Thaulle Resort
No 35 Mahadeira Yodakandiya, Tissamaharama 82600 Sri Lanka
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What you can expect during your stay
- All linens sanitised in high-temperature wash
- Face masks required for guests in public areas
- Face masks required for staff in public areas
- Floors marked for social distancing
- Hand sanitiser available to guests & staff
- Stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
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Dive into a new world full of exploration and discovery. Leave behind the stress and strain of your everyday life. Embark on a journey filled with unique people, breathtaking surroundings, unbeknownst customs and villages where old traditions still prevail. Encounter people who still worship this original and ordinary way of living and nature surrounding them and their traditions. Take a step back and experience life in a fantastically new way. Come and visit Thaulle Resort and let us make your holiday an unforgettable experience. We offer the gateway to Sri Lanka’s beauty and culture.
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Free parking
Free High Speed Internet (WiFi)
Pool
Fitness Centre with Gym / Workout Room
Bar / lounge
Bicycle rental
Airport transportation
Spa
Wifi
Pool / beach towels
Pool with view
Outdoor pool
Yoga room
Restaurant
Breakfast available
Breakfast buffet
Complimentary Instant Coffee
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Outdoor dining area
Special diet menus
Poolside bar
Taxi service
Facial treatments
Foot massage
Full body massage
Head massage
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Everything about this hotel was fantastic, from the luxurious bath products in the bathroom to the private balconies with gorgeous views. Rooms are spacious and comfortable, the pool is beautiful and the views are breathtaking.
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Date of stay: June 2022
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Response from Shawn Peterson, Guest Services / Front Office at Thaulle Resort
Responded 4 days ago
Dear 885 criss, Sunny greetings once again from the Thaulle Family and thank you for giving us a fabulous review on this site based on your recent visit with us. It was a pleasure having you staying with us, especially during these trying times that we are facing once again. We are pleased that all of the services and facilities were to your discerning satisfaction and we hope you will be able to visit us again in the not too distant future. Until such time, Best Regards, Shawn Peterson Front Office Manager
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The Thaulle resort is a little paradise in the middle of nature. I don’t know how many hours I spent with just observing different kinds of birds and diverse animals that surround this beautiful little oasis in a beautifuly maintained garden. With the calming view of the lake you can lay back here, enjoy colourful sunsets and let everything have an effect on your soul and body. The staff is always helpful and friendly. They try to make every wish come true and offer professional help if needed – in addition, they are always available for a little chat or a smile. The rooms are tastefully furnished and cozy and the view of the lake is guaranteed from every room. The bathroom is one of the most beautiful I have ever seen. I had the privilege to spend one whole month at Thaulle and enjoy an ayurvedic panchakarma cure. From the first day on I knew I was in good hands with the authentic Dr. Upul as well as with the very professional and lovely masseuses and stuff from the Ayurvedic center. We were spoiled with fantastic Ayurvedic cuisine and could on top of that also learn some of the secret recipes from the talented chef himself. Besides all that I got the opportunity to book some little trips close to Tissa, like a drive to the Yala or the Bundala National Park, or a visit to a Temple or Spice Factory and more. With a 15-minute ride on a Tuktuk you reach the Kirinda Beach and get the opportunity to enjoy a relaxing time at the ocean including a private pool in absolute peace. Even if Sri Lanka is going through a very hard and challenging time I couldn’t really feel that as it had no effect on the quality of my stay. The whole stuff handled it all very professionally. I am highly impressed by that! But what made this place very special to me was the family atmosphere I got with every day longer I stayed there. All these very kindhearted people who work at Thaulle (such as the receptionist, waiters, yoga teacher, cook and kitchen stuff, masseuses, housekeeping, gardeners and all the others.) Dear Thaulle you grew on me like a little family and when I had to finally say goodbye I was a bit broken hearted. Overall, I warmly recommend this Hotel for everyone looking for rest, relaxation and a place to be in good hands. Sooner or later I will come back I am sure of that. It was an absolute blast. All the best and see you soon!…
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Date of stay: April 2022
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Response from Shawn Peterson, Guest Services / Front Office at Thaulle Resort
Responded 6 May 2022
Dear fayefayeb Warm and hearty greetings once again from the entire Thaulle family and a very big thank you for leaving us such a fabulously details review on this site. We are extremely pleased t hat your Ayurveda holiday was such a success and that all of the services and facilities exceeded your expectations. We are already looking forward to your next visit and the good doctor sends a personal thank you for your appreciation of his services as well. We look forward to seen you again in the very near future. Best Regards Shawn Peterson Front Office Manager
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Nice location for travelers looking for calm and relaxation / great ayurveda experience / amazing yoga teacher (thanks Don!). Great Cook! Super service (thanks all!). Top reception (thanks Shawn!) - we are traveling a lot and we usually have high standards, but the Thaule team did so well that we will most probably come back! keep the great work all & thanks again
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Date of stay: April 2022
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Response from Shawn Peterson, Guest Services / Front Office at Thaulle Resort
Responded 29 Apr 2022
Dear Discover25264885501 Warm and hearty greetings once again from the Thaulle family and a very big thank you for choosing us for your Ayurveda holiday. We are pleased that your treatments were a success and that all of the supporting facilities and services were also to your discerning satisfaction. It was a pleasure to have met you as well and we are all certainly looking forward to your next visit in the near future. In the meantime..... Best Regards Shawn Peterson Front Office Manager
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On our tour of Sri Lanka we only stayed one night unfortunately so didn't have the time to experience all it had to offer. A beautiful hotel with stunning decoration and we were very lucky to be upgraded to a junior suite 😊 A very large room and balcony, which was gorgeous with a very comfortable bed, beautiful furniture and an amazing, luxurious bathroom (I loved the tiles) 🙂 Dinner was on the lawn and we opted for Sri lankan rice and curry which was lovely but best of all was the two ice creams, turmeric (unusual but delicious) and coconut. Waking early the next morning we were fortunate to enjoy the fisherman out on the Lagoon using their traditional methods to entice the fish into the nets and of course the variety of birds and buffaloes. The pool looked very enticing and clean and the gardens were beautifully kept. The manager (Shaun) was very attentive and I have to say, we enjoyed your company.…
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Date of stay: March 2022
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Response from Shawn Peterson, Guest Services / Front Office at Thaulle Resort
Responded 11 Apr 2022
Dear Yuddie, Warm Greetings once again from the Thaulle family and a very big thank you indeed for not only staying with us, but for also taking the time to give us such a fabulous review on this site. We are pleased to note that all of the services and facilities we have to offer were to your utmost satisfaction, specially the room, view and meals. Please do keep us in mind and we hope to have the pleasure of welcoming you once more to Thaulle. Until such time...... Best Regards Shawn Peterson Front Office Manager PS - It was a pleasure talking with you as well.
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Wonderful resort, overlooking a fabulous lake full of water birds. If you like birds just get a guide to take you around the Tissa lakes. Good base for Bundala and Yala too. Large comfortable rooms with the most beautiful shower room I have seen. Friendly and professional staff. Nothing is too much trouble. Food is lovely, a lot of fruit and veg is organic straight from the hotel garden. If there’s nothing for you on the menu, the chef will make it. Great drinks menu and excellent coffee. It’s already a five star for me but the environmental factors, the commitment to reducing plastic(glass used for water jars for shower stuff), clearing the lake of rubbish makes it easily the best hotel in Sri Lanka.
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Date of stay: March 2022Trip type: Travelled
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Response from Shawn Peterson, Guest Services / Front Office at Thaulle Resort
Responded 4 Mar 2022
Dear ROamerG111, Warm and hearty greetings once again from the entire Thaulle family and a very BIG thank you for this fabulous review. It was such a pleasure having you as our guest and our only sorrow is that there aren't enough people in the hotel who share your love of Ornithology. We must certainly get the team more interested in the many varieties of birds that flock around the hotel. We are pleased though that all of the facilities and services we have to offer seems to have surpassed your discerning expectations and we are all looking forward to your next visit in 2023. Until that time.... Best Regards Shawn Peterson Front Office Manager
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We communicated with the manager Sean before booking and we were able to clarify many things with him, including his making a booking for our Yala Safari. When we arrived, our room was upgraded and we had a bigger room with nice lake view. The place is full of antiques and very tastefully decorated, yet the bathroom is completely modern and functional. The room has a nice table and chairs both in the room and on the balcony. Aircon and ceiling fan both worked perfectly. The place is so quiet and you can watch the scenery for hours. During the hot day, you can use the pool. They also have new pool built outside down the road a bit , but we were too relaxed already to take a tuk tuk there. The pool in the hotel is good enough to cool off in. Breakfast and lunch are served on the second floor restaurant and dinner is served in the garden. The restaurant staff is very kind and responded all of our requests perfectly. The food is made to order, so it may take time. I highly recommend their Sri Lankan food. You can tell them what time you want to eat and select the food in advance, if you want to shorten the waiting time. (I find that preparation of food takes time in Sri Lanka in general.) If you leave early morning for the safari (5 am in our case), they will prepare food to take with you. We were not partaking in any of the Ayurvedic activities that they offer there, but If you have any questions or requests, just ask Sean. He is a great manager. In short, we very much enjoyed our time at the Thaulle Resort, and it is an ideal location from which to explore the Yala National Park and the nearby Bundalla Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary (which was even a more interesting wildlife-sighting experience than Yala for us, though both are worth doing).…
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Date of stay: February 2022
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Response from Shawn Peterson, Guest Services / Front Office at Thaulle Resort
Responded 28 Feb 2022
Dear SingaporeQueue, Warm and hearty greetings from the Thaulle family once again and a very big thank you for not only choosing to stay with us, but for also taking the time to give the property such a glowing review on this site. It was such a pleasure to have you staying with us and the crowning glory is that all of the services and facilities we had to offer were exactly to your discerning satisfaction. A comment like this is a hoteliers dream come true and we will share this with the rest of the team, it will be a moral booster for all, no doubt. Please do keep us in mind and let your friends and loved ones know about us as well. We look forward to that day when we are able to say to you, 'Welcome Back to Thaulle'. Until such time, Best Regards Shawn Peterson Front Office Manager.
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WE stayed here for two nights during our recent tour of Sri Lanka. The rooms were huge with an extended balcony to the side of our room, great for sitting and idling the time away. Very relaxed and calm atmosphere. Staff really friendly and helpful, covid precautions were obviously in place down to sanitised pens. Didn't have the time for any treatments but found the opportunity for a swim in the great pool. Traditional Sri Lanka food was cooked and presented really well, especially the egg hoppers for breakfast. However the "western" food not prepared so well, hence only 4* not 5*. A plate of coconut slices for a starter is rather bizarre, as was overdone thin chicken breasts with cocktail sauce. Stick to the traditional food and you will be delighted. Evening meal served outside in the grounds by the pool which was really nice…
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Date of stay: January 2022
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Response from Shawn Peterson, Guest Services / Front Office at Thaulle Resort
Responded 15 Feb 2022
Dear foxylady23, Warm and hearty greetings once again from the Thaulle family and a very big thank you for choosing to spend you holiday with us. We are so sorry that our international cuisine was a disappointment. We have informed our Head Chef who took charge of the kitchen shortly after your stay and he has promised to look in to the matter and to make the necessary changes and improvements where needed. We have a young team in the kitchen and they obviously need some guidance in certain areas. We are so pleased that the rest of your experiences were memorable and we do hope you will be able to visit again, and then maybe give us a full 05 points. Until then....... Best Regards Shawn Peterson Reservations Manager.
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It was my first Ayurveda trip together with a dear friend and an absolute hit. From the communication during the initiation to the end, everything was just right and exactly as described in their YouTube video which finally persuaded us to book the Thaulle Resort. Doctor Upul took care of us individually & competently and is literally available around the clock. He and his team of therapists do a great job and you don't just feel like a guest, but a friend.
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Date of stay: January 2022
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Response from Shawn Peterson, Guest Services / Front Office at Thaulle Resort
Responded 18 Jan 2022
Dear peterbL4855CE Warm and hearty greetings once again from the Thaulle family and thank you both for choosing to experience an Ayurveda stay with us. We are so pleased to note that you were not disappointment in anyway towards your expectations and that all of our service and facilities were on the mark. It was such a pleasure for us all to have met you and Gerald and we are certainly looking forward to your next visit...... and until that time comes..... Best regards from all. Shawn Peterson Reservations Manager.
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The Thaulle Resort is absolutely recommendable, even without Ayurveda cure. But this is also highly recommended. We spent there two weeks The Thaulle offers a really excellent and always very friendly service. The meals are delicious in organic quality. The view from every room is beautiful. Numerous water birds, sea eagles, water buffalos and now and then a crocodile can be observed directly. Palm tree squirrels and other small animals run around in the garden and peacocks are everywhere. The Ayurveda treatments were also very good. We enjoyed the daily five treatments and after that enjoyed an hour on the deck chair in the garden with very good herbal teas.
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Date of stay: December 2021
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Response from Shawn Peterson, Guest Services / Front Office at Thaulle Resort
Responded 18 Jan 2022
Dear Ida2020 Hearty Greetings once again from the Thaulle Family and thank you for taking the time to give us such a spectacular review on this site. We are so pleased that you choose our property for your holiday and that all of the services and facilities on offer were to your utmost satisfaction. We are also happy that the nature aspects surrounding the property were also a contributing factor towards a successful Ayurveda holiday. We certainly hope you will keep us in mind and be able visit again in the not too distant future.. In the meantime, best regards from all. Shawn Peterson Reservations Manager. .
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What an amazing experience. I had been fortunate to travel a bit of the world- and here and there being able to stay in 5 stars hotels with great services. Thaulle ranks to the list of lifetime memories and are on eye level with highest expectations surmounted. From the reception, to the doctor, to the therapist, to the kitchen, splendid, amazingly well organizes and in communication with each other, the standard is five star worthy. The general manager is evening helping in the kitchen. All humble, kind, joyful. Around 70 treatments in 14 days is amazing. All were in the spirit of lightness, support. Not one time the intense work felt as a burden for each of one. Great consistency. Food and treatments are individual. Could rented bike be a bit newer, yes. Do you hear and there dogs barking? Yes. Sometimes someone cutting a tree. Yes. Sometimes a car passing by with a sound of music? Yes. If you hear all of that as part of the nature and environment, it does not bother at all. I 100% recommend Thaulle. A lifetime experience and joy. I will not spoil the surprises here. There are many. Thank you all Gerald…
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Date of stay: January 2022Trip type: Travelled
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Response from Shawn Peterson, Guest Services / Front Office at Thaulle Resort
Responded 18 Jan 2022
Dear Gerald H Thank you so much for this great review, words of praise indeed coming from a veteran traveler such as your self. It was such a pleasure for us to have met you and to know that all of the services and facilities we have on offer were to your discerning satisfaction is an immense moral booster to us all. Doctor in particular sends his personal thanks in appreciation of your kind recognition towards the efforts taken by him and the rest of the team. It was also refreshing and worth mentioning how you were in tune with nature and the surroundings and were able to take it all in such a positive light step. We certainly hope you and Pete will both visit us again in the not too distant future and until then..... Best regards from all your new friends Shawn Peterson Reservations Manager
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PRICE RANGE
$118 - $142 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
LOCATION
Sri LankaSouthern ProvinceTissamaharama
NUMBER OF ROOMS
28
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Claim Your Listing Frequently Asked Questions about Thaulle Resort
Which popular attractions are close to Thaulle Resort?
Nearby attractions include Tissa Wewa (4.9 km), Tissa Dagoba (3.3 km), and Kirinda Viharaya (5.9 km).
What are some of the property amenities at Thaulle Resort?
Some of the more popular amenities offered include free wifi, a pool, and an on-site restaurant.
What food & drink options are available at Thaulle Resort?
Guests can enjoy an on-site restaurant, a lounge, and a poolside bar during their stay.
What are some restaurants close to Thaulle Resort?
Conveniently located restaurants include Yala Peace Cottage Restaurant, Chef Lady Restaurant, and The flavors restaurant.
Are there opportunities to exercise at Thaulle Resort?
Yes, guests have access to a pool, a fitness centre, and a yoga room during their stay.
Does Thaulle Resort have airport transportation?
Yes, Thaulle Resort offers airport transportation for guests. We recommend calling ahead to confirm details.
Are any cleaning services offered at Thaulle Resort?
Yes, dry cleaning and laundry service are offered to guests.
Which languages are spoken by the staff at Thaulle Resort?
The staff speaks multiple languages, including English and German.
Does Thaulle Resort have any great views?
Yes, guests often enjoy the lake view available here.
Is Thaulle Resort accessible?
Yes, it offers wheelchair access and reduced mobility rooms. For specific enquiries, we recommend calling ahead to confirm.