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About this property
Comfortable Accommodations: Silent River Cottage in Udawalawe offers family rooms with air-conditioning, river views, and private bathrooms. Each room includes a dining table, work desk, and outdoor furniture. Exceptional Facilities: Guests enjoy water sports facilities, a lush garden, and a restaurant serving local cuisine. Free WiFi is available throughout the property. Convenient Location: Located 51 km from Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport and 15 km from Udawalawe National Park, the guest house provides easy access to local attractions. Guest Services: The property offers a paid shuttle service, 24-hour front desk, housekeeping, and room service. Additional amenities include free on-site private parking, bicycle parking, and bike hire.
Couples particularly like the location — they rated it 9.7 for a two-person trip.
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Most popular facilities
- Free WiFi
- Family rooms
- Free parking
- Restaurant
- Airport shuttle
- Non-smoking rooms
- Room service
- Facilities for disabled guests
- Breakfast
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Guests who stayed here loved
- Anais
France“Very good stay ! Very clean and helpful ! The host help us and he organised an amazing safari tour ! Also, the food was excellent” - Kristina
Canada“This had to be one of our favourite stays in Sri Lanka! The location is in a quiet area right on the river, perfect for relaxing but not too far away from the main town. While cooling off in the river you can enjoy the monkeys playing in the...” - Niklas
Germany“Food was fantastic, especially the dinner. The hosts went out of their way to help, set up transfers, organize a safari and even help us get back an item we left behind. They could not have been more friendly.” - Stella
Austria“Super nice owners, good food and an amazing safari. The rooms were very nice and the air conditioning was working perfectly. Nice river to swim - can recommend!” - Gaetano
Italy“A nice, new, quite and clean place surrounded by a beautiful garden. It was the best-equipped room we had in Sri Lanka. Amil and his wife are hard working and good people . They do their best and succeed in making you fell welcome and at ease. The...” 
Alicia
Sweden“Friendly couple welcomed us with a delicious welcome drink. We felt at home right away. The room had a mosquito net and quiet AC. We had to leave early and they were so kind to provide breakfast packages. It was great. We wish we could have stayed...”
Marisca
Netherlands“Thank you so so much! Your kindness, your food, your beautiful accomadation, the safari and your help with our mechanical problems with our tuk tuk. In one word, fantastic. A home from home.”- Wright
Australia“This property is run by a beautiful family who made our stay so enjoyable and easy! We only stayed one night but wish we had longer to enjoy the peaceful surroundings. They organised the safari for us which was incredible. They made us an amazing...” - John
United Kingdom“Lovely room, comfortable bed, exceptionally clean, aircon, coffee and tea and a nice place to sit outside. Breakfasts and dinners were plentiful and tasty. Our hosts organised a Safari for us with Sabash, a highly knowledgable guide. We were...” - Jules United Kingdom“The family are all wonderful & friendly and it’s so evident how important it is to them that your stay is as good as it could possibly be. The food was plentiful and probably the best we had eaten in Sri Lanka at that point. The host Amilia,...”
Quality rating
Booking.com rated the quality of this property as 3 out of 5 based on factors such as facilities, size, location and services provided.
Hosted by Amila Sampath
9.9
Host review score
Amila Sampath
Hello sir/madam please welcome our hotel. I am Amila & wife Nadeeka . We are the owners of this Cottage. We have now 7 years experienced about the tourism industry . My wife mades our own kitchen every sri lankan traditional meals.
In our property we mainly considered about our guests happiness & comfortable. We mainly arrange Udawalawa national park safari tours with our well experienced driver. We can arrange 6 hours safari, half day safari. Full day safari. All packages are including park entrance tickets, jeep hire, driver guide, water, fruits. We have 3 large Cottage. Family suite (4 person can stay) & Two Cottage (4 person can stay). All our rooms are air conditioned & hot water showers include free of charge. Also the bathrooms are opened one. Shower area is open. Then you can have a feeling like water river. We offered sri lankan breakfast with local sri lankan fruits. All our customers free of charge. Also our big large garden has organic vegetables and fruits. Also we provide mainly for lunch and dinner sri lankan traditional rice & curry with organic vegetables no spicy option you can choose Also we arrange our guests taxi service for reasonable price. Our main thing is give full of safety & happiness our customers. We provide taxi service too. ( tuk tuk , Car, van) so please join with us for feel the real sri lankan hospitality
Hello sir & mam please welcome our home. I'am Amila & my wife Nadeeka. We are the owners of this Cottage. We have now 7 years experienced about the tourism industry. My wife mades our own kitchen every sri lankan traditional meals for you. Please accept our hospitality. We are living this hotel and everything take care . Also baby foods we can arrange. And tea coffee fruit juices we can made. Join with us for unforgettable memories. Safari tour arrangements and taxi arrangements. Meet the real sri lankan with full of hospitality
Very friendly neighbors. Quiet & calm. No harm & disturb from them. You can stay like your Cottage.
Language spoken: English
Property surroundings
Restaurants
1 restaurant on site
- Restaurant #1
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House rules
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Check-in
From 13:00 to 23:30
Check-out
From 09:30 to 12:00
Cancellation/ prepayment
Cancellation and prepayment policies vary according to accommodation type. Please enter the dates of your stay and check the conditions of your required option.
Children and beds
Child policies
Children are not allowed.
Cot and extra bed policies
Cots and extra beds are not available at this property.
No age restriction
There is no age requirement for check-in
Pets
Pets are not allowed.
Cash only
This property only accepts cash payments.
Smoking
Smoking is not allowed.
Legal information
This property is managed by a private host. EU consumer law relating to professional hosts might not apply.
