Nisala Arana

BOUTIQUE HOTEL

Geoffrey Bawa Inspired Hotel Experience

Nisala Arana, a luxury boutique hotel amidst lush greenery and spacious tropical gardens, minutes from the beach. The Doctor’s House, Coconut & Mango Villas offer seven beautifully appointed
Colonial style bedroom suites. The freshwater pool, yoga inspiring gardens and open pavilion where delicious cuisine is accompanied by fine wines,
makes this hotel one of the finest discoveries in Sri Lanka, an ode to all Geoffrey Bawa hotels found here.

“All rooms are tastefully furnished with period antiques set against white washed walls and polished cement floors.“

Satisfy your interest for Asian Architecture and Bawa Gardens, observed through Jaffna temple doors, trellised windows, Dutch arches, polished verandas and find yourself wandering
within courtyard gardens, indoor ponds and open plan bathrooms. Experience Nisala Arana from the original 170-year-old Doctor’s House, the Colonial styled
Coconut rooms or the spacious and shaded Mango suites.

“Peaceful… Tropical… Colonial & Timeless.”

Our Bedrooms

The Doctors House

The original c.1850 Manor House restored to a private and exclusive three-bedrooms villa, faces to the gardens, dining pavilion and swimming pool. Sleeps 2-6 persons.

The Coconut Wing

The Colonial Queen sized bedrooms with outdoor garden showers and polished cement verandas, overlooks the property gardens and pool. There are two rooms. Sleeps 2-3 per room.

The Mango Wing

Jaffna inspired King-sized upstairs bedrooms suites with day bed lounger and trellised bathrooms overlooking the gardens and pool area. Two rooms. Sleeps 2-4 per room.

Our Bedrooms

The Coconut Wing

Named after the perfectly shaped coconut palm that rises from the veranda, this wing has two stylish double bedrooms with large canopied queen beds, antique furnishings and opens to a spacious outdoor tropical garden bathroom. Designed in Colonial style with high ceilings, polished cement floors and ceiling fans. Enjoy your morning tea or coffee on the wide veranda and relax in your planter’s chair watching the gardens and splendid displays of birdlife. The clean white washed walls and contiguous gardens truly frame the ambience of the tropics.



The Mango Wing

The elevated suites of the Mango villa offer open views across the gardens and pool. The broad verandah features a rare and beautiful antique balustrade while dramatic Jaffna temple doors create the ingress to both of these spacious bedroom suites. Each room is tastefully furnished with twin four-poster beds, almirah, writing desk, air-conditioning, ceiling fans TV and day bed lounger. The shaded bathrooms featuring a half-wall of trellised windows open over the canal and create the feeling of living in a tree house.




“ Architecture cannot be totally explained
but must be experienced.”

- Geoffrey Bawa

+94 77 773 3313
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Circular Road, Kommala, Bentota, Sri Lanka.