A journey of 12 nights
Restore
Twelve days of Ayurveda, yoga and quiet, between a lake and a tea estate.
- Nights
- 12
- Stays
- 2
- Arranged
- 5
- For
- Wellness
- Day 1
Arrive
Two hours from the airport to Kurulu Bay, and an Ayurvedic doctor's consultation in the afternoon.
- Days 2 to 6
The programme
Treatments shaped to you each morning, yoga in the shala at sunset, food cooked to the doctor's notes.
- Day 7
The ridge
A short drive up to Kahanda Kanda, a villa among the tea.
- Days 8 to 12
Quiet
Meditation with a monk, the spa pavilion, the lake by boat, and white tea at Handunugoda.
- Day 13
Home
Two hours back to the airport, rested.
Where you stay
Ahangama, boutique hotel
Kurulu Bay
Bird island, above Koggala Lake.
Fourteen suites and cottages spread across a green hillside over the lake. Tree houses float above the view, cottages follow the local vernacular, and everything leans toward wellbeing.
- Suites and cottages14
- Pools2
- Galle Fort30 min
Koggala, boutique hotel
Kahanda Kanda
Twelve villas on a working tea estate.
Set along a ridge above Koggala Lake, among jungle and tea. No two villas are alike, each furnished with art and antiques, most standing alone in their own gardens and many with a private pool.
- Villas and suites12
- From the airport2 hrs
- Galle Fort30 min
Arranged along the way
- Ayurveda, properly. A consultation with an Ayurvedic doctor, then treatments and food shaped to you. For a few days, or as a programme of two weeks or more.
- Private yoga and meditation. A teacher who comes to you at sunrise or sunset, for one person or the whole party, and a monk who will teach meditation if you would like it.
- A spa ritual for two. Two therapists, two hours and oils blended for the day, at the villa or in a spa pavilion among the tea.
- Koggala Lake by boat. Still water, mangroves and small islands where cinnamon is still peeled by hand. Birdlife at every turn.
- Handunugoda white tea. A tasting on the estate that makes virgin white tea, cut with golden scissors and untouched by hand.
- A car and driver throughout. From the arrivals hall to the last morning.