Peacock Beach Hotel stands in a spacious garden adjoining the sandy beach at Galwala, on the Tissa Road about 2.4 km from the centre of Hambantota, a fast-developing town on Sri Lanka's south-eastern coast. Hambantota's harbour, the Hambantota Seaport, lies about 4.2 km away, and Bundala National Park about 13.4 km.
The hotel is about 180 km as the crow flies from Bandaranaike International Airport at Katunayake, and about 265 km by road, a drive that usually takes 3.5 to 4 hours depending on traffic. Transfers to and from the airport can be arranged. Book the Colombo (CMB) Airport transfer to Peacock Beach Hotel.
There are 60 deluxe rooms with modern, comfortable interiors, each with a private balcony and a direct sea view. Every room has a 26-inch LCD television with cable channels, split-type air-conditioning, tea and coffee making facilities, a minibar, a safety deposit box, IDD telephone, hot and cold water, a bath tub or shower and a writing table. Two luxury suites add a lounge and dining area and a Jacuzzi.
Monara, the main restaurant, serves a wide variety of gourmet cuisine and buffet meals with local and international dishes. The Lihiniya coffee shop and bar has a calypso band, Werala is an open-air restaurant on the beach for theme nights and seafood, and there is a poolside bar.
There are two swimming pools, one of them an infinity pool facing the Indian Ocean, along with badminton and beach volleyball, a shopping arcade, room service, safe keeping and laundry. Business travellers have a meeting room and a business centre with internet access, and the hotel also has a helipad and an open double-decker safari bus for excursions.
The Bundala Bird Sanctuary, which sprawls over six thousand hectares, is about 15 minutes away and the Weerawila Bird Sanctuary about 25 minutes. There are boat safaris on the Walawe River, jungle safaris in Yala and Uda Walawe, the temple town of Kataragama for a cultural day out, the beaches of Ussangoda, and Rekawa, known for its nesting turtles.
Bookable activities, tours, and tickets within a 25 km radius.
Pre-book a private vehicle for arrival, departure, or onward travel.