Casa Vana Hiriketiya

Emplacement top

Chambre petite et pas de salle de bain dedans, pas de fenêtre vitrée

De host was super aardig! Kamer was schoon en ligging was gewoon perfect! Tegenover ligt een gave gym en alle eetgelegenheden en beach clubs in de buurt!

De ligging was perfect! Schoon, mooie kamer en lief personeel

Central location, really easy to walk to the beach and cafes/ restaurants. Clean. Very responsive hosts. Felt like an oasis. Loved the outdoor shower.

Central location means that it is very noisy. You will hear the karaoke at the local bar until midnight. Mosquito nets were poor so we got bitten.

Location is great, 2 min walk away from Main Street but so peaceful and tucked away in nature. Only a 5 minute walk to the beach. Room was gorgeous and super clean. We stayed in the patio room and the outdoor sofa bed was so comfy and big. There’s a yoga mat and it’s a great big space to do yoga if you like. Amazing outdoor shower, perfect water pressure with hot and cold waters. Staff and owner were very lowkey and accommodating.

Only issue was we stayed on Friday night and there is the jungle party next door so there was super loud music till 1am. So loud the windows were vibrating. So keep that in mind.

Perfecte locatie met alles in de buurt, ruime kamer en een ruime patio

Geen schoonmaak service en slechte wifi

The patio and outside bathroom

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De accommodatie is schoon, stijlvol en omgeven door prachtige bomen en planten. De buitenbadkamer is heerlijk. Tijdens het douchen in de ochtend konden we aapjes zien vanuit de badkamer. Fijn zacht bed. De eigenaar en het personeel is vriendelijk en behulpzaam. Op 2 minuten lopen van het strand en in de buurt zijn genoeg leuke restaurantjes en winkeltjes. Al met al een heerlijk verblijf gehad. We waren er 2 nachten en had eigenlijk wel langer willen blijven.

Eigenlijk was alles goed! Geen negatieve punten.

Lovely rooms and comfortable beds, great outdoor shower room

Would have been nice to have more outside seating and a table and breakfast included.

Loved the inside of the property, it was lush green, instagramable. Staff were helpful whenever needed.

Room was very very small, like a matchbox. Internet was not working at all, and the response from the caretaker was rather passive, stating that due to rain there will be problem of internet, which could have been addressed properly by connecting with the service providers.

Loved it all

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Logement top, emplacement top et personnel top

Mal insonorisé

La chambre est vraiment très bien, l’emplacement est top et le personnel est adorable

Mal insonorisé, un petit peu cher

Great location in town and nice big rooms.

Property is in need of some maintenance- it’s a bit run down and poorly looked after.

De vriendelijke host en de prachtig groene accomodatie

De locatie was prachtig. We sliepen tussen de aapjes en zaten op loopafstand van het strand. Als we iets nodig hadden werd het binnen 5 minuten gebracht. Zeker een enorme aanrader!

Lovely and very accommodating staff, helped us with our laundry, scooter rental and let us have a really late checkout! Perfect location and cute accommodation

We had such a great stay at Casa Vana. From the moment we arrived the staff were so helpful, always contactable and always happy to help with any questions we had. They really went above and beyond! The location is also so perfect, just a short walk to the beach and nearby to lots of great places.

It's hard to fault the stay, maybe having a daily service of the room would be an added bonus as the floor did get sandy at times.

Super gute Lage & freundliche Mitarbeiter die sofort bei einem Problem reagiert haben.

Wir hatten selten ein solch unbequemes Bett. Ebenfalls findet jeden Freitag direkt neben an eine super laute Jungle Party statt wirklich direkt neben an,

super obsługa, dostosowanie się do gości, bardzo dobre jedzenie (przeważnie), bardzo dobry stosunek ceny do jakości pobytu,

Prachtige locatie, dicht in het centrum maar voelt als een oase. Aardig personeel en manager, fijne kamer en mooie badkamer.

Het was geweldig.

Goede ligging

Donkere kamer De badkamer buiten zat vol met mieren

Netter Empfang, aufmerksames Personal, das Outdoor Bad hat mir gut gefallen und die Kommunikation war sehr gut. Das Zimmer war groß und das Bett bequem. Die Lage ist super, etwas abseits, aber nah genug um alles zu Fuß zu erkunden

Das Moskitonetz könnte mal eine Wäsche gebrauchen und mehr Aufhängen möglichkeiten wären toll.

Leuke centrale ligging.

We had a wonderful time at this hotel. The Manager and his staff were really lovely, caring, friendly and enthusiastic. They made our stay unforgettable. The manager organised everything for us and even went buying Mango 15km further away for our juices. We did aswell the safari through the hotel, which was really nice and a good price. Generally said we had a great time in this beautiful hotel with a nice pool and absolutely great staff. Recommend it to everyone visiting the area. It's a beautiful and relaxing place.

In terms of decoration and atmosphere, this was the best hotel we had in our trip. Very nicely made, the room was spacious whereas the bathroom was open air which added a very relaxing vibe. We also made use of their laundry service which was great. Very close to the beach and local shops/ restaurants.

They didn’t have a POS and there was a shortcut which back and forth with the payment but ultimately they resolved it and we managed to pay by card.

Location and room

C'était super ! Entouré de végétation. Les singes viennent vous voir sur la terrasse ! On a même vu un varans. L'emplacement est parfait. Le personnel présent et agréable.

Il n'y a pas de petit déjeuner servi sur place

sehr schöne räume in einem wunderbaren dschungelgarten

leider gab es von der strasse unten jeweils bis 12 uhr laute karaokemusik

Der Hotelmanager hat uns herzlich empfangen, bei allen Fragen weitergeholfen und sogar die erste Surfstunde organisiert. Wir sind früh angekommen, konnten das Gepäck abstellen und sind dann zum Strand. Wir bekamen eine Whatsapp als das Zimmer fertig war. Die Lage ist perfekt! Es gibt fußläufig zahlreiche Restaurants, Shops und einen Kiosk. Wir haben uns zusätzlich zu den Handtüchern über die Strandtücher gefreut. Wir sind rundum zufrieden mit der Unterkunft!

Es wäre gut, wenn es ein paar Schilder an der Straße gäbe, um die Unterkunft leichter zu finden.

Casa Vana genuinely felt like being tucked away in the middle of the jungle. Waking up to birds, monkeys and the sound of nature all around you was such a special experience. It felt peaceful, immersive and completely different from a standard stay. The atmosphere was magical; surrounded by greenery and wildlife, yet still comfortable and well thought out. The staff were warm and helpful throughout, and the overall vibe was relaxed and authentic. It felt like a proper Sri Lankan experience rather than just accommodation, and the coconut on arrival was a lovely touch!

My only tiny caveat was that the bathroom was outside of the bedroom. It was completely private and not an issue at all during the day — but after one slightly boozy evening, I did momentarily regret not paying the extra for an internal bathroom!

Heerlijk verblijf! Alles was top. Locatie, gastvrij en verblijf. Voor vragen kan je altijd bij de eigenaar terecht.

Chambre propre, spacieuse et conforme aux photos. Très bon emplacement hormis lors des soirées « secret jungle party » mais personnellement cela ne nous a pas tellement dérangé.

Rien

Locatie!

We hadden een badkamer los van onze kamer, dus dat is niet ideaal. Wel was dit van de voren netjes gecommuniceerd dus we wisten het voor onze komst.

The location is great, the staff are nice

This place needs a serious revamp. It is extremely dirty. Dusty lights and lamp shades, dirty mosquito net with holes in it, dirty walls and handprints all over the glass doors. I imagine when it first opened it was lovely but I don’t think it has been looked after at all. The plants in my patio room were so sad - dying and not cared for at all. I tried to water them and dust and mosquitos flew up. I’m sad because the location is great, but they need a serious serious UPGRADE. it’s not good enough

Locatie is prachtig in het groen & mooie bloemen. Alles ziet er prachtig uit. Badkamer is open en hier spot je aapjes in de bomen.

Uit de douche kwam nauwelijks water wanneer je deze op de warme stand zette.. hier zouden ze naar moeten kijken.

Beautiful rooms in jungle setting! Perfect location exactly where you want to be but still quiet and away from the noise!

I liked the location and the style of the bedrooms. The shower was great, especially when the monkeys came to say hello

I the owner originally wanted me to pay $500AUD in cash which if required, should have been specified much earlier. Eventually he let me pay by card. I expected more for the price: there is no daily room cleaning or breakfast. Some nights it was very loud but I imagine this comes with being so central. One afternoon I came home and saw one of the workers with some kind of gun, I imagine shooting at some of the animals which didn’t sit well with me.

We had a lovely stay at Casa Vana Hiriketiya - lovely clean rooms, beautiful gardens and fabulous location.

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We recently stayed for 6 nights across the NY period. We stayed in Hiri 12 months prior also for NYE so we understood there would be partying noise in the town, part of the reason we went back. However, this accom Casa Vana is truly the worst accom experience I have had that I can remember, I've travelled to over 50 countries and stayed in varying levels of accom, but the expectations, value and issues here are a cluster bomb. The room is nice, although darker than the website and there are angles missing altogether from pics (the ones you actually look at, like a fence). BUT, it is the incredibly loud noise coming from the Secret Jungle Party outdoor site immediately next door, just over a fence, that is truly unbelievable. Imagine trying to sleep at the side of the main stage at a music festival. Four out of six nights we endured the thumping beats well into the morning, as late at 4.30am. It was so loud that the glass in the window pane vibrated. The owner-manager also lacked customer service skills. No genuine effort was given to the situation, beyond "what can I do?". A lot actually, be sympathetic, check in re how we coped after not sleeping (again), buy us a six pack - anything. At $200 per night this was robbery and an incredible downer for our Sri Lankan holiday. Also, it wasn't just the relentless noise, it was the daily build up knowing it was to come. We just wanted to relax, and party too. In summary: AVOID. PS The young guys that worked there were friendly and great.

ビーチがとても近く、ホテルの周りにはたくさんの飲食店にミニスーパーもあるのでロケーションは完璧。部屋はハイセンス且つとても綺麗で快適に過ごせました！

セキュリティ面が少し心配だった。部屋によって違うかもしれないが、トイレとシャワーが外にあるのはやはり少し落ち着かなかった。

The room was super clean and had a great vibe. We very much enjoyed our stay and loved the room. Location is great too.

Loud on Fridays due to jungle party. Our room was bright at night due to outside lights. Would still recommend.

Die Unterkunft ist super schön! Alles war sauber, die Lage ist perfekt und es war eigentlich noch schöner, als es auf den Bildern aussieht ;) Wir würden auf jeden Fall wiederkommen :)

Es liegt sehr zentral, deshalb muss man sich auch bewusst sein, dass nebenan am Donnerstag zum Beispiel Karaoke Night ist und man das schon sehr klar hört. Also es kann schon auch mal eine Party in der Nähe stattfinden. Ist jetzt nicht weiter schlimm, aber wer empfindlich ist, sollte das vielleicht bedenken.

A lovely room and a memorable stay. The location is great and the surrounding trees meant watching monkeys in the trees whilst showering! The room was comfortable and we would definitely stay again. The staff were friendly and helpful, and left you to your own devices but were prompt a replying and helping on WhatsApp if we needed anything.

The WiFi was a little patchy. The rooms could do with a seat inside. The rubbish burning occasionally meant you couldn’t sit outside.

Lovely traditional property that felt authentically Sri Lankan. The location couldn’t be any better, it was less than a 2 minute walk to Hiri beach with restaurants on your doorstep for breakfast, lunch and dinner. It had a beautiful outdoor bathroom, surprisingly no bugs! With the odd monkey running past but they kept themselves to themselves. Staff were very friendly and helpful and made a nice effort for us when we arrived for our Honeymoon. I had read bad comments about the hotel being right next to a club and the noise going on all night but luckily the jungle party was not on on the Sunday we were there and we had just missed the Friday! I can imagine this would be quite loud as it is next door. If you are staying in Hiri, I strongly suggest you pre book into Smoke and Bitters for dinner one evening. You must pre book far in advance else you will not get a table.

The room was quite dark but the whole property is surrounded by big trees and greenery so you don’t get much daylight. This also meant quite a lot of mozzys. The WiFi was really poor and did not reach the room. You had to stand in the reception area to get it. The hotel is up a slight hill and then up two lots of steps so not suitable for disabled.

Heerlijk verblijf gehad in Casa Vana! De locatie is écht fantastisch met op paar meter lopen Hiriketiya Beach. De kamer waarin wij verbleven was simpel met goed werkende airco en heerlijke douch! Echt en top accommodatie voor in Hiriketiya!

Niks!

Het zag er heel mooi en netjes afgewerkt uit. Het leek allemaal erg nieuw. De badkamer was echt prachtig en ook heel comfortabel. De locatie tov het strand en alle leuke tentjes is ook top, alles op loopafstand.

Een redelijk hard bed, matras lag op een betonnen ondergrond.

Älskade allt med boendet. Så vacker omgivning med all natur och grönska, rummen är stora och fräscha. Vi hade en fantastisk utomhus toalett som också var stor. Läget är precis där man vill bo, nära till precis allt! Personalen och boendets manager har varit helt otroliga, vi har fått ett fantastiskt bemötande och de har varit hjälpsamma under hela vår vistelse!

Great location, room was comfortable and clean!

Everything was very nice, staff was very friendly. Location was very good!

Bathroom was not Connected, if we wanted this we had to pay 20 dollar extra per day. We chose not to it was not a big problem but we did not know this before we arrived.

Really nice people, very helpful with bookings for transportation, reservations etc. The common area with a kitchen is so cozy and you have a beautiful view.

Great hotel staff were so friendly and helpful with recommendations and reservations. Beautiful room in a great location walking distance from beach. Rooms were clean.

Very pretty place. Our room was magical! Outdoor shower was so good!!!

Alot of construction work going on everywhere. It was very loud. Nothing the owner can do about it. Internet was very slow.

Lovely room, shower area, great location!

We didn’t have a fridge in the room, and the room was quite dark at times!

It was a great location and we had a lovely balcony. Plus, the staff were very helpful

Very noisey at night time and building work early morning. The bed wasn’t very comfortable. Had to fix the mosquito net in 3/4 places but still managed to get bit. The furniture in the room was minimal at best and we weren’t given a bed sheet to sleep under till we asked for one. Also, the curtains were thinner than paper so all light got through.

Location was great

Mixed feelings about this accommodation. Location was perfect in the heart of the resort and 5 min stroll to the beach. You are tucked away in what I would describe and a little jungle with plenty of monkeys but so close to everything. Rooms are ok but bathroom was very nice. Grounds were a bit unkept. Towels for the bathroom had seen better days and you had to ask for clean ones and room not cleaned once in 5 days!! Beach towels were provided but again had seen better days and were stained, pillows have also seen better days all lumpy Check-in was a little confusing. I’d booked through booking.com and secured the booking with my credit card and expected the payment to be taken but the manager wanted me to go snd get him cash which I refused and like magic he had a card machine. We weren’t shown around, just led to our room. There is a communal kitchen however the manager based himself there and it felt we were encroaching on his office space so we didn’t use. In a nutshell what we had was a private room not a hotel room or guest house and for that we overpaid for what we got. The worst part of our stay was the jungle party from the neighbouring property which went from early evening through to gone 2am and to say it was loud is an understatement it felt like the rooms were vibrating and could even make out the songs through my ear plugs!! And to top it the manager knows of these parties that happen twice a week but chooses not to inform guests when they book or even put this in the marketing as I could have adjusted our days to avoid these nights as once the party finished the guests above continued parting gone 4.30 am!!!

No electricity for 15 hours.

Calm and quiet , 2-3 minutes walk to Hiriketiya beach.

Did not have coffee, sugar or milk powder.

Immersa nella natura e tranquilla

Rispetto alla media dello Sri Lanka è abbastanza pulito ma la pulizia non era eccellente

Perfeito

Fantastic location just off one of the main streets in Hiriketiya! The rooms were nice, clean and had a beachy vibe! The staff were also helpful. I would return!

The sheets smelt a little damp and there was construction going on next door which made it quite noisy during the day and then the sound of parties during the night. Not the hotels fault but something to be mindful of.

We struggled to find accommodation after being let down by our previous hotel - we stumbled across Casa Vana and what a find! The staff were lovely and so helpful they managed to fit us in to a room for two days and we ended up extending for another two night. The location is perfect, less than 5 mins from the beach where you can hire surf boards for approximate £2.50 per hour. It was so accessible to everywhere. Dunishoppers is at the end of the drive way which had the best breakfast. We will definitely be back!

Everything!

The whole village lost power and they didn’t have power backup, but they were sorting that out. Also, monkey are getting a bit more aggressive and entering the bathroom area. They tampered with our belongings. I guess that is unfortunately what we are signing up for when we’re deciding to live in the middle of nature.

Posizione vicino alla spiaggia e camera immersa nella giungla, con scimmie annesse. Molto carino.

La sera la stanza è molto rumorosa fino alle 2 del mattino a causa di un locale che spara musica a tutto volume (il venerdì poi si aggiunge la jungle night in posto sempre adiacente, tanto che la struttura manda un noise alert).

The best part of this hotel is its proximity to the sea, which is only a short walk away. It is also conveniently located near several shops. The staff were generally fine, and the overall design of the hotel is appealing. I also liked the open and integrated bathroom concept.

The hotel was understaffed due to the floods, so our room was not ready until about 4.30. The bed was very uncomfortable, and the room was quite noisy since it was located directly beneath the staff quarters. We could hear footsteps and other sounds from above throughout our stay.

Gorgeous decor

Slightly tricky to find!

Cadre magnifique et lieu très confortable / cosy, Propriétaire très sympathique

Beautiful room with all the amenities. Short walk to the best beach and restaurants but tucked in a quiet part of the village. With little monkeys in the trees, It felt like a piece of paradise!

We loved everything!

Amazing location. Beautiful bathrooms and rooms with loads of greenery

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Great location (tucked away but also so close to everything), and the room was everything that we needed for our stay.

I loved it! The location is perfect, everyone is so friendly and welcoming, nights were really quiet and woke up everyday with the sounds of the jungle and birds! The bathroom outside is lovely!

If I have to say something, my room was a bit dark but you r anyway always outside so didn’t matter much

Beautiful room and location, just of the main road but could be in the middle of the jungle for all you know once on the property. Chamie was an excellent host during and prior to our stay. He arranged for a taxi to pick us up and take us to Casa Vana when we arrived as well as our return. He also helped us arrange a short trip up to Ella and then on to Yala for a safari, couldn’t have asked for a a more helpful host!

Unfortunately there is an outdoor club which hosts a party 2 nights a week Friday and Sunday in close proximity …we were lucky in that during our two week stay it only took place once and was cancelled the other nights due to local school exams, but on the night we did experience it it was very very loud…take earplugs

Super aardige host! Voelde je er welkom en de locatie was perfect

Nvt

Sehr idyllische und ruhige Anlage mitten im Dschungel – wir haben sogar eine Schlange und einen Skorpion gesehen. Trotzdem liegt die Unterkunft super zentral, mit vielen tollen Restaurants in der Nähe, und der Strand ist in nur 3 Minuten zu Fuß erreichbar. Das Personal ist sehr freundlich und angenehm unaufdringlich – man sieht sie kaum, aber sie sind sofort da, wenn man etwas braucht. Trotz des Outdoor-Bads hatten wir überraschend wenige Insekten. Die Zimmer sind etwas klein, aber sauber und mit dem Nötigsten ausgestattet. Insgesamt eine sehr schöne, naturnahe Unterkunft in perfekter Lage.

Casa vana is exactly how you see it in the pictures, immerse in a little jungle and few minutes walk to the beach

A few days per week there is the jungle party next door, so if you don’t plan to join it might become uncomfortable to sleep before 2am. However, the owner will worn you before your stay