Estate buyout · Exclusive use වත්ත
When you reserve the entire estate, the gates close behind you.
The house doesn’t take other guests. The schedule isn’t shared. The fire is lit when you say it’s time.
Seven bedrooms. Twelve guests at most. Eight rooms to share, one fire to gather round, and not a single stranger. For as long as you stay, the whole hill is yours.
Only your party, for the whole of your stay.
Meals, outings and arrivals set to your rhythm.
Chef, housekeeping and one point of contact.
No shared rooms, no reception desk, no interruptions.
The bedrooms · up to twelve guests
Six chambers in the bungalow and the Carriage House Cottage in the garden, each with its own character, and every one of them held for your party.
The Highlands Suite and the Pekoe Room join through a dressing room as a family wing for 6–8, and three rooms are step-free throughout: the Founder’s Suite, the Highlands Suite and the cottage.
Look inside every chamberA day in the house
An imagined rhythm, shaped entirely around your party.
6:30 AM · The Morning Room
Early tea in the Morning Room, where the light comes through tall windows and every stay begins. The house is still quiet, the hill country slowly waking.
8:00 AM · The Long Table
At the heart of the house: estate tea, eggs, fresh fruit and local breads, the talk drifting between trail plans and lazy garden mornings.
9:30 AM · The Verandah
Some leave for Pekoe Trail Stage 2 with packed lunches; others take a guided estate walk, or stay on the long verandah with a book. By one, a long lunch of rice and curry is laid out here.
4:00 PM · The Private Pool & Garden
The hikers come back tired and triumphant. Foot soaks on the verandah, a long swim in the stone-edged pool among the jasmine, and tea that appears unprompted.
6:30 PM · The Planter’s Lounge
The original stone hearth, leather armchairs worn soft by a century of evenings, Ceylon arrack, and conversations that stretch on.
Before dinner · The Evening Salon
Through twin arches, the salon: aperitifs, candlelight, and the kind of conversation that only happens when nobody else is in the house.
8:00 PM · The Tea Pavilion
A covered pavilion beyond the verandah, the garden quiet, and a long, slow meal cooked in the open by your private chef, each course arriving in its own time.
10:30 PM · The Billiards Room
A last frame in the old estate kitchen while the mist settles outside. Then everyone to their rooms, the fire crackling down, and the estate silent.
For buyout guests
Not a hotel stay with extras: a private residence opened to your party. Tell us your group and your plans, and we arrange the rest.
Sri Lankan, continental or curated menus, every dietary need given full attention.
Private vehicles from Kandy or Peradeniya stations, the airport, or your next stop.
Birthdays, anniversaries and intimate weddings, with catering and on-site coordination.
Trail-head drop-offs, luggage between stages, packed lunches and briefings for everyone.
Tea walks, verandah tastings, heritage talks by the fire, sundowners in the garden.
Local Ayurvedic massage, foot soaks after hiking days and quiet spa moments.
Particularly well suited for
Three step-free rooms (the Founder’s Suite, the Highlands Suite and the Carriage House Cottage) let grandparents, parents and children stay together. Children roam between rooms and garden; the cottage gives grandparents their own kitchen and living room.
Walk Stages 1, 2 and 3 without changing rooms. Early breakfasts, packed lunches, drop-offs at every trail head, luggage handled between stages, and the fire ready after a long day.
Intimate weddings, milestone birthdays and vow renewals, with the estate as venue, home and backdrop: long-table dinners under the Tea Pavilion lanterns, morning ceremonies on the verandah.
Yoga retreats, writers’ weeks, reunions, and offsites that don’t feel corporate: six chambers for rest, the Long Table for meals, the verandah for sessions, and nobody else competing for the quiet.
Reserve the estate
Tell us your dates, your party and what brings you here. We’ll reply with full availability, a tailored proposal and a single point of contact for the whole booking.
An estate buyout is bespoke
Price on requestper night · the whole estate
Priced to your group size, length of stay, season and the service you need. Multi-night stays receive preferential rates.
Always included
