Nature Village Matugama

Nature Village Matugama is a small one-star hotel on the Ambetenna Estate at Pannila, in the countryside between Matugama and the coast. Its rooms are simple, with showers, flatscreen televisions and in some cases shared bathrooms, and the property offers an on-site restaurant, breakfast, a garden with barbecue facilities, bicycle hire and hiking through the surrounding estate. There is free parking, a 24-hour reception, late check-out and an airport shuttle on request.

The setting is the appeal: quiet estate land with birdlife and village scenery, well placed for travellers breaking a journey between Colombo and the south coast. Bentota’s beaches and river safaris are within driving distance, as are the Thudugala waterfall and Richmond Castle near Kalutara. Travellers should note the listing overlaps with Aranya Nature Village in Matugama, which shares the same estate setting and may be the same property under a different name.