Wallawwa Bedroom
Garden room with private courtyard access
The manor's original bedrooms, giving onto a quiet courtyard. High ceilings, king beds and the settled calm of old walls.
- King
- 35 m²
- Courtyard
The Wallawwa
Set within seven acres of tropical garden near Colombo, this restored colonial manor turns arrival into the first act of a journey, easing travellers gently into the rhythm of Sri Lanka.
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Seven Acres
Heritage Manor
Colombo
Where arrival becomes part of the journey.
Set deep in seven acres of tropical garden on the quiet edge of Colombo, The Wallawwa is a colonial manor house restored with unusual care, its old proportions and verandahs left intact while the gardens grew up around them. It carries the unhurried confidence of another century. Placed at the start of a journey, it does something few hotels attempt: it slows you down, letting the long hours of travel fall away before the island proper begins, so that arrival itself becomes part of the journey.
The days here keep their own slow time. Mornings open with birdsong and a long breakfast on the verandah. The heat of the afternoon belongs to the shade, the pool and an unfinished book. As the light softens the gardens fill with scent, and dinner beneath the trees gives way, easily, to the deepest sleep of the trip.
Choose your suite
Garden Suite
Suite with a private terrace over the gardens
A more spacious retreat with a four-poster bed and a private terrace that faces the greenery.
- Four-poster king or twin
- 55 m²
- Garden terrace
Family Suite
Two-bedroom suite for families travelling together
Two connected bedrooms with room to spread out, well suited to families arriving or departing together.
- Two bedrooms
- 90 m²
- Families
Mountbatten Suite
The grandest suite, with a private plunge pool
The most private choice, with its own sitting room, a second bedroom and a walled garden set around a plunge pool.
- Two
- 162 m²
- Private plunge
Moments to carry home
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A long breakfast on the shaded verandah
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Gardens restored over seven quiet acres
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The stillness of a manor between flights
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A gentle beginning to the island ahead
We open almost every Sri Lanka journey here, and rarely anywhere else. The value of The Wallawwa lies not in what it offers but in what it does: it settles a traveller after a long flight and tunes them to the island's pace before the first true chapter begins. A journey that starts in a rush tends to stay that way. One that begins in these gardens begins well.
Choose your suite
Wallawwa Bedroom
Garden room with private courtyard access
The manor's original bedrooms, giving onto a quiet courtyard. High ceilings, king beds and the settled calm of old walls.
- King
- 35 m²
- Courtyard
Garden Suite
Suite with a private terrace over the gardens
A more spacious retreat with a four-poster bed and a private terrace that faces the greenery.
- Four-poster king or twin
- 55 m²
- Garden terrace
Family Suite
Two-bedroom suite for families travelling together
Two connected bedrooms with room to spread out, well suited to families arriving or departing together.
- Two bedrooms
- 90 m²
- Families
Mountbatten Suite
The grandest suite, with a private plunge pool
The most private choice, with its own sitting room, a second bedroom and a walled garden set around a plunge pool.
- Two
- 162 m²
- Private plunge
Everything within reach
- Open-sided garden restaurant
- Sri Lankan and international menus
- Breakfast on the verandah
- Spa and massage treatments
- Sri Lankan cookery demonstrations
- Negombo lagoon boat rides
- Seven acres of tropical garden
- Garden swimming pool
Kotugoda, Western Province
The Wallawwa lies at Kotugoda, in the green and unhurried country between the international airport and the city, close to both yet caught up in neither.
It is positioned with intent, as the opening or closing chapter of a Sri Lanka journey rather than a stop beside the runway. Arriving, you pass from the terminal into gardens within the half hour; leaving, you gather the journey together here before the short drive to depart. The private transfer and the quiet welcome are arranged by our designers, so the transition is felt as rest rather than logistics.
- Bandaranaike International (CMB)
- About 20 minutes
- Private car
What sets it apart
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About 20 minutes from Bandaranaike International Airport
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Restored colonial manor house
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Individually furnished rooms
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Seven acres of tropical garden
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Ideal for first and last nights
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