Katunayake Trip Overview
Spend 11 days (10 nights), gifting yourself the wealth of health and mental calm. Treat yourself the chance to indulge in the healing practices of Ayurveda and yoga amidst the secluded 14 acres of Lanka Wellness Retreat – a peaceful oasis on Sri Lanka’s southern coast.
Regain your inner balance with this unique wellness journey indulging in Ayurvedic living, daily yoga, wholesome traditional foods and excursions that will have you connecting to nature and rediscovering peace, contentment in the calmness of rural Sri Lanka.
Highlights –
• 10 nights in unique nature-inspired accommodation
• Personalised wellness program
• Practicing yoga in beautiful, natural surrounds
• Customised health menu specific to your needs
• Ayurvedic consultation and treatments
• Excursions to natural and historically significant locations
• Experiencing seas turtle nesting on the beach at night
Additional Info
Duration: 11 days
Starts: Katunayake, Sri Lanka
Trip Category: Multi-day & Extended Tours >> Multi-day Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Katunayake, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Spend 11 days (10 nights), gifting yourself the wealth of health and mental calm. Treat yourself the chance to indulge in the healing practices of Ayurveda and yoga amidst the secluded 14 acres of Lanka Wellness Retreat – a peaceful oasis on Sri Lanka’s southern coast.
Regain your inner balance with this unique wellness journey indulging in Ayurvedic living, daily yoga, wholesome traditional foods and excursions that will have you connecting to nature and rediscovering peace, contentment in the calmness of rural Sri Lanka.
Highlights –
• 10 nights in unique nature-inspired accommodation
• Personalised wellness program
• Practicing yoga in beautiful, natural surrounds
• Customised health menu specific to your needs
• Ayurvedic consultation and treatments
• Excursions to natural and historically significant locations
• Experiencing seas turtle nesting on the beach at night
Itinerary
Day 1: Arrive in Sri Lanka
Stop At: Negombo, Negombo, Western Province
We will pick you up at the airport, drive to Diklanda Bungalow, the lovingly restored colonial bungalow in a family owned coconut estate at the edge of Sri Lankan’s Coconut Triangle.
At Diklanda we have a specially created ‘quiet room’ to help you make the transition from hectic work life and the stresses of travel. A slow swim in our private pool, personally prepared meals with fresh ingredients will set the pace for the days ahead
Duration: 4 hours
Meals included:
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at Diklande Estate Bungalow
Day 2: Wellness Day 1
Stop At: Back of Beyond – Wellness Retreat Kahandamodara, Monaratenna, Warnakulasuriya Mawatha, Ranna 82125, Sri Lanka
Begin your wellness tour with restorative yoga and a private consultation with a local Ayurveda doctor to determine your body type and your wellness needs.
Duration: 3 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Lanka Wellness Retreat
Day 3: Wellness Day 2 + Visit to Ethical Turtle Conservation Project
Stop At: Back of Beyond – Wellness Retreat Kahandamodara, Monaratenna, Warnakulasuriya Mawatha, Ranna 82125, Sri Lanka
Restorative yoga and customised Ayurveda treatments to suit the needs of your body.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Turtle Conservation Project Turtle Watch, Rekawa Beach Visitor Centre, Rekawa, Tangalle Sri Lanka
Visit the amazing turtle conservation project that goes on in our neighbouring beach. Please be rest assured that this is an ethical and responsible tourist attraction.
Duration: 3 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 4: Wellness Day 3 + Visit to Ancient Buddhist Temple
Stop At: Back of Beyond – Wellness Retreat Kahandamodara, Monaratenna, Warnakulasuriya Mawatha, Ranna 82125, Sri Lanka
Indulge in more Ayurveda treatments and restorative yoga as you go deeper into your wellness journey.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Mulgirigala Raja Maha Vihara, 450 B North of Tangalle, Tangalle 82200 Sri Lanka
Climb over 500 steps to the upper cave shrine with a spreading view across the coastal villages. Incredible cave temples are a continuous and integral part of Sri Lanka’s Buddhist heritage for over 2000 years. Enjoy one of the best examples of the Southern School painting of the 17th century Kandyan Period.
Duration: 3 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Lanka Wellness Retreat
Day 5: Wellness Day 4 + Sunrise Pontoon Ride on a Bird Sanctuary & Wetland Park
Stop At: Back of Beyond – Wellness Retreat Kahandamodara, Monaratenna, Warnakulasuriya Mawatha, Ranna 82125, Sri Lanka
Restorative Yoga and Ayurveda Treatments & Massage.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Kalametiya Bird Watching & Ecotourism, No 95/1, Bata Atha South Hungama, Kalametiya, Tangalle 82120 Sri Lanka
Rise early to experience dawn on the exquisite Kalametiya Lagoon as we take a boat ride through the Kalametiya Bird Sanctuary. Breathe in the salt air and relax into the sounds of nature waking up as your hand paddled boat glides through shallow waters and mangroves.
Duration: 4 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Lanka Wellness Retreat
Day 6: Travel to Sri Lanka’s most famous Wildlife Park – Yala
Stop At: Yala National Park, Yala National Park
Enjoy a change of environment as we move on to the Back of Beyond Dune Camp, resting on the unique sand dunes of Yala that roll down to the sea. Great care has been taken to ‘touch gently’ when setting up the individual luxury tents, nestling them within the beach jungle. You can expect all the comforts of home yet experience the rejuvenation of the salty air, the crashing turquoise sea and the rising sun.
Yoga & meditation can be enjoyed on the dunes combined with long walks on the wild isolated beach with not another soul in sight. We keep to our detoxifying diet and enjoy our meals both under the stars and in our leaf thatched restaurant.
Far removed from the stresses of urban life, connecting more closely with nature, you will feel yourself returning to balance even more.
Duration: 3 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Back of Beyond Dune Camp in Yala
Day 7: Wildlife Safari at Yala
Stop At: Yala National Park, Yala National Park
The entrance to the Yala National Park is barely 10 min away. Wake up early, and drive out in your safari jeep to get to the Park Gate as it opens. Yala is the most popular park with good reason. It has the world’s highest rate of leopard sightings as well as a great variety of large mammals including the sloth bear, wild buffalo, elephant, sambhur, wild boar, spotted deer as well as the smaller mammals including ruddy and grey mongoose and giant squirrel. Don’t overlook the amazing variety of birds and butterflies, and (scary though they may be!) the incredible reptiles.
Duration: 5 hours
Stop At: Bundala National Park, A 2 Road .bundala Junction Hambantota, Weligatta 82000 Sri Lanka
Bundala National Park and Bird Sanctuary is a lovely park along the rugged untamed coast with innumerable lagoons and wetlands. During the migrant season you don’t need to be a birder to be awestruck by sheer numbers and variety of indigenous and visiting birds that roost and feed at Bundala.
Duration: 4 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Back of Beyond Dune Camp in Yala
Day 8: Scenic railway journey to Ella
Stop At: Ella, Ella, Uva Province
Moving from the sea to the hills, Buduruwagala the imposing 10th century rock cut statues of the Buddha, Bodhisattvas and supporting deities are framed by the raw granite rock and the brooding jungle behind it. Find a quiet corner under the trees and let these images that have been a source of inspiration for centuries help you turn your mind inwards.
Arrive at Ella – once a beautiful isolated little village perched on the edge of the mountains as they rise directly up from the green plains, is now the most popular ‘tourist hot spot’ in Sri Lanka. Let’s venture down the café-lined center street to tempt you to re-tox your body! Or challenge yourself and skip a meal using the age old technique of detoxing by fasting. Enjoy!!
Duration: 6 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Ella Hotel
Day 9: Climb Ella Rock for spectacular views!
Stop At: Ella, Ella, Uva Province
Ella Rock hike is what everyone does to sit and gasp (and take that Instagram photo) at the narrow green valley framed by the blue sky and rolling mountains. It’s a bucket list hike for visitors to Sri Lanka, so don’t expect to be too isolated unless you wake up very early and hike along the rail track.
Duration: 4 hours
Stop At: Back of Beyond – Wellness Retreat Kahandamodara, Monaratenna, Warnakulasuriya Mawatha, Ranna 82125, Sri Lanka
Just two more days to go! Return to Lanka Wellness Retreat for some final Ayurveda pampering and relaxing yoga.
Duration: 3 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Lanka Wellness Retreat
Day 10: Final days of Wellness in Nature
Stop At: Back of Beyond – Wellness Retreat Kahandamodara, Monaratenna, Warnakulasuriya Mawatha, Ranna 82125, Sri Lanka
relax back into the lovely schedule of massages, dawn and dusk yoga & meditation in the yoga sala and beach, star lit swim in the warm pool …and enjoying fresh meals with toes buried in the sand.
As the Healing Holiday draws to a close, let’s discuss some practical tips on continuing the practice once back at home. Whatever you decide, one thing you will be sure… this is a holiday your body and mind will never forget!
Duration: 4 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Lanka Wellness Retreat
Day 11: Visit historic Galle Fort and travel to the airport for departure
Stop At: Galle Fort, Church Street, Galle 80000 Sri Lanka
The morning is yours to do as you please. You can continue with massages, yoga and meditation or you can step it up a little by cycling out to explore the village and land around the Wellness Retreat.
Let’s drop by the in Galle before hitting the Expressway to the BIA.
Walk around the well restored 400 year old Dutch Colonial Fort with its light house and ramparts, innumerable churches, colonial buildings, cafes and hotels. Have a meal of your choice before leaving for the BIA airport to fly off …feeling totally rejuvenated!
Duration: 5 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.
