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Functional and airy rooms with views over rolling hills of forest and tea bushes. It's 2km
east of Weddagala and about the best value deal in these parts. It can be noisy at weekends
when it often hosts wedding parties.
Blue Magpie Lodge
GUESTHOUSE
( 077 320 6203;
www.bluemagpie.lk
;
Kudawa;s/d incl breakfast US$75/88)
Just a short walk from the park entrance this friendly lodge has clean and basic rooms.
Electricity is only available by generator in the evenings and early mornings. It's expens-
ive, even considering the remote location. There are good forest and birding guides avail-
able.
Boulder Garden
BOUTIQUE HOTEL
( 045-225 5812;
www.bouldergarden.com
;
Sinharaja Rd, Koswatta;s/d US$146/259; )
This brilliantly designed but somewhat damp and down-at-heel ecoresort offers 10 rustic
rooms - two of them in actual caves - built among boulders and streams.
Meals are available in a beautiful garden restaurant, but be aware that their 'Western'
breakfast costs an astronomical US$62 for a single traveller.
Rainforest Edge
LODGE
( 045-567 9238;
www.rainforestedge.com
;Balwatukanda, Weddagala;s/d incl breakfast US$136/
199; )
Tucked into the hills a few hundred metres from Weddagala, these seven rustic huts are a
bit too rustic for the high prices they charge. Still, the views from the terrace are stunning.
At the time of research it was about to close for a major refurbishment, which might make
it a very different beast altogether.
Information
Tickets are sold at the main Forest Department office at Kudawa and at Deodawa, 5km
from Deniyaya on the Matara road.
In Deniyaya, the
Commercial Bank
has an ATM and exchange facilities and internet
access is also available in the village.
