slender Loris, which is native to Sri Lanka and India.
Polonnaruwa Tour
Take a bicycle tour around Polonnaruwa, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and go back to an era of beautiful art and architecture. Start from the Archaeological Museum, that houses a marvellous collection of bronze statues, some ancient medical instruments, and a topographical model of the city, as it presumably looked like in the past.
Village Trail
Make a trip to our neighbouring village and witness a life of simpler comforts, and sweeter joys. Drive to an unpaved gravel path that leads to the red soils of the tank bund which ends at a reservoir. By the time you soak in the rustic setting, you might get invited by a villager for a jaggery-sweetened cup of tea in their home.
