A great hotel and a great team - well done for three nice nights with you! We did first check into a forrest dwellling and moved to a water dwelling a) Because a 3 4ft lizard went into the pool just after we got out! b) We are not keen on open air bathrooms. The water dwelling was grea and... more

Vil Uyana has to be the best hotel we stayed at during a 25 day visit to Sri Lanka. The setting and environment was peaceful, relaxing and extremely comfortable. Our "paddy field" accommodation looked out onto vividly green paddy fields - not another villa in sight. It was wonderful to just sit and watch the bird life and the changing... more

Stayed 2 nights in late December 2009. Great setting, great villa's, love the plunge pool and bathroom and huge, huge bedroom. The food was good and the service matched the excellent food. However the health spa was disorganised and the quality of treatments ordinary and certainly they need to fix the language and treatment skills. Despite that, would return, just... more

Stayed here for 2 nights in August, initially was a little apprehensive as although I like nature am not too keen on sharing my bed with creatures!!!I neednt have worried ,In advance we asked for a room with a mozzie net and a young man came to make up the bed with net prior to it becoming dark.The room was... more

This was a beautiful place - we had requested a dwelling in the paddy fields and it was a stunning setting. The interiors are of a very high quality. We sat in the lounge area of the main block before dinner each evening and watched a breathtaking display of fruit bats flying from their roosts Food in the restuarant was... more

We loved everything about this hotel.Large well equiped rooms located in one of four areas.On the water's edge,amongst paddy fields,forest,cant remember the fourth.Lots of birds and wildlife.Crocodile,land monitor lizards etc.Very good restaurant above swimming pool area.Our only regret was we did not spend enough time there due to sight seing more

We stayed two nights in a forest room at the Vil Uyana in October. The concept and location of this luxurious hotel is brilliant. They managed to achieve the right balance between quality of service and respect of the environment. The hotel is set in a wetland and each bungalow is independent. It gives you the amazing feeling to be... more

Vil Uyana is one of a kind. This isn't a hotel but a small village made up of cottages facing rice paddies and artificial lakes (oddly called 'tanks' in Sri Lanka). Obviously this means Vil Uyana is literally in the middle of nowhere but this isn't a problem as UNESCO-listed Dambula, Sigyria Rock and Arunadhapura are within easy reach. So... more

Entering the small path-way that takes you into Vil Uyana, you already know that something specia is awaiting you. The small 'village' of Vil Uyana is set in the most magnificent natural setting surounded by wet land, forest and paddy fields, and is connected by small gravel roads - so tranquil and picturesque it's almost hard to grasp. Trying to... more