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Added by Jopie, at 16 September 2016
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- Monday Open 24 hours
- Tuesday Open 24 hours
- Wednesday Open 24 hours
- Thursday Open 24 hours
- Friday Open 24 hours
- Saturday Open 24 hours
- Sunday Open 24 hours
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22 March 2017
My 5 days stay at the sanctuary was a complete disappointment!
The accommodation they offer is nowhere near the level of the price they ask for it. The bathroom was flooded the whole time I was there. The shower area was flooded, the sink area was flooded and the toilet area was flooded. Every time these facilities were used, they would flood. All the other guests were complaining about the same issues, some of them had to change rooms several time because they had no hot water!!
The cabanas they offer are an embarrassment. Half of the windows have no actual windows in them, no glass, just bars. Which makes it very easy for all kinds of mosquitos, bugs, and lizards to come into the room. I will send you a picture of a huge spider I encountered in my bathroom. Furthermore, what is supposed to be a kingsize bed is actually two twin beds put together, which makes it very uncomfortable to sleep in. Because there are no actual windows, the mosquitos vaporizer can not work either. Al the repellent smell and vapor it generates goes right out the window and has no actual effect. Also, when I arrived, the telephone in my room was not working either. Had to wait some time for the staff to fix this problem.
The staff is unable to speak decent English. They are unable to have a conversation. They are unable to respond or understand requests or requirements. And the manager was even rude and dismissive a couple of times. The only nice person was Dr. Harshi. But I had the misfortune of arriving there on her day off so I was very poorly attended. I didn't even get my treatments that day.
The yoga was good and some of the treatments were nice, but most of them are very short. They are about 20 minutes or less. So even though they offer 3 treatments a day, the actual time it takes to receive them is about an hour or even less. Which is by far not enough. The facilities in which they offer the treatments are just awful! The steam bed has its top covered by mold. They offer no disposable underwear which led to my personal underwear being stained irreparably by the oils that are used for the treatments and the massages. The staff wasn't even able to warn about this so I could get my black underwear for the treatments. Furthermore, the massage rooms offer no privacy. I was in my underwear in the middle of a massage and another therapist came in, without knocking on the door! The same thing happened to a wonderful Srilankan muslim woman that was a guest there while I was there. She complained about it a few times. But nobody did anything about it. This is unacceptable!
We were promised that the wi fi will work two times a day. But for the first two days I arrived it did not work at all. When I talked to the manager about it he was actually rude and kept telling me that someone is fixing it.
The driver that took me to the sanctuary was ok. But the driver that took me to the airport on the 3rd of March was the worst, most unprofessional and rudest driver I have ever seen! He stopped to put gasoline in his car, without asking me if I mind stopping. He stopped to get his tires inflated, again without asking me if I mind stopping. He asked me for money to pay for his tires getting inflated. He wanted to take his sister in the car with us and give her a ride. He wanted to stop and eat, and buy water and do all kind of errands. I kept telling him that I don't want him to stop anymore but he wouldn't listen. I had to raise my voice at him to make him finally get back on the road. He kept talking on the phone the whole 4 hours time we were on the road. He asked me for money to pay the highway, when I had already paid my trip via bank transfer. He had no idea were he was going so I had to use a fortune in data to use google maps to get were I needed to go. He kept burping the entire time. He did not help me unload my luggage. It was a nightmare!
They charge more then 400 USD / night!!!! And 175 USD for the drivers.response / report this review -
18 October 2016
Naturally best place
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23 September 2016
Words are difficult yo find to explain this place. You really just need to come here and experience it. It is just an awesome experience and you are almost guaranteed a life changing if not thought provoking time here.
Thet main focus of the retreat is on thet ancient ayurvedic medicine treatments with a fantastic lady doctor who does a full screen of you and your needs to assess your body type and dosha balances. Following this you get a personally tailored treatment plan (included in the full rate which is absolutely amazing). This includes a range of massages using hand pounder herb oils and cleanses including steams and digestive cleanses. The kitchen and waiting staff prepare all 3 daily meals and these are using local ingredients and recipes and to the ayurvedic way.
The accommodation is eco friendly but still lovely and the beach is literally a few strides away. The resort also have amazing kundalini yoga teachers which run classes during the stay.
On top of all of this you get local excursions and trips out to the nearby towns and temples as much or as little as you like.
The staff are all wonderful, friendly and helpful and can't help enough and the owners are beautiful compassionate people with an amazingly talented team to help you on the way.
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