Hi all!
I'm planning a weeklong trip to Sri Lanka for Feb 2020 on the back of trip to the Maldives the week prior. I of course wish I had more time to explore Sri Lanka, but currently have a rough itinerary that looks like this:
Night 1 - Wallawwa
Nights 2 & 3 - Ceylon Tea Trails
Nights 4 & 5 - Wild Coast Tented Lodge (Yala)
Night 6 - ???
Would love help figuring out night 6 - I want a beach property on the beach, somewhere in the drive between Yala and Colombo as we'll be flying out of CMB very late night day 7. Somewhere in the Tangalle to Galle stretch is probably best given we'll be driving from Yala to whichever beach property and then onward to CMB, and a property located along that stretch would break the drive from Yala to CMB into two roughly equal segments.
The easy choice would be Cape Weligama given it'll complete the R&C trifecta in Sri Lanka, but I've read not-ideal things about the beach. Amanwella isn't nearly as good of a deal now at $1088 (incl tax) for the date we'd be staying versus the ~$600 rate it was last time I was looking into Sri Lanka travel in 2018. It's also not as highly regarded based on previous reviews here and the most recent coverage over at OMAAT, but sounds like that's compared to other Amans, and this would be my first Aman so I'd have nothing to compare to wrt Aman experiences. That being said, if it is just a case of comparison and Amanwella is better than other properties in the area, I'm more than happy to pay that rate for the best experience for that night.
All that being said, are there other obvious choices for beautiful, preferably more on the modern side, luxury accommodations along that stretch of coast that I'm missing that you'd recommend? Again, it's only one night, so I guess it's not the craziest decision to need to make, but would appreciate any input.
Thanks!!
I'm planning a weeklong trip to Sri Lanka for Feb 2020 on the back of trip to the Maldives the week prior. I of course wish I had more time to explore Sri Lanka, but currently have a rough itinerary that looks like this:
Night 1 - Wallawwa
Nights 2 & 3 - Ceylon Tea Trails
Nights 4 & 5 - Wild Coast Tented Lodge (Yala)
Night 6 - ???
Would love help figuring out night 6 - I want a beach property on the beach, somewhere in the drive between Yala and Colombo as we'll be flying out of CMB very late night day 7. Somewhere in the Tangalle to Galle stretch is probably best given we'll be driving from Yala to whichever beach property and then onward to CMB, and a property located along that stretch would break the drive from Yala to CMB into two roughly equal segments.
The easy choice would be Cape Weligama given it'll complete the R&C trifecta in Sri Lanka, but I've read not-ideal things about the beach. Amanwella isn't nearly as good of a deal now at $1088 (incl tax) for the date we'd be staying versus the ~$600 rate it was last time I was looking into Sri Lanka travel in 2018. It's also not as highly regarded based on previous reviews here and the most recent coverage over at OMAAT, but sounds like that's compared to other Amans, and this would be my first Aman so I'd have nothing to compare to wrt Aman experiences. That being said, if it is just a case of comparison and Amanwella is better than other properties in the area, I'm more than happy to pay that rate for the best experience for that night.
All that being said, are there other obvious choices for beautiful, preferably more on the modern side, luxury accommodations along that stretch of coast that I'm missing that you'd recommend? Again, it's only one night, so I guess it's not the craziest decision to need to make, but would appreciate any input.
Thanks!!