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Elephant Reach

4.0 star property

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Outdoor pool, pool umbrellas, sun loungers
Chalet | Minibar, in-room safe, individually furnished, desk
Exterior
Lobby lounge
Reception

Reviews

6.8 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Bar
    Bar
  • Pool
    Pool
  • Breakfast available
    Breakfast available
  • Room service
    Room service
  • Air conditioning
    Air conditioning
  • Parking included
    Parking included

Explore the area

Map
Yala Junction, Kirinda, Kirinda
  • Kirinda Temple
    2 min drive
  • Kirinda Beach
    4 min drive
  • Palatupana Beach
    13 min drive

Room options

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Chalet | Minibar, in-room safe, individually furnished, desk

Chalet

  • 323 sq ft
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

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Deluxe Room | Minibar, in-room safe, individually furnished, desk

Deluxe Room

  • 269 sq ft
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

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About the neighborhood

Kirinda

Located in Kirinda, Elephant Reach is on the boardwalk/promenade, a 2-minute drive from Kirinda Temple and 10 minutes from Tissa Lake. .This hotel is 7.4 mi (11.8 km) from Yala National Park and 7.6 mi (12.2 km) from Yatala Dagoba.

What's nearby

  • Kirinda Temple - 2 min drive - 1.3 miles
  • Kirinda Beach - 4 min drive - 1.1 miles
  • Tissa Lake - 10 min drive - 6.6 miles
  • Yatala Dagoba - 11 min drive - 7.6 miles
  • Bundala National Park - 23 min drive - 11.5 miles

Restaurants

  • ‪Chef Lady - ‬10 min drive
  • ‪Gaga Bees - ‬16 min drive
  • ‪restaurant@jetwingyala - ‬16 min drive
  • ‪Red - ‬10 min drive
  • ‪Refresh Sea Food Restaurant - ‬10 min drive

About this property

Elephant Reach

Boardwalk/promenade hotel with a 24-hour front desk and an outdoor pool
Elephant Reach offers 35 air-conditioned accommodations, which are accessible via exterior corridors and feature minibars and safes. Each accommodation is individually furnished. Satellite television is provided.

Bathrooms include showers, bidets, and complimentary toiletries. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Additionally, rooms include complimentary bottled water and coffee/tea makers. Housekeeping is offered daily and irons/ironing boards can be requested.

Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Make yourself at home in one of the 35 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars. Satellite television is provided for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature complimentary toiletries and bidets. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
Take advantage of recreation opportunities such as an outdoor pool or take in the view from a terrace and a garden. Additional amenities at this hotel include complimentary wireless internet access, gift shops/newsstands, and a picnic area. Getting to the surf and sand is a breeze with the beach shuttle (surcharge).
Enjoy international cuisine at Tusk, a restaurant where you can take in the garden view, or stay in and take advantage of the room service (during limited hours). Unwind at the end of the day with a drink at the bar/lounge or the poolside bar. Buffet breakfasts are available daily from 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include complimentary newspapers in the lobby, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a 24-hour front desk. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available 24 hours), and free self parking is available onsite.
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7:30 AM and 9:30 AM.
Tusk - Overlooking the garden, this restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • 24-hour roundtrip airport shuttle on request for a surcharge
  • Beach shuttle (surcharge)
  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • Daily buffet breakfast available 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM for a fee: LKR 1,500 for adults and LKR 750 for children
  • A bar/lounge
  • A poolside bar
  • A restaurant
  • Coffee and tea in common areas
  • Snack bar/deli

Restaurants on site

  • Tusk

Things to do

  • Billiards/pool table
  • Outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • Free crib
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Rollaway/extra bed (surcharge)
  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Gift shop/newsstand
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff

Outdoors

  • Barbecue grill
  • Beach loungers
  • Garden
  • In a national park
  • On the boardwalk/promenade
  • Picnic area
  • Pool loungers
  • Pool umbrellas
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • No elevator
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel

More

  • 1 building
  • 2 floors
  • Built in 2006
  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Blackout drapes
  • Free crib
  • Rollaway/extra bed (surcharge)

Bathroom

  • Bidet
  • Free toiletries
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 21-inch TV with satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Free bottled water
  • Limited room service
  • Minibar

More

  • Access via exterior corridors
  • Air conditioning
  • Connecting rooms available
  • Desk
  • Individual furnishings
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Phone
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 9:00 PM
Contactless check-in available
Late check-in subject to availability

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply); to arrange pick-up, guests must contact the property 72 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staff will greet guests on arrival
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property ahead of time using the information on the booking confirmation
If you are planning to arrive after 9:00 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
2 children, up to the age of 5 years, can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Rollaway/extra beds are available for LKR 3000.0 per night
Free cribs are available on request at the property

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for buffet breakfast: approximately LKR 1500 for adults and LKR 750 for children
  • Airport shuttle fee: LKR 28000 per vehicle (one-way)
  • Rollaway bed fee: LKR 3000.0 per night

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Cashless transactions are available

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
A fee for a mandatory Christmas Eve gala dinner is included in the total price displayed for stays on December 24
A fee for a mandatory New Year's Eve gala dinner is included in the total price displayed for stays on December 31
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation

Property is also known as

Elephant Reach
Elephant Reach Hotel Kirinda
Elephant Reach Kirinda
Hotel Elephant Reach Sri Lanka/Kirinda
Elephant Reach Hotel
Elephant Reach Kirinda
Elephant Reach Hotel Kirinda

Elephant Reach Reviews

Reviews

6.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 6 out of 24 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 4 out of 24 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 7 out of 24 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 6 out of 24 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 24 reviews" "

7.2/10

Cleanliness

7.0/10

Staff & service

10/10

Amenities

6.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Vikram

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Cassandra

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best outside of Yala!
Owners and staff are very respectful and helpful! Very personable too and will do anything to make your stay the best it can possibly be. Will defiantly stay here again! It’s only a 15 minute drive to Yala National Park the food is fantastic for all! Lovely setting and perfect hotel! Thank you to all at Elephant Reach!
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Emily

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely rustic property
Elephant Reach is a lovely rustic property. Each guest has his/her own spacious bungalow with air conditioning. Wi-Fi is only available in the reception and restaurant area. 3 buffet meals are served three times a day at set times. The staff is incredibly welcoming and helpful and want to assist in making trip arrangements. They arranged transit from the airport and to Galle for me in addition to a full day safari. They know the best tour operators, and overall I had a great experience. If you are looking to go on a safari, this is the place to stay, and it’s just minutes from Yala National Park. Other than safaris and one temple, there isn’t much to do in the area.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

4/10 Poor

Chandana

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Di, Wamberal NSW

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely place
The staff are very helpful.. the pool is great and rooms are beautiful. Breakfast was very nice and tho not a buffet they is plenty to eat . We would to loved to stay longer .
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

6/10 Okay

Janine

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Impressed but not impressed
Hi My husband and I are travellers , we have travelled all through Asia staying it lots of places and we found this place was beautiful but the food was 2nd rate, Alchol was not available for me and very limited for my husband, it was a bit out of the way and there was really nothing to do. Very disappointed. The place itself is beautiful.

6/10 Okay

Jay

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Hotel& location, Terrible food
Nice property and location but a big let down with restaurant service and food. Drinks took 45 mins to arrive after 2 reminders. Cold fish and chips served twice. Breakfast Buffett cold.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018

10/10 Excellent

Dinusha

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

6/10 Okay

mohamed

Liked: Property conditions & facilities

2/10 Terrible

Hema Dakshini, Singapore

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very Disappointing
This hotel was a real disappointment. We checked in at 7.00pm and checked out at 8.30pm that very night. We had booked 2 chalet rooms. There were gecko droppings on the sheets. The room had a stale smell. The bath area did not have any lighting and it was not clean. The walls between the rooms were very thin and we could hear the baby crying in the next room and also their conversations. The towels had stains on them and it had a peculiar smell. There were also lots of mosquitoes. When we decided to check out immediately, the porters did not even help us with our baggage!

4/10 Poor

David, London

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Poor Food and Service
Service was pretty poor here and the food was terrible. The rooms were fine and its relatively close to Yala National park but I would recommend seeing if there is anywhere else before you choose this.

6/10 Okay

Fenugreek, Manchester UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Convenient for Yala
Reasonable rooms but geared mainly to coach parties and buffet meals.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

4/10 Poor

Waleed, Sheffield, England

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel close to the Safari Park
The hotel images which we saw on the website didn't match that to what we actually saw when we reached the hotel, very disappointing. The rooms are not clean, hotel had only 16 guests staying there at the same time as us, the swimming pool was filthy, you couldn't see the bottom of the pool. Facilities very poor, only swimming pool, Kids play area, bar & restaurant which both close at 10:00pm each night.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location for a safari in Yala national park
Lovely staff who were very helpful. Great location for a Yala safari, 2km to Kirinda. Buffet breakfast was ok.

4/10 Poor

Sailor, KL

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice restaurant - receptionist not helpful
The restaurant staff preparred nice food in bufet style and did take care of the customers. The hotel is charging 300 Rupi for 2 hours of Wifi. The mini bar in the room was looked. The receptionist was asked two times to open the minibar with no result. The receptonist promised to organize a jeep for a tour in the national park. The jeep was not ready in the morning. Preparring the bill needed two reminders before it was available.

10/10 Excellent

Solène

Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Edge, Tokyo

Business traveler, Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good hospitality.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotell nær nasjonalparken Yala
Godt hotell når man skal til nasjonalparken - et av de nærmeste hotellene. Rommet vårt var hyggelig innredet og med fint bad. Hyggelig hage med svømmebasseng. Bra buffémiddag om kvelden.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
サファリに便利なホテルだが、掃除はイマイチ。
サファリをするには便利な場所だが、部屋のバストイレが汚く、残念だった。スタッフも何度もお願いしても対応してくれず、だらけている感じがした。コスパは悪いが、ロケーションはいい。

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
god beliggenhed, kedelig restaurant
Værelserne var ok, lidt slidte - søde serviceminded personale

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
schönes Hotel
große, saubere Zimmer. Großer Pool - Wasser super - Anlage etwas zuwenig gepflegt (z.B. Blätter im Pool und Liegebereich). Perfekte Lage für die Safari im Yala Nationalpark.

4/10 Poor

Aoyama, 東京、日本

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ｙａｌａのサファリツアーで利用
他に選択肢が無く、このホテルに決定。 ディナーは値段の割にはよくない。 室内の電話が壊れていて不通。無線ＬＡＮもなし。 ドライヤーなし。 ホテルスタッフには、英語が出来ないスタッフもいる様子。