Ayugiri Ayurveda Wellness Resort Sigiriya

Beautiful setting, excellent facilities, very attentive and friendly staff, delicious food, superb accommodation, relaxing and calm surroundings. Very relaxing ayurveda messages. We could not fault our stay in any way except for lack of alcohol in the bar which some memebers of our group found challenging 😀. Personally I didn't mind and loved delicious, healthy fruit drinks served.

The food was great, the place was pretty empty. The rooms were huge (like 1200sqft big) and very palatial. The view you get is of the local lake and there are grazing water buffalo as well as mating peacocks right in front. The reception and bar are cool with the former being slightly raised but the view didn't change. The bar has a pool table and ping pong table and would be very cool if you went with a group otherwise it lacks atmosphere. I think the whole place would benefit from being busy and when we went there were only 2 other rooms being occupied so we had the run of the place. The spa was closed unless requested and the pool area was big and empty (no views). It's a good pool with pool bar but drinks take quite a while as everything has to come from the main bar so don't order any cocktails. The hotel is quite spread out so it's a healthy 5-10 minute to get to the pool fro your room. They have a helipad but I doubt it would be safe to land a helicopter there. The sign has been worn away and there's no "H". It's meant to be a advertised picnic spot but you wouldn't want a picnic there. There grounds look quite run down. They graze the water buffalo in the centre but are proud of their run down volleyball court which was occupied by the staff when we went which was weird. There's also a dug out unfinished pond in the centre of the main green area as well as a levelled mud mound so not sure what that's about. Apparently there's an organic garden but we couldn't find that. It was incredibly good value though for £70 a night when we went. We wouldn't have paid full price for this hotel. The bathrooms could do with some updating. The lady hostess we found a little unfriendly but the rest of the staff including the chef were very nice indeed. So yes we'd stay there again. No we wouldn't pay USD230 a night. It's fit for purpose though as you're generally only in the area to climb the rock and once that's done you move on. :)