Thomasha Homestay & Tuk Tuk Tour

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Tommasha is a very lovely man. He speaks English quite well. He is very helpful and showed us the two waterfalls and all the things to see in Wellawaya. The big one is amazing! Tommasha will take you anywhere with his tuktuk. And his wife cooked for us.

Wellawaya was unexpectedly one of my favourite stops in Sri Lanka and partly definitely because of Thomasha and his lovely family. I extended three or four times and he truly puts the home in homestay, from picking me up and dropping me into the village free of charge to getting me local bargains on fruit and letting me use their personal kitchen, from bringing me free fruit plates to my room and offering me to join their family dinner as well as showing me famous as well as local waterfalls where I was the only one for the entire day! He made sure I arrived safe and texted me prior to my arrival, would check on me whenever I was gone too long on my own, and made sure I always got on the right busses and off at the right stops. I have never felt more at home anywhere else in Sri Lanka, he made sure I know I can rely on him whenever needed and it felt very cozy staying there, also thanks to his wife's amazing cooking! Lovely stay for anyone, especially solo female travellers!

I didn't mind at all to be fair but there is no AC so the room can get very hot during the day, they do have a fan though!

Very friendly people

Le logement est situé au calme de la route principale, chez Thomasha et sa famille qui sont vraiment adorables. Thomasha nous a fait découvrir un temple, des cascades, le village dans les rizières et nous avons même vu un éléphant et pleins d’autres animaux!!! Il est très attentif à vos demandes et est généreux. Nous vous recommandons cet endroit qui est très chouette avec d’adorables personnes :)

Very helpful. Beautiful area. Super clean. Great value.

Clean, good AC, very kind host and good family meal, would recommend!

Amazing homestay with amazing people! They went above and beyond and made a bouquet of flowers in the morning for my friends birthday! (We didn’t even tell them, they did it after seeing her passport!). Great location near waterfalls and cheap food.

My friends suggested that I have to stay at Thomasha's Home stay and they were right 100%. The hospitality of Thomasha and his wife was incredible and they took good care of me ( they even texted me to find out if I was coming safe back after a safari tour I had). The rooms are beautiful, clean and quite. The room that I stayed , on the first floor, had a double bed and an extra single, fan mosquito met, a/c and a perfec view of the mountain. The garden is big beautiful with three tables one can use with the third on very big. I also had the most delicious rice and curry prepared for me and I coud use the fridge any time! The best part is that Thomash is also a very good guide and took me with his tuk tuk and then up to a beatiful trail, tothe most beautiful Diyaluma falls with a breathtaking view , and got to swim in two of the water ponds! Also he took me for an out of this world experience in the ancist place of Buduruwagala, where is the biggest, in Sri Lanka, statue of Buddha carved on an elephant shaped rock. Also he took me to three girls' house with an open kitchen (and a handmade out of clay, firewood oven) where I had the best hoppers and coconut rotti in a ridiculous cheap price. And all of this , the room, the food, the trips, for a very low price! If you want a taste of life in Sri Lanka you shouldn't miss Thomasha's Home!

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The host's English and information was great, I could visit the local waterfall without a guide thanks to his clear information. He also helped me frequently with his tuk tuk.

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Very friendly host, a great evening meal and a clean room. Thomasha's place has it all!

Room was nice as it was expected. It's value for money. And the guy who is running this homestay also nice and he can speak Hindi as well.

Thomasha and his family were the best hosts! They even let us use the kitchen to cook. Everything was very clean and tidy :)

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Clean and talks with Tomasha. Tuk tuk ride in the night to find vegetarian food will be a life time memory for me. Its a nice house and good night sleep after a 122 km bicycle ride, it was a big relief at Tomasha’s place

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Very sweet and helpful host outweighted everything else. Wonderful stay with exceptional tour. Thank you again!

Extremely friendly and helpful. Kindly dropped me to local restaurant less than 1km away. Suggested sites to see and took me to archeological site close by for a very reasonable fee

Asked for an upgrade to AC on arrival unfortunately it wasn't available. Therefore the budget room only had a fan which I didn't find enough on a hot night and the bed was too short for me Recommend to book upgrade if this is a concern for you Apart from that I have no hesitation in recommending this property. Thanks

Ultimate hospitality by Thomasha and his lovely family. Basic, clean facilities. For extra comfort make sure you book an airco room.

Nice homestay. The owner Thomasha is very friendly and open person and he does the best to make you comfortable. We visited his place with 3 kids and he took us to the Diyaluma waterfall in a comfortable car from his brother. The upper part of the waterfall has many small waterfalls and ponds to swim in. Very nice scenery and we all had a great time in the water. We could spend as much time as we liked. For dinner we had several curry dishes in his house and tasted very nice.

A very warm and friendly welcome and positive communication before arriving. Easy to find as well sign posted. Nice views from the roof top, a nice peaceful area.

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Excellent host, honest,

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Perfect Homestay, Thomasha and his family were so welcoming and nothing was too much for them. Had 2 evening meals in there home which were both excellent. Thomasha is also a tour guide and I'd highly recommend using him. We stayed 4 nights in total.

We are cycling around Sri Lanka and got caught in a very heavy downpour 50km from the home stay . We contacted the host to ask if he could help with transport and he managed to find us a driver and van ! he also came too to make sure everything was ok so from our point of view Thoamasha is a legend ! We arrived and very happy with our room, clean and comfortable. everything we needed , and we liked the beds being on the firm side . Thomasha is a very friendly and welcoming host . Would highly recommend . as for the price ? Fantastic value .

Best home stay in Sri Lanka. Room very comfortable and clean. The family was very welcoming and helpfull. The location is near the Buduruwagala temple and ellawala waterfalls.

Thomas is an exceptional host. Kind, smiley and very helpful. If interested,he can show you waterfalls you would never otherwise find.

Great location as the area has some beautiful places one can visit like the Buduruwagala temple and Diyaluma falls. The hosts were very kind and helpful. Room and bathroom were clean.

Room was very warm, bed was quite hard.

This is a genuine feedback. One of the best service we have had in 4.5 months of travelling across Indonesia, Philippines and Malaysia. The owner was superb in helping us out. He text before hand if we needed picking up from bus stop for free. He has his own tuk tuk and took us to bus stops and showed us on our way to sites we were visiting. Hit water for tea/coffee was always available in beautiful tea pots. He offered to cook us an evening meal in his home and invited the other single guest. Amazing tasty food of dhal, pumpkin, coconut and herb mix, rice. Only 900 rupees each. He then dropped us off to the bus stop 8-10 mins away for free. We obviously offered him money but he was more keen that we wrote of our experiences of the accommodation. Would definitely recommend.

Nice room, great hosts providing lovely food and help with transport and trips.

Bed not so comfortable

It was so so nice to stay here ! Thomasa if the nicest host ever so available and helpful. I ate in his house for diner, and it was delicious ! He took me to Ella by tuktuk and the ride was awesome. I truly recommend you to stay here.

The rooms were perfect for a single night. The location was great to visit the Diyaluma Falls and the Buduruwagala Ruins. We also enjoyed some delicious food offered by the host. He was super friendly and helped us out whenever needed. Definitely recommend staying here!

The owner is a very nice and helpful gentleman.

Super nice, kind, funny and helpful owner

Super nice, funny, helpful owner

The owner was awsome 😁

Nice host, nice room, good English, nice and cheap local diner

A bit far from 'the sights'

A very comfy stay! Nice room that has my own entrance. Host and family made me feel so welcome. Highly recommended if you are passing through Wellawaya, which I highly recommend too.The area is beautiful and the Buduruwagala statue/carvings are gorgeous, one of the highlights of my trip.

Thank you !! I had a nice time in Wellawaya. Don't miss the waterfalls 😍

Tomasha was a very nice and friendly host. He made me feel welcome and helped me with my activities in the neighbourhood. He also drove me with the tuk tuk to my next stop for a reasonable price. I had once dinner and I really loved it. Oh and I would definitely recommend the juice bar at the corner. Cheap and the best I had in Sri Lanka.

The beds were a little bit hard but it was okay

Really friendly owner and great privacy

Recommend !!

We all loved our stay with Thomasha and his family, they were all lovely and helpful with anything we needed. Thomashas wife even made us a delicious curry and rice for dinner. The building and rooms were all super colourful and cute. Brilliant location to experience a smaller local village but still able to access lots of nearby attractions

The host is SO kind!

No kettle in the room, but we were aware of that before arriving

Very good space & clean

Lovely place and very kind the owner!

This is a homestay with an exceptional owner. He will cater for all your needs and he will show you the non touristy side of Sri Lanka. Highly recommended!

We stayed for 2 nights and it was a good variety to the touristic places we visited before. The whole family was very welcoming and Thomashas wife cooked an amazing dinner for us. Thomasha did two trips with us (Waterfall and temple) for a fair price and gave us explanations and even hiked with us to the top to some little places where we could swim. We recommend the homestay if you want to have a real local experience in Sri Lanka.

The only thing I didn‘t like is that the bed were a bit hard, but thats complaining at a high level:)

Amazing owners, amazing food.

Stayed here to break up our ride from Arugam bay to the south of the island. Very comfortable stay for a reasonable price. Selected the no air con room but was able to upgrade with aircon for 1000LKR. Owner was so lovely and kind, loves to have a chat which we love. Got back to out TukTuk the next morning with the doors open and ready, he even cleaned it for us! So grateful :)

Thomasha as well as his wife and children were very friendly. We had dinner at his place twice and breakfast once all meals were very good and reasonably priced. He provided a free tuk tuk ride into town for me to buy beers. He took us in his tuk tuk to the waterfalls and guided us there as well as took us too the temple which his his children accompanied us all for a very good price. Very friendly family. Also local places nearby to buy breakfast or fruit drinks. The area was also quiet at night.

Although the bed, sheets and floor were clean. The walls and curtains could be cleaned as they were stained from bugs etc.

Very friendly family:)

Thomasha is the best host we had on our trip. So friendly and welcoming. He contacted us beforehand to learn our arrival time so that he can be present at the house when we arrived. He showed us where to go to have lunch, and took us on his tuk tuk to the Ella Walla waterfall, which was a gem !

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Thomasha is so friendly and welcoming! He is genuinely nice and cares for his neighborhood. He asked me to come to a private English lesson with him to say hello to the young children which would brighten their day. The room is simple and has everything you need. It’s very clean and you even have a balcony. very calm area, and the fan is sufficient!

The beds were very comfortable and came with mosquito nets. The ceiling fan was a great help in the heat! The bathroom was very big and the shower was great too, though no hot water. The homestay is located away from the main town of Wellawaya, so it's very tranquil. The highlight of this homestay is the host, Thomasha, and his family. Thomasha was extremely helpful even before I arrived in Wellawaya, telling me which bus to take and where to get off. He drove me to and from the bus stop and always communicated to me clearly when he's available to help. He also cooked me a delicious traditional Sri Lankan dinner in his home and took me on a tour to Diyaluma Falls, showing me all the best places and giving me lots of space and time to enjoy the nature on my own, all for a very fair price. He's a kind and generous man. I stayed just one night, but I will always remember it fondly, recommend to friends who are passing through the area, and maybe go back one day myself.

My room was intended for two people and I think it would have been uncomfortably tight with one more person, but by myself it was perfect.

Very nice and basic place for a good price. The host is very friendly and helpful and prepared a really tasty dinner for us

Family was wellcoming us like our own. Home made dinner were so delicious. Also we had an oportunity to spend time with his family and serve food for the monks in the temple. These memories we will never forget, this all experience was so so special. I reccomend to everybody who wants to spend chill time outside of touristic Ella.

One of the best stays in Sri Lanka! The room.was not too hot even during the day + very quiet for sleeping 😴 The location is good as you can easily access the waterfalls and the temple. Wifi was working. Bed + mosquito net. Everything great !

Tomasha is a wonderful host who enjoys spoiling his guests wherever he gets the chance. He picked me up for free at the bus stand, showed me around to buy food and drove me to the temple for a fair price. He has a very welcoming family and we got a delicious rice and curry for a good price. Very recommendable

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Nice location away from the main road. Very friendly and helpful owner. Close to Diyaluma falls. Great laundry service for a nice price! 👌🏼 we had a nice dinner made by Thomasha’s wife, she is very funny speaking German 😁. We had a lovely stay here! 🙏🏼

Thomasha was so nice! He offered to get us dinner when we arrived late and surprised us by washing our tuk-tuk! Very comfortable place to stay if you are in Wellawaya.

We did not have wifi or hot water but we were happy enough without

Had a wonderful 2 days here. The owner and his family are wonderful. I was collected by the owner and taken to the house. In the afternoon, he took me to see the rock temple. The following day, to see 5 waterfalls (not the standard touristy ones) and a beautiful cave temple, at a very reasonable price. This is the place to stay, to see the real Sri Lanka

A bit far from town, but the bus stops outside. The owner arranged excellent local food, at local prices, in his brothers restaurant, so no complaints

Thomasha has a friendly and accommodating little operation, building a little block of flats basically out the back of his own place it's just out of town and has a really great little village feel to it! He's making this little thing happen on his own back so it's simple, no mod cons except a decent AC. Might wanna have bedding/toiletries or just enjoy how it really is... Hooked me up with some food that eve and was very helpful with getting around; definitely trust him to take U somewhere for a good pic if that's Ur thing. And was most helpful regarding that ubiquitous travel mistake - leaving a bankcard... somewhere... Cheers mate

Arrived in Wellawaya and on short notice, out of season & made this booking, so with that in mind not much at all to complain about He built the place so I'm not gonna give him too much grief if the plumbing needed a bit more work! All good

Please read We booked one night 10 minutes before arriving, and he was already prepared to host us. The bedroom was super clean, nice matress, with fan on the ceiling, three big windows and a complete bathroom. 100% recomended, the best price in welawaya. But the best of all was Tomasha, the owner, he offered us many tuktuk rides, recommand us restaurants, laundry service, we went togheter to the waterfals and we met all his lovely family. We ended up staying one more night and the last day he brouht us to the train station and make sure we took the correct bus. It would be a mistake if you don't stay at Tomasha's ! Book it guys ! Thank you Tomasha ❤️🌴

Very nice host! He was very helpful and gave some good tips of what we could do in the neighbourhood.

Room was clean and had nice bathroom. Owner was amazing, he gave us free pick up from bus central in Wellawaya. Delicious welcome tea with cake!

Really enjoyed our stay at thomasha’s homestay, very reasonably priced accommodation which was perfect for our stop over. The owner was really helpful and brought us to Ellawela and diyaluma waterfalls which we highly recommend to anyone staying here in the future.

Host was super friendly

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Very nice transit place to visit diyaluma falls ...Amazing host helpful and kind..And the peak of all his sweet kids that make your day with just a smile!! Nice people to support!!

Host was super friendly and helpful.

Great Host, Good price. Pretty close to Diyaluma Falls.

Very helpfull host. Came for us in the evening when we were seeking accomodation. Tip: use google maps, not Waze :-) Simple room but clean and everything working (A/C, water heater). Price was very reasonable. Good breakfast.

A very nice short stay here. Thomasha is a lovely, honest and genuine man. Was great talking to his wife as well. Very comfortable room with mosquito net over the bed. Towel and toilet paper was provided. 15 minute walk from the bus station and place next door to have breakfast. Highly recommend a stay here.

A comfortable room and the housekeeper is super friendly. He even got us breakfast in the morning even when we asked at 11 pm the night before for it.

Very quite and piecefull ,Hotel owner was very cooperative, he even picked and dropped from hotel to bus stand for a free

This homestay was amazing. The host is very helpful and explained us many things. The dinner was also delicious. I totally recommend staying here, thank you very much!

I had a great stay here! The family was very hospitable and took good care of me:) The owner is a tourguide so he can show you around for a fair price. Would definitely recommend staying here.

Very good friendly staff Clean

the host is amazing! he did everything for us and even more. we did the waterfall tour together with thomasha and he showed us al the good places. the food at night was amazing of his wife. best price/quality we had in sri lanka so far.

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