1 year celebration

In November we invited these four Norwegian travel writers, bloggers and photographers to test our newly opened hotel. From left:  Ingeborg Lindseth, Elin Reitehaug, (Merete Lund) Elisabeth Eriksen og Mette Solberg Fjeldheim. Two of them have English blogs: Travel Felicity Taste of Slow To read their blog posts about Sri Lanka (in Norwegian) please check…

A day tour in Hikkaduwa: River safari, turtles and shining moonstones This popular day tour will start with a boat safari in an area called Madu River, just 15 minutes drive from Hikkaduwa. Madu River is a mangrove wetland in the south-west of Sri Lanka, about 20 km north of Hikkaduwa. It has a high…

Required skills, qualities and experience: Minimum 5 years experience in hospitality industry Minimum 3 years leaders experience Honest and reliable Relevant Education Excellent management, communication and organisational skills Excellent spoken and written English and Sinhala Must be attentive and able to engage with the customer and staff Living in Hikkaduwa or surrounding areas Daily tasks…

Every full moon day is a public holiday in Sri Lanka. These days are known as Poya, and each has its own name. In June it is called Poson Full Moon Poya. This day we celebrate that Buddhism was introduced to Sri Lanka. Many buddhist visit their temple this day. It is also common to give…