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02 May 2018
Best place where we stayed at the Sri Lanka. I widh to be back one day. Really recommend to everyone who love to be connected with nature. Monkeys comes at the morning and nature sings lullaby.
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09 March 2018
My best stay in Sri Lanka!
And the area around is a very wonderful area!
I loved this place so much that I extended two times and stayed a whole week.
It is a quiet guesthouse in the green at the bottom of a beautiful rock and it is perfect located to discover this beautiful area - maybe the most beautiful area in Sri Lanka.
I loved the singhalese breakfast at the Golden Rainbow that is very value (and included in the very reasonable roomrates).
And I recommend to ask for dinner at this place because the family cooks real good autentic singhalese food.
If you love to do meditation or yoga you will find here the very best place in the shade between wonderful trees - just go directly a few footsteps up the hill.
My suggestions what to do there:
In walking distance of the guesthouse you will find
- the famous cave temple (and its rock to climb up)
- a beautiful green area
- friendly people and many possibilities to get in contact with them
- a Cricket field with locals you can join (or just to watch)
- the guesthouse is located down at an beautiful rock - a small mountain that you can climb up to the top (please don´t do it from the guesthouse, just walk the dusty way next to the guesthouse and you will find a natural, more easy and beautiful way up with great views!)
Kumara (the host) has 2 bicycles that he gives you for free to explore the beautiful area and to get in contact with the friendly people who lives around.
In a nice tuk-tuk-distance you can find
- Sigiriya Rock (but I recommend to go up Pidurangala Rock)
- Pidurangala Rock (next to Sigiriya Rock, but much more nice)
- Polonnaruwa
- Pink Quarz Mountains (= mountains of pure Rose Quartz!)
- 2 lakes for a good swimming (or just to splash with kids)
- aryurvedic treatment (not at Golden Rainbow but in the area)
and really much more.
Do your tuk-tuk trips with Anura, the best tuk-tuk driver ever and he will show you around on very nice streets (not the stinky roads) and brings you in contact to the lifestyle of Sri Lanka!
Kumara tells you how to get Anura, but tell him soon because Anura is busy and I recommend him very much :-)
Please note:
This place is the best for friendly people who are kind and heartful.
It is not a 4 stars hotel: The shower in the woodhouse has not a good waterpressure and something else also can not be perfect.
Again: I stayed there 1 week - and it was not enough to explore the richness of this place. I was 1 month in Sri Lanka and this was the best place I stayed in this time. I loved the nature, watched the monkeys, made bicycle tours (on the easy dusty roads and pathways) and explored the area with Anura the tuk-tuk driver.
If you are looking for something heartwarming and you want to get in contact with this beautiful countrydon´t miss Dambulla!
Also: The climate is very nice here - it´s warm but not too hot. And at this place there were just a few mosquitos - so I slept one night outside under the stars without a mosquito net and I didn´t get one mosquito bite.
PS:
The city center of Dambulla is nothing worth at all except you can also meet interesting local people and there are all facilities that you may need (banks, post, shops, busses whatever). To get into the city you can take a cheap tuk-tuk or a bicycle or a walk (I recommend a tuk tuk, because the way into the center is just a big road and not beautiful.)response / report this review -
27 November 2017
The host is very welcoming. They have unfortunatelly only one tree house which was fabulous! Also a provided breakfast was was huge and tasty.
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16 October 2017
Great location next to golden temple and dambulla cave temple. Stayed in jungle guest house, staff were nice and helped organise tuk tuk to sigiriya rock.
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15 September 2017
Kamara is the owner and he's very friendly and nice. He came to pick us at the station and offered us a papaya before showing the room. ^^ He's always available and the house tree we were in was clean and beautiful. It has mosquito net on the bed but watch out because there are a lot of insects outside the house. :)
We spent 2 beautiful days and we really suggest it!response / report this review -
21 April 2017
Family-run guesthouse. Helpful host, nice room which actually had two rooms in it with two double beds. Breakfast served in a patio overlooking the garden.
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23 October 2016
family owned small guesthouse with nice and friendly hosts. we had an amazing experience here, really clean and comfy rooms (great mattress and mosquito net), awesome breakfast (especially the egg hoppas) and great restaurant tips. the owner helps with arranging trips. would definitely recommend to stay here!
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03 January 2016
Nice stay & quiet stay. Good place.
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24 September 2013
QUIET AND TIDY ROOMS
Simple, yet neat and fully equipped AC rooms with attached bathrooms.response / report this review -
24 September 2013
Experience the “Serenity, Tranquillity and Simple Luxury at Golden Rainbow Inn, Dambulla. Situated amidst the rural calm and lush green foliage, away from busy main road, Rainbow Inn is the ultimate destination that caters the weary traveler.
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