Kalu's Hideaway is a comfortable, spacious hotel set within lovely gardens with a beautiful pool. It's a great base for elephant safaris in Udawalawe national park. The hotel is quite, clean and well-looked after with good size rooms. It's worth noting that safaris are either 0600-0900 or 1500-1800 (which I think is probably universal across all hotels in this area) so you can plan your stay accordingly as there isn't much else to do apart from the safari (other than lounging around the pool!)

Samantha United Kingdom

The great design of the hotel is very matching to the surrounding. Very quiet place, nice pool, friendly stuff. We stayed for 2 nights- and would highly recommend it if you want to visit the Uda Walawe National Park.

Alevizopoulou Greece

Kalu’s was the best place that we stayed while we were in Sri Lanka. We booked for three nights which was perfect with our two year old. The hotel arranged a safari and we saw so many elephants including a herd of around 30 with babies. We also went to the elephant transit home and they dropped us off and picked us up. The service was exceptional and the staff were so friendly towards our little boy. The infinity pool was gorgeous and we loved relaxing there and hearing all of the birds.

David United Kingdom

We had a nice time there, we were even lucky to meet Kalu and his lovely wife who helped us enormously by taking our 1,5 year old babyboy for half an hour and walking with him around. The place is not ideal for little children but otherwise it was very relaxing. Both me and my husband had a massage in the spa, but we were not impressed, it was a very average massage. The breakfast also average. But lunch was pretty good.

Katarina Slovakia

Very nice hotel and super friendly staff. food was delicious!

Philipp Germany

Kalu's Hideaway was a perfect launching pad for my Undawalawe safari, which the staff also organised for me upon my arrival. Somehow, I was the only guest at the property for my one night stay. The staff were attention to my every need, while also ensuring to leave me with my own space. The swimming pool was a great respite from the heat and humidity, and the property grounds were a delight to walk around. Dinner and breakfast were delicious and it wa great to learn that much of the produce was organically grown in the property's garden. And the icing on the cake - the great Sri Lankan cricketer Kalu's personal memorabilia on display in the property's mini-museum (if only he was there in person!).

Rod Australia

The staff and owner were very kind and friendly. The food was georgeous and the room very cozy and clean. The pool and garden area was wonderful with a great view over a small lake.

Jens Germany

Really nice pool area. Also the view into garden is beautiful.

Julia Austria

the location and layout of the property. An extremely friendly welcome and swift organisation of everything we required. the pool is perfect for relaxing post safari

Celia United Kingdom

The Hideaway more than exceeded our expectations! The wonderful staff went above and beyond to make our stay incredible - they gave us an upgrade on arrival to one of their deluxe suites which was gorgeous! The reception staff were more than happy to arrange everything for us for our safari. Delicious food, perfect location for the safari, great attention to detail and a very positive experience overall! 10/10 would recommend if you're planning on visiting Udawalawe!

Rose United Kingdom