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8 Day Active Yoga & Cultural Nature Retreat in Kandy, Sri Lanka
Welikande Hotel and trekking center, 234 Siridigan Rd Pussallegolla, Udispattuwa, Kandy District, Knuckles Mountains, Kandy, Sri Lanka
Yoga Retreat Sri Lanka
Expert tip: This is one of the most popular yoga retreats offered in Sri Lanka.
Take a break from your daily life - take time for yourself and reconnect to nature and your true self. Fresh air, long walks, good locally grown food, combined with stimulating and relaxing yoga set with the backdrop of Victoria Lake and the Knuckles Mountains. Come and experience the freedom of Welikande with its nearby waterfalls and abundant wildlife.
Highlights
- Twice daily 90 minutes yoga classes
- Daily guided meditation sessions
- 6 daily activities included in the program
- 7 nights accommodation
- Full board, breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Unlimited water, coffee, and tea
- Take time off for yourself and relax
- Vegetarian meals
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Yoga styles
7 days with instruction in English
The organizer also speaks: Sinhalese
Group size: Maximum of 20 participants
Airport transfer available:
Bandaranaike International Airport (US$ 80 per person)
Bandaranaike International Airport (US$ 80 per person)
Accommodation
Check-in Time:
12:31
Check-out Time:
10:00
Facilities
- Café
- Concierge desk
- Dining area
- Environmentally friendly
- Garden
- Kitchen
- Lobby
- Lounge
- Luggage room / storage
- Meditation garden
- Multilingual staff
- Picnic area
- Restaurant
- Smoke-free property
- Special menu request
- Terrace
- Yoga deck
- Yoga shala
- Car rental
- Conference room
- Free Wi-Fi
- Ironing / ironing board
- Laundry
- Medical assistance
- Meeting room
- Parking lot
- Tour assistance
- Wedding
- Outdoor shower
Luxury single room
A private deluxe room for the single person that would like to enjoy their retreat in luxury. This is a deluxe room with a large en-suite bathroom, a patio overlooking the mountains, and a very comfortable 4-poster Queen sized bed.
Twin / Double
This is a room with two single beds or a double bed which is perfect for friends/couple.
Program
This retreat aims to produce a holistic experience away from the everyday rush of the modern world. Enjoy this relaxing 8-day retreat at Welikande. Wake up and watch the sunrise from behind the mountains while you enjoy an energizing yoga class in thebeautiful yoga shala on your personalized retreat. Finish every class with a guided meditation.
In your yoga classes, you will learn to listen to your body - giving your body what it needs. Your teachers make sure to modify for different levels of practitioners so that everyone can have a safe practice, offering two 90-minute classes per day. Besides yoga, you can choose one activity a day during your stay with Welikande Estate Wellness.
All the experiences Welikande Estate Wellness have created are around the local community. To meet and greet, to learn from them, and smile with them. This is also to create work within this small area, giving them the possibility to work with us together to give you a great time. All activities they organize includes transport, lunch and a guide to ensure you have a stress-free experience whilst staying at Welikande.
Included excursions
Tea Plantation & Waterfall Tour
By tuk-tuk, you will drive through the Tea plantations to 5 waterfalls followed by a short walk to the waterfall for a refreshing swim if you wish. There will be a picnic provided and a visit to a local tea shop for hot tea and Short eats. Along the way, there are fantastic views and chances to meet the Tea-picking crews they have to pick 20kg of fresh tea leaves a day. It's a tough life, but they love to stop for a photo.
Spa Wellness Treatment
Ayurveda is a traditional Hindu system of medicine based on the idea of balance in bodily systems. It uses diet, herbal treatment, and yogic breathing. Local herbs and oils give the physical body a deep, relaxing massage, which has positive effects on the mind. The treatment includes an herbal steam bath, traditionally called Vashta Swedha. Steam infused with medicinal herbs cleanses pores and the skin.
Heeloya Trek
You will find yourself in the company of one of our state-licensed tour guides for a beautiful trek in the Heeloya National Park. The guides will tell you all about the different herbs and spices that grow around and are used in the food serve. The trek is a great experience to profoundly connect with the elements of nature, as taken from the ancient teachings of Buddhism. You hike through rice paddies, tea plantations, pine forests, and past villagers’ homes to get a sense of the landscape and culture. Eat lunch at a waterfall, where you have the opportunity to take a refreshing swim before you head back to Welikande.
Local cooking experience
A trip to Sri Lanka would be incomplete without an introduction to Sri Lankan cooking. Start the day with a short Tuk Tuk ride and then a 3km hike into the rice paddies, where we meet up with a local female cook who, with her family's help, has recreated two authentic rice paddy houses from mud and wood.
On this day, you will make your own lunch in an outdoor kitchen with a view of mountains and rice paddy fields. Most of the ingredients, like jackfruit, green leaves, coconuts, and other fruits and vegetables, will be harvested directly on the property before cooking. You will enjoy lunch sitting cross-legged on the first floor.
After lunch, there is sometimes work to be done in harvesting or planting rice paddies with the mud between your toes. Then, down to the river for a swim.
Mandala Painting
Welikande Estate Wellness have created a lovely peaceful art room that you are welcome to use at any time during your stay. Mandala painting is an ancient art form that can be used as meditation and centering. Welikande Estate Wellness are very privileged to have a fantastic art teacher to guide you through the process. You are very welcome to take home your wooden disc, or it will hang with the others in reception.
Retreat location
High in the Knuckles Mountains and overlooking the Victoria Dam Lake, Welikande Villas estate is set in 12 acres of cultivated with fruit, coffee, spices, and vegetables. There are three acres of landscaped gardens on its own Mountain spur. The area is a UNESCO site with very little tourism and hence a rich local community and culture. This area is full of wildlife, with over a thousand different plant species, over a hundred bird species, some of them are the black eagle, pale-billed flowerpecker, barbets, lorikeets, egrets, herons, bulbuls, babblers, kingfishers, and woodpeckers. The 31 mammal species include the wild boar, black-naped hare, mouse deer, sambar deer, elephant, wild buffalo, monkey, squirrel, civet cat, golden palm cat, loris, Jackal, mongoose, bandicoot, and porcupine. Perfect location to reconnect with yourself with the help of wild nature!
Unique features
Activities
- Gym
- Golf course
General
- Café
- Concierge desk
- Dining area
- Environmentally friendly
- Garden
- Hammock
- Kitchen
- Lobby
- Lounge
- Luggage room / storage
- Meditation garden
- Multilingual staff
- Picnic area
- Restaurant
- Smoke-free property
- Special menu request
- Terrace
- Yoga shala
- Patio
Services
- Bicycle rental
- Car rental
- Conference room
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Ironing / ironing board
- Laundry
- Medical assistance
- Meeting room
- Tour assistance
- Wedding
This Yoga Retreat is vegetarian-friendly
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Food
Made with Love! The food is fresh (it literally falls from the trees on our doorstep!), plant-based, and satisfying. Welikande Estate Wellness cook a creative vegan and vegetarian menu that is designed to nourish your body and brain and inspire you to live your best life! They are passionate about what they put on your plate because they know when you eat well, you feel well.
It is part of their food philosophy to use ingredients that do not harm animals or the environment and use local produce so you can enjoy what you eat with a clear conscience without compromising on taste. From their own exploration, they know that you can eat all of your favorite dishes and some exotic new ones, too, without needing to use meat or dairy. Whether you’re looking for a king coconut for breakfast, colorful bowls of exotic fruits, lunchtime snacks, or an authentic Sri Lankan dinner, you’ll be offered delicious, nutritionally balanced options that are bursting with flavor. The menus are also flexible enough to accommodate any additional dietary requirements. Please feel free to ask!
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Snacks
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Coffee
- Tea
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Gluten Free
- Organic
- Lactose Free
- Whole food
- Other dietary requirements on request
- Ayurvedic
If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation
Things to do (optional)
- 35 USD entrance fee for Sigiriya
What's included
- 7 nights accommodation
- 3 meals per day
- 1-hour Ayurveda massage
- 2 yoga classes per day (90 minutes/class)
- Daily guided meditation
- 6 daily activities
- Unlimited water, coffee, and tea
- Free Wi-Fi
What's not included
- Airport pickup/drop (80 USD each way)
How to get there
Recommended Airports
CMB
Bandaranaike International Airport
99 km
Transfer available for additional US$ 80 per person
Arrival by airplane
Please book your flight to arrive at Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB). Transfer from and to this airport is available upon request. The cost is 80 USD.
Airport: Bandaranaike International Airport
Airport transfer available:
Bandaranaike International Airport (US$ 80 per person)
Additional charges may apply. You can request this in the next step.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 25% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.
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