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The Madulkelle Tea and Eco Lodge is an intimate 4-star hotel with 19 private lodges on the Knuckles Mountain Range. Each room is secluded and has a front porch with panoramic views. For leisure, guests can enjoy the hotel’s infinity pool, library, lounge bar, dining room, and restaurant. The accommodation also offers four treatment tent pavilions with couples treatments available from trained therapists. On the property is the hotel’s very own organic garden where fruits, vegetables, and herbs are grown without synthetic pesticides or harmful fertilizers.
Summary of reviewsMadulkelle Tea and Eco Lodge is a paradise with stunning mountain views, surrounded by tea plantations, fruit trees and spice bushes. The English manor house charm of the lodge adds to the experience. The restaurant serves high-quality food, although some guests found the menu complicated and expensive. The unique tent accommodation is well-equipped, clean and spacious with incredible views of the Knuckles. The staff is friendly, helpful and accommodating with excellent language skills. Overall, Madulkelle Tea and Eco Lodge is an exceptional hotel that offers a remarkable experience to its guests, highly recommended for anyone seeking an unforgettable stay. Show more
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Boutique-style Resort
Perched amidst the tea plantations of the Knuckles Mountain Range, Madulkelle Tea and Eco Lodge offers unique tented accommodations with stunning views. The lodge features exceptional dining, personalized excursions, and a focus on sustainability, providing an immersive experience in nature.
Luxury Resort
This luxury resort offers a unique eco-lodge experience set within a working tea plantation. It provides comfortable and stylish accommodation with a focus on nature and the tea industry, offering guided tours and hiking.
Resort Taking Steps Towards Sustainability
This lodge is located within a working tea estate and offers safari-style tents or suites for an immersive nature experience in the Knuckles Mountain Range. It features an organic farm that supplies produce for the restaurant and an infinity pool with mountain views. The lodge actively minimizes its environmental impact and is committed to reducing its carbon footprint.
Resort for Honeymoon
A honeymoon experience like no other awaits at this hotel. Its Honeymoon Suite is surrounded by green tea fields and offers unrivaled views over Knuckles Mountain, ensuring a relaxing and rejuvenating stay for both you and you significant other. Additionally, the ecological character of this lodge and the beautiful Sri Lankan landscape are certain to provide you with the most idyllic and romantic setting to spend your special journey.
Family Friendly Resort
Offers a unique nature-focused experience with private lodges and panoramic views. The eco-lodge provides an opportunity for families to connect with nature, explore tea plantations, and enjoy the serene environment. They also have an organic garden.
Romantic Resort
Offering stunning views and a unique tea plantation experience, this eco-lodge creates a memorable and romantic getaway. The secluded location and nature-focused activities provide ample opportunities for couples to connect.
Resort with Swimming Pool
This eco-lodge offers a unique and immersive experience in the heart of tea country. The pool provides a refreshing escape, allowing guests to relax and enjoy the natural beauty of the surrounding tea plantations.
Outdoor Pool
Resort for Yoga
While not explicitly a yoga retreat, the eco-lodge setting amidst tea plantations offers a tranquil environment. This could be suitable for personal yoga practice and mindfulness, combining nature with wellness.
5-Star Resort
This eco-lodge offers a unique experience amidst tea plantations. Specific details on amenities are limited, but the natural setting and eco-friendly focus provide a distinctive and luxurious retreat.
Resort with Spa
Resort with Outdoor Pool
Room Types
Deluxe Tent with Mountain viewTent with bedding, a terrace overlooking the plantations and a private bathroom with hot/cold water.
Honeymoon Suite with Mountain ViewThis tent features a balcony, seating area and electric kettle.
Inclusions:
Special honeymoon cake
Floral bed decoration
Superior SuiteBoasting a private entrance, this spacious suite also features 1 bedroom, a seating area and 1 bathroom with a shower and a bidet. The suite features a minibar, a tea and coffee maker, a wardrobe as well as a terrace with garden views. The unit has 1 bed.
Family SuiteThe spacious family room provides a private entrance, a tea and coffee maker, a terrace with garden views as well as a private bathroom featuring a shower. The unit offers 3 beds.
Suite with Mountain ViewThis suite features a pool with a view. The spacious suite features a private entrance, a minibar, a terrace with garden views as well as a private bathroom boasting a bath. The unit has 1 bed.
Guest Reviews
8.7
Very Good
Location
Madulkelle Tea and Eco Lodge is a true paradise with stunning and breathtaking views all around. It feels like you are on top of the world with amazing mountain views and a beautiful setting in the midst of tea plantations, fruit trees and spice bushes. The tranquility, location and hospitality here are first-rate and the lodge itself has an English manor house charm that will transport you to another era. However, keep in mind that the location is remote and the pathway in is difficult to drive up, so it's best to plan accordingly. But once you arrive, you'll never want to leave this amazing oasis in the middle of nature.
Dinner
Madulkelle Tea and Eco Lodge boasts a restaurant that serves food of the highest quality according to its guests. In fact, some mentioned that the food is amazing and lovely, making their dining experience exceptional. Even the soup served during dinner was noted as good! However, there were some negative comments regarding the menu, which some found too complicated and expensive. There were even complaints about poor food quality and service, especially considering the high hotel costs. Despite this, one guest described it as having a "zeer goede keuken," which means "very good kitchen" in Dutch. Overall, for those looking for a culinary adventure, Madulkelle Tea and Eco Lodge may just be the place for you!
Rooms
Madulkelle Tea and Eco Lodge offers unique and novel tent accommodation that is well-equipped, clean and spacious. Guests appreciate the lovely and perfectly clean lodges, complete with great facilities and awesome showers. Glamping at its finest, the safari tent room boasts incredible views of the Knuckles and the tents themselves are large and well-equipped. Overall, the rooms provide a beautiful and relaxing atmosphere. However, some guests noted issues with the low voltage electric supply affecting appliances such as blow dryers and the penthouse room being smaller than expected. Nonetheless, others loved the honeymoon room and its thoughtful touches.
Staff
When it comes to the Madulkelle Tea and Eco Lodge, the staff is definitely a highlight. Reviewers consistently mention how friendly, helpful and accommodating the staff is, using phrases like "super friendly," "incredibly accommodating," and "very kind and lovely." Guests also praise the manager for being particularly helpful. Additionally, many reviewers comment on the language skills of the front office staff, noting that they speak English very well. Despite one noise disturbance, the staff is described as wonderful, incredible, lovely and awesome. Overall, guests appreciate the friendly and cooperative nature of the staff, making for an enjoyable and comfortable stay at this eco-lodge.
5 Star
The Madulkelle Tea and Eco Lodge is a truly exceptional hotel that offers a remarkable experience to its guests. The hotel boasts beautiful views of the surrounding mountains and provides a relaxing atmosphere for those looking to unwind. The facilities and services are excellent, leaving guests wishing for a longer stay. The scenery is the most stunning some guests have ever seen, making it a paradise for nature lovers. Even the snobby atmosphere cannot detract from the super lodge experience. Overall, Madulkelle Tea and Eco Lodge comes highly recommended for anyone seeking an exceptional and unforgettable stay.
Yes, Madulkelle Tea and Eco Lodge has pool(s) that belong to one or more of the following categories: Outdoor Pool.
Yes, a spa is available at Madulkelle Tea and Eco Lodge.
No, Madulkelle Tea and Eco Lodge doesn't allow dogs.
No, parking facilities aren't available at Madulkelle Tea and Eco Lodge.
No, Madulkelle Tea and Eco Lodge doesn't have a gym.