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Stayed in May 2024

The property was clean and gorgeous. The food was great and we were well accommodated!

Stayed in April 2024

Perfect stay! Amazing host that organized the safari for us at a good price, with an experienced driver with an eagle eye. Great homemade meals, including a take away breakfast for the safari. The room was big and clean, and the location couldn't be better, right next to the entrance of Udawalawe Park.

Stayed in April 2024

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Spacious room, that smelled lovely. It had everything we needed. Comfortable bed and very friendly staff who also offered to make any meals we may have needed. Very close to the park entrance and we even saw an elephant on the perimeter gate

Stayed in April 2024

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We had a wonderful stay! Perfect location minutes away from the entrance of Udawalawa National Park. Hotel has spacious clean rooms with comfortable beds. Buddika arranged a safari for our family with an extremely knowledgeable guide. He also provided us a delicious boxed breakfast to take along with us. We ate lunch and dinner at the hotel as well and highly enjoyed the home cooked meals. Buddika took us on some excursions around the town which our children highly enjoyed. Especially the elephant orphanage. He also helped us with transportation arrangements. Very happy to have stayed with Buddika!

Stayed in April 2024

Air conditioned room was great. Next to entrance to safari. Lovely home cooked dinner. Thank you

Stayed in April 2024

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The location is conveniently close to Udawalawe National Park. The rooms were big and spacious. Buddika helped us arrange a safari at a reasonable price, which was great. After our early morning safari, we returned to enjoy a delicious breakfast that had been served. Highly recommend this place.

Stayed in March 2024

Not necessarily related to the accommodation, but the elephant transit (orphanage) in Udawalawe town was quite disappointing. Incredibly crowded and the elephants were not treated as well as we hoped. If you visit this area, I recommend sticking to the safari instead which was awesome.

Stayed here for 3 nights with my toddler. Amazing place right next to the national park, very quiet except for sounds of nature. We saw an elephant right outside the front gate. The host family is incredibly kind and welcoming, we felt right at home and a big bonus was the children could play together. Buddika arranged a brilliant safari with an excellent driver, and advised on the best hours to go. It seemed like many guests stayed for just a quick night to go on the safari and then be on their way, but I wholeheartedly recommend this place for a few more days! Although there are a few other things to do in the area, it was also a perfect place to just hang out and relax. The room was huge and felt very fancy compared to some other accommodations on our trip. Good and quiet airconditioning, a table with a kettle and plenty space to put/hang your own stuff. Both the bedroom and bathroom were very clean and modern.

Stayed in March 2024

The place is family owned and they are so lovely! We went there for one night to go on safari and it couldn’t be better. They prepared home made food for us and it was incredibly tasty. The owner also took us to some places around. All in all we highly recommend and loved to stay there.

Stayed in March 2024

Staff, bed, food, location

Perfect location and comfatable

Stayed in March 2024

I really enjoyed my stay at Buddika Safari & Resort. Everyone is very friendly and helpful. They have clean and nice, big rooms. They arranged a safari for me last minute, which was very cool. Its also very close to the national park, so no long drive before the safari starts. I‘m happy that I chose this accommodation!

Stayed in March 2024

All good!

So close to the safari! Great room and they arranged an incredible safari for us!! Also they drove us all the way to Mirissa afterwards! We had dinner there as well which was so worth the money and so tasty as was breakfast!!

Stayed in March 2024

We had an absolutely fantastic stay with Buddika. The room was clean and comfortable and it was lovely sitting outside looking over at the National park. We had lunch and dinner which was delicious with huge portions! Buddika arranged our safari for a great price and gave us a packed breakfast too. The guide for the safari was really knowledgeable and we really enjoyed it. You can’t beat the location as it is a 2 minute drive to the safari entrance. Thank you so much to Buddika and his family for hosting us and even teaching us how to play carrom!

Stayed in March 2024

Very clean and great staff.

Stayed in March 2024

Like everything about the property

The cleanliness of the Property . The bedroom was very spacious and clean… enjoyed the hot shower in the morning. The breakfast was very nice and well presented. Will definitely stay again if I come to Sri Lanka

Stayed in February 2024

All good.

Close to the entrance of the park. Buddika was very helpful in organising everything. We decided to make a 5 hours tour into the park with them which was very nice.

Stayed in February 2024

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Buddika’s property is right next door to the national park and elephants can be seen by the road side in the evening. Buddika and his family went out of their way to make us welcome including providing some delicious food, arranging safari and our onward travel. We could not rate Buddika’s place highly enough.

Stayed in February 2024

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One night stay for an early sunset safari.Met on arrival by the nicest family who provided us with the best curry that we’ve had all holiday.Room was clean,air con etc. We were treated to a nighttime quick safari by the host which was an unexpected bonus.The safari was amazing,our guide spoke great English and was so knowledgeable.We saw elephants,water buffalo,crocodiles,huge lizards and a variety of beautiful birds.

Stayed in February 2024

Super nice rooms, close to national park, very friendly manager who organized our safari tour (4 ppl) spontaneously and effortlessly for a fair price. We had a great time :)

Stayed in January 2024

Great place to stay for Udawalawe Safari, with the park entrance being just up the road ... really close. My ground floor room at the back of the garden area was really clean and spacious. The food was gorgeous. Little touches like the plug sockets having options for various types of plugs and also USB slots just made it that little bit better than other places I'd stayed whilst travelling around Sri Lanka. Highly recommended. Loved my stay at Buddika. Opposite the main entrance is the park perimeter fence and I even saw an elephant or 2 before I'd done the safari!

Stayed in December 2023

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Such a beautiful property and people!

Stayed in January 2024

Was great :)

Everyone was extremely friendly and helpful. They provided really delicious dinner and lunch for us because there are no restaurants nearby. You do not need to book a safari in advance because they can arrange one for you whenever you like to! We booked a double room and even got a room for three so there was enough space, we even had a terrace to chill and some chairs in front of our room to relax. We forgot to take enough cash with us, so they offered to take us to the next ATM and on the way they showed us a little bit around. All in all it was a really nice stay!

Stayed in January 2024

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The room is very nicely finished and has all the amenities you need, one of the best in Sri Lanka so far. The owners are amazing! They organized a safari for us when we got there and also prepared food for us even though last minute.

Stayed in January 2024

The staff was really nice and friendly. We got a welcome drink (fresh coconut) and water, which we forgot to buy before we moved here. We booked via hotel a safari, which was amazing experience. We highly recommend it. We had also delicious dinner and breakfast package to safari.

Stayed in January 2024