“Sri Lanka 2014” We had a really fantastic stay in Sri Lanka, our second week after a tour of the island was spent at Shalani. We could not have asked for a better way to spend our final week in Sri Lanka. After a week of being under each other's feet Shalani villa was big enough for us to spread out and do our own thing, and still come together at the end of the day. The house keepers were really attentive and a pleasure to have as company, and even attended our wedding! The villa itself is immaculate and is a really beautiful place to stay, close enough to the hussle and bussle but far enough to be peaceful.

“You'll never want to leave!” We knew the house and garden was beautiful, but it's even nicer than the pictures can render. It's big, exceptionally well equipped and taken care of. Sarath comes in everyday to look after the garden, but he also helps you with everything you might need - from shopping til guiding. If he offers you king coconut, say yes! Sumari, Sarath's daughter, cooked us the best curry we had in Sri Lanka. Niron takes you everywhere in his tuk tuk and Chamil has a van and is a tourist guide for longer trips. The house is located quietly by the woods, but only 5 minutes by tuk tuk to the beach. You can walk to the store. You can also walk to the beach, but we preferred not to with the kids - the traffic is hectic. Our kids are 5 and 7 years old, and they loved it here! It's safe, fun and very friendly. We only want to come back and see more!

“A little Oasis in the middle of the Fort, Galle” We stayed with our 2 kids for 10 days in this very elegant house in the fort. We particularly enjoyed the atmosphere (one of the few houses in the Fort which remains cool and ventilated during hot days, besides there is a pool in the villa!), the great sun set on the terrace for aperitifs. With a family and kids, we spent most of our dinner at the villa, and the food was excellent, and the service was greatly efficient and discreet. For desert, you can even walk to the ice cream Italian place ;-). In short a great place that we will miss and highly recommended to our friends when we came back to Singapore.

“Amazing!!!” We have just returned from 5 glorious days at Gangananda. What a fantastic time we had. We were 4 adults and 2 young children. The villa was spotless, spacious and the staff superb! Couldn't fault a thing! We enjoyed swimming in the beautiful pool, watching the sunset, walking to the beach, feeding elephants, going to Galle, the turtle hatchery, going out in the boat, seeing a tea plantation, cinnamon farms and so much more. I would thoroughly recommend this villa to anybody! Thank you so much for everything. We will be back.

“Fantastic Holiday” We had a great time at six degrees. After looking at other reviews for the villa it became clear the regular visitors were the more mature than us or families with young children. As a group of young 20 year olds I was worried that we weren't going to gel with the staff or it wasn't really going to work. I had nothing to worry about at all. Udith and the team are so friendly, accepting and easy to get on with we had a great time. The villa itself is incredible, beautiful ensuite bathrooms and incredible four poster beds. We spent the majority of our time outside, the sea view is incredible and the pool is equally inviting. Easily the biggest selling point of Six Degrees North is the incredible people that are their to support your holiday. They really added something special to our time there that I really don't think you would get anywhere else. Suzanne, you have a beautiful villa and incredible on the ground support. Thank you to Udith, Kalum and the girls for looking after so well!

“Heaven on Earth!” I stayed at The Petals for 2 weeks and can't rate it highly enough with only 5stars! This place is a pure heaven on Earth. You wake up in the morning with the beautiful sounds of nature, cup of the best tea in the world, fresh papaya juice, breakfast like nowhere else from Upul the amazing chef and refreshed with freshly chopped king coconut. If you decide not to go to the beach you can easily spend a day here around the pool or with tons of books and board games, otherwise the most beautiful beaches are only walking distance away or about £1 with tuc-tuc. During the day you'll be looked after by Upul and Jagarth 2 amazing guys and now also friends for which no request is a problem. The best way to explore the area is by motorbike but you have to be a very good rider since on the road no rules apply, if that's not the case the taxi's and tuc tuc's are incredibly cheap but ask the price first. By the way a stunning tea farm and factory is only 30 mins ride. In Sri Lanka I haven't met one person who wouldn't smile back at me, truly beautiful people. And if you like surfing, this is the place! I'll be definitely back very soon. Thank you Linda, Upul and Jagarth