Need to know
Rooms
10, including seven villas and three suites.
Check–Out
Noon, and check-in is at 2pm. Both are flexible, on request and subject to availability.
More details
Rates include an English or traditional Sri Lankan breakfast, as well as one free yoga class.
Also
Unfortunately, this hillside retreat has rough and uneven terrain that makes it unsuitable for wheelchair-users and guests with limited mobility.
At the hotel
Wellness centre, 90-acre grounds, board games, outdoor cinema and charged laundry service. In rooms: free WiFi, TV, Marshall Bluetooth speakers, air-conditioning, ceiling fans, minibar, tea- and coffee-making kit, free glass-bottled water and organic bath products.
Our favourite rooms
Honeymooners will want to splash out for a Pool Villa, etched into the valley’s hillside and fitted with a separate living space, valley-facing windowed walls and an infinity-edge plunge pool that seemingly floats over the tropics.
Poolside
If you’re in need of a post-sauna swim, or simply an afternoon lounging, there’s a lap-worthy outdoor pool at the Manor House. Each Pool Villa also comes with its own private plunge pool for more secluded soaks.
Spa
The hotel’s healing spa is one of its keystones. Deft masseurs tailor treatments to you, drawing on ancient Asian therapies — including a Tibetan-rooted warm stone massage, once practised by Buddhist monks — to relax and restore. If you’re here to take your healing seriously, in-house nutritionists are on hand for personalised meal plans; yoga and meditation classes teach the lost skill of serenity, and angampora lessons explore Sri Lanka’s traditional form of martial arts. For a more familiar workout, a gym is tricked out with treadmills and weights.
Packing tips
Bring your binoculars for an afternoon of bird watching.
Also
There’s WiFi in rooms and the main bungalow, but otherwise your scrolling will have to wait.
Children
Welcome, but not especially catered to; there’s no kids’ club, but there are games available at the hotel, and during August and September, the hotel hosts traditional kite- and lantern-making sessions. Cots are available on request.
Sustainability efforts
Glenross Living has been built to blend with the landscape, and protecting its natural surroundings is at the heart of its Earth-kind ethos. Trees have been planted around the grounds, to help cut carbon emissions and encourage biodiversity; produce is locally sourced and grown on-site to limit food miles, and food waste is turned to compost and reused in the gardens. Water-saving sensors are installed on taps and showers; spa and bath products are all natural, and the hotel has a ban on single-use plastic. In the hotel’s bid to work closely with the community, staff are hired locally, and there are schemes in place to help fund local business ventures. You’ll also be encouraged to get involved with the hotel’s sustainability and outreach initiatives.
