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10 Jan 2024
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Description
Our family guesthouse opened in 2003 with a little cottage which quickly became one of the top rated guesthouses in Haputale. We are situated in the peaceful hills of Haputale, with beautiful views of the valley below and surrounded by tea plantations,. We are really amongst nature here, where you can hear the sounds of birds, monkeys, wild pigs, chickens and deers coming up from the jungle. The views are simply breathtaking.
Our guesthouse is a short drive from Haputale, a small village which is situated in the Hill region of Sri Lanka. The town is connected by railway and is easily accessed from Colombo, Ella, Marissa, Arugam Bay and Kandy. From our place, we are within walking distance to many attractions - The famous Lipton Seat, Samimale Rock Temple, tea plantations, jungle mountains and many other sites.
We are a friendly, warm, loving family of 15. We all pitch in to help make the stay for our guests an unforgettable experience and to show them a piece of our paradise that we call home. In our downtime, you might find us in the tea plantations playing a game of cricket.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Animal Care
Hospitality/Tourism
Language practice
Art Projects
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You will stay at the most beautiful place in the Sri Lanka hill country with a very nice Sri Lankan family. You will experience the real Sri Lankan lifestyle.
There are a lot of nice things to do in the area. I would love to take you on a trekking, camping tours to the waterfalls and the mountains around my place. I can take you fishing, sports, lunch outside. I would like to show you my village and surroundings.
You will have free breakfast, lunch and dinner made by my mum. And you will stay in the family house.
We can offer you some tuk tuk rides and lessons.
Help
My family and I run a homestay guesthouse in the Haputale area. It has 6 big specious rooms, with a big garden and an excellent view, the best you can have! Even better than the World Ends view!
Our guesthouse has quickly expanded in size over the last 10 years - and we now need some help with our latest projects.
I can use some help with:
Gardening
We have a very nice area around our guesthouse and I would like to decorate it more with your help. Like adding grass and flowers and make the place even more beautiful. Because our ground is up on the hill we like to construct some stairs and fences. I need people with good ideas and enthusiasm to help me.
Building
We have now 6 rooms and 2 cottages and I am thinking of building wooden cottages and make a restaurant. The guests are now eating in our family living room. I like to have help with the ideas around building those cottages and some help with building.
We also want to build a campsite on a property nearby, so that in future we can offer this as part of our accommodation packages.
Art
I have beautiful rooms and I would like to decorate the walls with artistic touches. So if you like painting or you have good ideas about it, I would really like your assistance.
Tourists
I do a lot of camping and trekking tours with tourists. I would like to have someone who help me with organizing those trips and go with me.
If you were to come and stay, we'd expect you to work between 4-5 hours/day on week days. Weekends will be your free time.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Tamil: Fluent
Accommodation
The accommodation that we will provide, will be a shared dorm style room. You will be provided with a good mattress, sleeping bags, towels, mosquito nets and family cooked meals. If you are looking for an outdoor camping experience, we can provide you with a tent.
What else ...
It is easy to get here in Haputale by bus or train. We will pick you up from the railway station or bus station. Our guesthouse is 3 kilometers from Haputale.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
4-5 hours a day 5 days a week
Feedback (25)
She is fun and easy going, have good energy to do anything you ask her to do.
Stayed here for almost a month, it was fun full month.
Recommended to anyone who wanna host her.
Good luck❤️
Janina is a joy to be around, very flexible and friendly. A great help in the garden and cleaning rooms. All in all super company, she got along with everyone in the family with easy adaptability to all our different personalities. She is truly… read more
Also, they were open for making compromises about the hours I had to be present to help. I actually had a lot of… read more
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She is fun and easy going, have good energy to do anything you ask her to do.
Stayed here for almost a month, it was fun full month.
Recommended to anyone who wanna host her.
Good luck❤️
Janina is a joy to be around, very flexible and friendly. A great help in the garden and cleaning rooms. All in all super company, she got along with everyone in the family with easy adaptability to all our different personalities. She is truly… read more
Also, they were open for making compromises about the hours I had to be present to help. I actually had a lot of… read more
Viraj is the most helpful host you can ask for, always ready to give you advice and guide tips, up to share the culture and great… read more
Will host you anytime you want, good luck with your future travels. ❤️💐
We met a lot of nice guesthouse visitors eating dinner together every evening. The Mom… read more
It's a family business and whole family is really nice...
Our experience was different, because the relationship really didn't worked with Viraj so we didn't worked in the Hostel, just a little help in the kitchen. We were supposed to stay 2 weeks and just stayed 3 nights. Really sad because all family is amazing and one person can… read more
It is the most beautiful place, surrounded by stunning hills with tea plantations all around - I didn’t feel the need to explore any other places during my stay, because paradise was right there :))
I mostly helped Viraj preparing the rooms,… read more
I stayed there almost three weeks and that was an amazing time living here. I could hardly describe that friendly atmosphere, when you feel like at home far away from your real home. Thank you, guys, so much for that unforgettable days,… read more
he is an wonderful person whom I had as my 3rd workwayaer,he is so helpful and grateful, it's funny Every morning I wake up and go to do some work but he wake before me and done half of the work finished, than I have only a little work to do,
He is really friendly and open minded person, my family loved his stay at my place,
He loves… read more
