Hotel Chandrika Location

Hotel Chandrika is located in Tissamaharama en-route to the sacred city of Kataragama. Travelers can take the Southern route from Colombo and witness the beautiful coastal towns of our little island while passing through. The distance is approximately 235km. The hotel is surrounded by a large garden bringing out a tranquil atmosphere for guests to relax in.

20 Deluxe rooms at Hotel Chandrika offer modern amenities in a comfortable setting. Room amenities include air-conditioning, hot water, satellite television and a direct dial telephone system. All rooms include a veranda where you can relax and enjoy the surroundings of the hotel.

Hotel Chandrika Facilities

Hotel Chandrika's main restaurant opens out to the garden and guests can enjoy Eastern, Western and Chinese meals as well as Sri Lankan rice and curry or Indian vegetarian meals. Mouth-watering desserts from seasonal fruits, family favourites to traditional curd and treacle are also available. The well stocked bar contains local and foreign liquor, wines, champagne and cocktails.

Indoor recreation activities include carom, chess and monopoly while outdoor recreation activities at Hotel Chandrika includes a tree house climb with a rope ladder, obstacle courses, rope climbing and guerrilla swings under professional supervision. There is also an outdoor swimming pool equipped with a Jacuzzi and a pool bar.

Wedding packages are also arranged with Sri Lankan traditions such as the Poruwa, flower arrangements, music etc. A meeting room that can accommodate up to 50 guests is available at the hotel. With the aid of a professional attendant, the hotel boasts of a Ayurveda center that offers guests special Shirodhara and massage treatments. Guests can enjoy the "Sathutu Rathriya" with nights in the wilderness, bonfires, barbecue dinners and a calypso band. Other facilities include internet facilities and a doctor on call.

Hotel Chandrika Excursions

Activities around the vicinity of Hotel Chandrika includes elephant rides, boat rides on the Tissa Lake, Tirikkalaya rides (a bull drawn cart), and night camping.
Excursions in the vicinity include safaris to the Yala Wild Life Sanctuary and Uda Walawe Nature Reserve, a trip to the Bundala Nature Reserve and hot water wells at Madunagala. Sacred places to visit include the Kirivehera, Mahadevala and a trek to Vedasitikanda which is a sacred rock mountain. It is highly recommended that you are suitably attired when visiting these sacred places.