Halketha, Mathugama, Sri Lanka

Halketha Accommodation

The chalet's bedroom is pretty but, more importantly, a lot of thought has gone into the layout - the bed is an original take off of the four poster bed concept and positioned so that, when the doors are open, you can see the rubber estate all around you as if you're lying outside. The bathroom is excellently designed with quality fittings, an outdoor shower, a giant rock and frangipani (araliya) tree.

It isn't airconditioned but, with the fan on, we really didn't feel hot at all, probably because of the cement floor, wooden roof and the surrounding rubber trees. As this is an active estate, when you wake up in the morning, you can see workers collecting rubber sap from coconut shells attached to the trees - an example of just how ecologically sensitive the old Sri Lanka was.

Halketha Facilities

Meals can be taken at the table outside the room, in the restaurant or they will lay a table for you anywhere you feel like. The food was basic Sri Lankan food: string hoppers or kiribath for breakfast, rice and curry for lunch and an odd melange of things for dinner. This was the only area we felt could be improved upon but apparently, if you book in advance, they will get a cook from a nearby hotel to make more advanced stuff.

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