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Chaarya Resort & Spa by Chandrika

5.0 star property
your current months are December, 2024 and January, 2025.
December 2024
January 2025

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Property entrance
Outdoor pool, pool loungers
Lobby lounge
Lobby
Deluxe Room

Reviews

8.0 out of 10

Very good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
    Bar
  • Hot tub
    Hot tub
  • Pool
    Pool
  • Breakfast available
    Breakfast available
  • Air conditioning
    Air conditioning
  • Gym
    Gym

Explore the area

Map
Kataragama Road, Thissamaharama, 00000
  • Tissa Lake
    18 min walk
  • Tissamaharama Raja Maha Vihara
    3 min drive
  • Yatala Dagoba
    3 min drive

Room options

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Deluxe Room

Deluxe Room

  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Deluxe Chalet

Deluxe Chalet

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

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About the area

Mahasenpura

With a stay at Chaarya Resort & Spa by Chandrika in Thissamaharama, you'll be within a 5-minute drive of Tissa Lake and Tissamaharama Raja Maha Vihara. .This luxury resort is 10.7 mi (17.2 km) from Yala National Park and 27.7 mi (44.5 km) from Udawalawe National Park.
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What's nearby

  • Tissa Lake - 18 min walk - 1.5 km
  • Tissamaharama Raja Maha Vihara - 3 min drive - 2.6 km
  • Yatala Dagoba - 3 min drive - 3.6 km
  • Kataragama Temple Complex - 16 min drive - 15.6 km
  • Yala National Park - 26 min drive - 17.3 km

Restaurants

  • ‪Chef Lady - ‬16 min walk
  • ‪Gaga Bees - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Red - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Refresh Sea Food Restaurant - ‬16 min walk
  • ‪The Flavors Restaurant - ‬3 min walk

About this property

Chaarya Resort & Spa by Chandrika

Luxury resort with a 24-hour fitness center and a sauna
Chaarya Resort & Spa by Chandrika offers 40 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and safes. LCD televisions come with satellite channels.

Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers with jetted bathtubs and rainfall showerheads, bidets, and complimentary toiletries. This Thissamaharama resort provides complimentary wireless Internet access.

An outdoor pool, a children's pool, and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a sauna and a 24-hour fitness center.

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

Guests can pamper themselves by indulging in the onsite spa services. Services include massages.
Make yourself at home in one of the 40 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars and LCD televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms have jetted bathtubs and rainfall showerheads. Conveniences include safes and desks.
Be sure to enjoy recreational amenities, including an outdoor pool, a spa tub, and a sauna. Additional amenities at this resort include complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and a picnic area.
Grab a bite to eat at the resort's restaurant, where you can enjoy drinks at the bar/lounge and dine alfresco. Or stay in and take advantage of the 24-hour room service. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the poolside bar. Breakfast is available for a fee.
Featured amenities include express check-in, express check-out, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Guests may use a roundtrip airport shuttle for a surcharge, and free self parking is available onsite.
Onsite venue - This restaurant specializes in Asian cuisine. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting).
24-hour room service is available.

Languages

English, French

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Return airport shuttle (surcharge)

Food and drink

  • Breakfast available for a fee
  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 poolside bar and 1 bar
  • 24-hour room service

Things to do

  • 24-hour fitness centre
  • Bike rentals
  • Billiards/pool table
  • Children's pool
  • Outdoor pool
  • Sauna
  • Spa services
  • A hot tub
  • Steam room

Family friendly

  • Children's pool
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Snack bar/deli
  • Soundproofed rooms

Conveniences

  • Free newspapers in reception
  • Front-desk safe

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Concierge services
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Laundry facilities
  • No housekeeping
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Business services

  • A meeting room

Outdoors

  • BBQ grill(s)
  • Garden
  • Picnic area
  • Pool sunloungers

Spa

  • Massages

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • In-room accessibility

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning
  • Bed sheets

Bathroom

  • Bath or shower
  • Bidet
  • Free toiletries
  • Hairdryer (on request)
  • Jetted bath
  • Private bathroom
  • Rainfall showerhead
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • LCD TV
  • Satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Minibar

More

  • Desk
  • Safe
  • Soundproofing

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 3 PM
Contactless check-in available
Express check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out available
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival
At check-in, guests must provide a record of full COVID-19 vaccination
COVID-19 vaccination record requirement applies to all guests aged 12 and up; guests must have received complete COVID-19 vaccination at least 2 days prior to check-in

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Important information

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 only accepts cash
Cashless transactions are available

Property is also known as

Chandrika Hotel
Chandrika Tissamaharama
Hotel Chandrika
Hotel Chandrika Tissamaharama
Chaarya Resort Chandrika Tissamaharama
Chaarya Resort Chandrika
Chaarya Chandrika Tissamaharama
Chaarya Chandrika
Chaarya & Spa By Chandrika
Chaarya Resort Spa by Chandrika
Chaarya Resort & Spa by Chandrika Resort
Chaarya Resort & Spa by Chandrika Thissamaharama
Chaarya Resort & Spa by Chandrika Resort Thissamaharama

Chaarya Resort & Spa by Chandrika Reviews

Reviews

8.0

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 16 out of 32 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 6 out of 32 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 4 out of 32 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 32 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 32 reviews" "

8.0/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Elinna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic hotel for a Yala safari base
The Chaarya Resort and Spa is a gorgeous hotel set in a beautiful palm tree lined property. They have a very refreshing pool, a cool outdoor bar, pool table, games area, gym and spa facilities. The grounds are absolutely immaculate, they have multiple gardeners working the lawns all the time. The hotel consists of multiple 1 or 2 story buildings meaning that its private and quiet. The rooms are very clean and spacious. The whole hotel has very chill vibes with music playing throughout. You definitely feel very relaxed throughout the stay. The only improvement I can recommend is the food at the restaurant. They probably need more variety throughout the days. The food was average, not great. But the hotel is within walking distance to some fantastic local restaurants so it wasn't a problem. The value for money at this hotel is incredible.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Edward

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Gateway to Yala
Chaarya is a wonderful resort. The pool was awesome, the rooms superb, and the evening buffet was one of the best buffets I have ever experienced for less than $15usd. Great spot for visiting Yala.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

William

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very nice resort. Very accommodating. Decent restaurant. Swimming pool, Bar. Pooltable, bathtubs. One TIP: Bring mosquito spray for night time, its close to the jungle obviously
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Karin

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Superb staff - courteous and helpful
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

6/10 Okay

Bruce

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hassles for my driver.
The room was fine except for the problem of flies in the room. I didn't appreciate the treatment my driver received. In Sri Lanka hotels offer free accommodation to drivers. This hotel at first refused to give my driver that service with the sorry excuse that I was a foreigner! What does that have to do with anything!? It was a lot of trouble to get the hotel to give us and my driver the same service they grant to Sri Lankans.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

6/10 Okay

Vinney

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Not recommended for SPA enthusiasts.
Good small hotel but the food range was limiting. Thr Spa was real let down.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

4/10 Poor

Devraj

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The rooms were very bad condition. Had lots of insects. The bedsheets were dirty. Towels were worn out. The double bed was made by combining the two single beds which had abig rough edge in the centre. Lots of mosquitoes. The manger on duty in the evening was dressed up not for work but as if going for stroll. Very unhelpful manager. Flies all around in the dining area and on food.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Anojan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Kieran

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good hotel and good location for safari. Helpful staff. Pool bar could do with offering a wider menu selection.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Ruween

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Ruween

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
No hot water for 3 days rude staff and below standard food - very low grade hotel
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Ruween

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely grounds, stylish rooms, great food!
Spacious, comfortable and clean room, nicely decorated. Large bathroom with a waterfall shower and a corner bath. Staff friendly. Plentiful buffet for breakfast and dinner, good selection of western and Sri Lankan dishes. Reasonably priced food and drink. Very nice pool. Less than 30 minute drive to Yala National Park.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel with big rooms
Wonderful massive room! The hotel organised our visit to Yala NP no problem. The only slight issue we found was that there was a wedding celebration being held there so there was very loud music until at least 1:30am! Luckily we were tired enough that we could sleep through it!

4/10 Poor

franziska, NYC

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Skip the safari, skip the hotel and save yourself
Upon checking in and circling around, no staff person could tell us where the room was. Nice overall room size with balcony and bathroom but the shower leaks and lack of hot water, slight mildew smell and killed several mosquitos in the room with no mosquito netting for the bed. Found a colony of red ants at our door entrance next day, staff came to kill it with spray but left all the dead ants there. 2nd night found rat droppings in the room and on the bed specifically on the pillow. Disgusting. Safari to the Yala Nat'l Park was a joke which the hotel arranged the driver for us. They force you to rent a jeep because they dig tons of potholes in the road and the amount of jeeps in the park you are literally stuck in TRAFFIC most of the time with nothing to see. The driver couldn't drive the jeep and at the end tried to squeeze an extra 5000 rupees from us. Hotel should use a more reputable jeep service. Actually save yourself some grief and don't do the safari. The dining area was dirty and had flies constantly with limited food selections. Tuna was going bad hence being so fishy but they still served tuna to the customers. Lack of WiFi.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Room comfort
Good stay but need to improve the communications
The communication/awareness to be improved. I was at halfboard basis wchich included breakfast & lunch.There was no buffet but as per a menu ordered., But it was fine. The issue was they didn't specify in the lunch menu, what were included for half board basis and some items they billed seperatley at a high cost. Except that other things were ok.

4/10 Poor

R, Uitenhage

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Definitely not a 4* or 5*
I was forced to stay as there are limited hotels in the area. Was not great

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Sehr schöne Anlage und Zimmer. Die Zwei Herren von der Bar machen einen Super Job. Leider ist das Buffet nicht gerade 4Stern gemäss und man kann nicht draussen essen. Den Spa Bereich sollte man meiden. Sehr entäuschend.
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
地點方便
地點方便, 性價比高, Buffect 抵食唔錯! 最重要近YALA NATIONAL PARK 15-20min 到了
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018