Mud House

A truly magical place where you can relax and unwind whilst being served the most amazing food by incredibly attentive staff. A must visit for all.

Gorgeous location, excellent service, delicious food and drinks, great activities and comfortable facilities

A wonderful all inclusive hotel. In addition to your house, the food and activities are included in the price. We went bird watching, kayaking, visited a local temple, visited the fruit bat roost with hundreds of bats, did the walking Mudhouse tour, and a night walk to look for Mouse Deer and other mammals.

The food was also amazing with traditional Sri Lankan meals served with locally sourced ingredients. Most are grown on the Mudhouse property and they showed us a lot of their spice trees and bushes, along with vegetable and fruit gardens. Meals included breakfast, lunch, afternoon herbal tea with sweets, and dinner. The spice level can be adjusted to your taste, and we had no problem in that regard.

The main thing I could see people having trouble with is that the showers are open air, but are lined with reeds and thick bushes to prevent people from seeing you. After a long hot day, the shower feels glorious, and overrides the discomfort. The guides are also great and knowledgeable about the local history and nature.

Many of them speak good English, so we did not have much trouble. They do have WiFi access, though it is intentionally limited access restricted to the office area so you still get the disconnection that a lot of people desire on these sorts of retreats. So you won't have WiFi in your house (at least as of the writing in 2019), but you can connect back home if needed.

This was our favorite lodging from our entire vacation in Sri Lanka.

Great experience! Everything makes you go back to the essential of living, completely forget about work and daily problems.
Staff is lovely and always ready to help.
Lake was dry, but it's started to fill when we left.
Wild life is amazing.
Would definitely go back.

Amazing place - the best part of our Sri Lanka trip.... attention to detail - the personal service offered - our trip was in 2019 before the chaos hit - we wish and hope to see mud house back up and running - once the world starts to return to normal again ... we wish you all the best

Mud House is a lovely wild resort located in the middle of the forest. 🌴 The nearest paved road is a few kilometers away so in order to reach it you'll have to drive half an hour on a gravel road. 🚙
It's divided into two sections: in the first one (closed with a fence) you can find the reception, the restaurant and all the facilities; in the other one there are the "rooms". 🏕 The rooms are huts located in the forest. Beds are covered (to protect from insects) but everything else is completely open. No walls, no doors or keys, just a roof and it's all set up! Except for a few lights there isn't electricity. 💡 You can charge your devices at the reception or with the provided power banks.
You'll move through the resort with torches 🔦 at night because everything's dark and lighted only by oil lamps. There are bicycles offered in order to move during the day, and most of the excursions are by bike too. 🚴 The restaurant is small but really cured. Waiters are kind but not well prepared and the food is always abundant. 🍛
If you're looking for a small adventure in Sri Lanka don't miss Mud House: you'll certainly come back satisfied. 🎉

The most tranquil, comfortable and friendly eco Lodge we've ever found. Right in nature, beautiful surroundings, extremely well thought out huts with plenty of amenities and tons of things to do and see locally... Or just relax in a hammock listening to the birds and whiling your time away. Awesome place to disconnect and reconnect with the natural environment

They gave a really good service and the staff is also very friendly.Mud House is a nature friendly restaurant and the huts and the other stuffs are amazing and you should get a experience of that type of vacation.i really loved this place and highly recommend.

Off grid - fantastic and luxurious.very friendly staff. We were there when all the lakes were dried up but it was still a great place.

Amazing cultural experience for the family. Staff very kind. Food was good quality local dishes.

Fantastic experience. Great accommodations, awesome food wonderful experiences!
Outstanding staff!

Beautiful place, in the middle of Nature. You will never forget to stay in The Mudhouse.

Wow a good experience very knowledgeable staffs for bird lovers this is a paradise unfortunately mud house is available only for foreigners 😐

If you want to get back to nature, this is the place to come. Wake up to the sunrise in a tree house with no wall.

Beautiful scenery and outstanding areas of natural beauty could not say better things about.

Superb rural Sri Lanken experience. Value for money. Excellent service!

Well managed.eco friendly.clam and quiet.Delicious food.Wonderful staff!

Great food and accommodation in a beautiful setting with a nice lake to swim in

Best place to Birds watching. Local food Super tast

We loved our stay here, Had a great time