Accommodation

Accommodation

Nine luxurious bedrooms take their names from varieties of Kandyan butterflies. They all have a colonial character updated with contemporary silks and cottons. All have four-poster beds with mosquito nets, ceiling fans and floor to ceiling shuttered windows overlooking the gardens. They split into three categories: three Deluxe Rooms, three Super Deluxe and three Ultra Deluxe.

Deluxe Rooms:

Monkey Puzzle: This is a small twin-bedded garden room, the smallest in the house, situated on the lower level of the courtyard. The bedroom has low ceilings and the bathroom has shower and single basin. As it adjoins the Garden Suite, the two rooms can combine to offer excellent family accommodation.

Sunbeam and Lime Butterfly: These are two gallery rooms, both doubles. The Sunbeam Room has an appealing bathroom with double basin, a vintage cast-iron bath tub and shower. The bedroom has ceiling fan and four-poster bed with mosquito net. The room overlooks the swimming pool and overlooks the courtyard. The Lime Butterfly Room is very comfortable and also has a lovely bathroom, double basin, with old cast iron bathtub and shower. Ceiling fan and 4 poster bed with mosquito net.

Super Deluxe Rooms:

Indian Red Admiral and Cornelian: These are both gallery rooms on the upper floor and overlook a large courtyard. These double-bedded rooms open onto a private verandah complete with chaise longue where you can settle back and gaze upon the pepper trees and jungle views. An extra bed can be added to the Indian Red Admiral, for appropriate surcharge, to create a triple room.

The Pioneer is a garden room with its own verandah in a beautiful garden. The bathroom has a shower, but no bath. A double swing-hammock is installed by the verandah. An extra bed can be added to The Pioneer, for appropriate surcharge, to create a triple room.

Ultra Deluxe rooms:

Black Rajah Garden Suite: This is an Ultra Deluxe Room and the only suite in the house. It has arched doors opening out from the large living area onto garden below. This is an Ultra Deluxe room with arched doors opening out from a large living area onto the garden. The bedroom has a low king-size bed and a romantic bathroom with a tiled, octagonal two-person bath and massage area. A new double swing hammock is installed in the garden by this suite.

Peacock Royal and Red Spot Duke: These two verandah rooms are the most spacious and are also classified as Ultra Deluxe. They open out onto a wide wrap-around verandah, dotted with cane chaises longue, reading chairs and antiques. All the bedrooms have four-poster beds with fitted mosquito nets. The bedrooms are not air-conditioned, but the cooler hill-country air and ceiling fans anyway make this unnecessary. Stylish concrete-washed ensuite bathrooms have private bathtubs and shower and twin washbasins.