Elepath Lodge- Pinnawala

Very close to the elephant orphanage, very satisfied

The hotel is located on the territory of the elephant nursery, conveniently, since the elephants are taken to bathe at 8.30, 6 elephants. And at 10.00 a large group with babies. You can come before the main crowd of tourists and see and photograph the elephants, and feed them. We arrived in the evening at 18.00. We checked in, the only thing they asked for was a receipt for payment, we didn’t find it right away, so we changed the SIM card at the airport. But they checked us in and waited until we found the receipt. So everything was already closed, we went to have dinner at a restaurant by the river. We took rice with pork and beef, the rice was tasty, but the meat was overcooked and tough. We paid more than the cost of the dishes, but we didn’t wait for the change of almost 1000 rupees. The hotel was clean but tired, there was no shampoo, only soap. There was a kettle, since we took it without breakfast, we drank coffee in strip bags. (we took it with us) Very good, friendly staff. Close the doors and windows, we went to bed and at 24:00 they started to break into the balcony door, pull the handle, then ran along the roof and started to pull the front door by the handle. We realized by the shadow near the door that it was a monkey.. I recommend the hotel. Although there are cheaper ones. More expensive by the river, in principle it is not necessary, everything is available anyway.

Sehr schöne große Zimmer, sauber, schönes Haus. Es gibt ein kleines Restaurant und einen Shop. Ganz liebe Inhaber/ "Personal" Das Haus liegt genau am Elefantenwalk, wie der Name schon sagt. Das Frühstück ist einfach und gut, es wird auch mehr gereicht, wenn man möchte. Man kann oben auf der Terasse sitzen beim Frühstück. Die Elefanten kommen zu verschiedenen Zeiten vorbei zum Fluß und wieder zurück. So kann man die Elefanten ganz nah erleben, wie sie relativ ruhig durch die Gasse gehen. Manchmal wollen sie auch "shoppen" gehen. Oder trödeln rum. Die Geschäfte machen fast alle zu, nachdem der letzte Elefant "nach Hause" gegangen ist. Dann ist es ruhig und man kann zum Fluß gehen und die Flughunde beobachten, die zu ihren Schlafbäumen fliegen. Und noch ein Bier am Fluß trinken. Ein Tuk Tuk kann genommen werden vom Haus aus.

Grande esperienza Nuovo hotel con belle camere e ottima piscina. Il personale è super gentile e sempre pronto a supportare. Ho dimenticato i l mio orologio in hotel, hanno spedito a sud in 2 giorni. Posso solo raccomandare la posizione a tutti