Sri Lanka Ayurveda Retreat Dambulla and Kandy

This eight-night luxury spa tour takes you to some of Sri Lanka’s most inspiring locations and finest spa resorts. Head first to Dambulla and the Amaya Lake Hotel, with its serene setting next to Kandalama Lake. Spend four nights rejuvenating your body and mind with a personalised ayurvedic treatment programme.

You'll also have time to discover the monuments of Dambulla before moving onto the cultural city of Kandy and the Amaya Hills Hotel, perched above the city on a tranquil hillside. Continue you ayurvedic programme during your three-night stay, with time to explore Kandy and visit the Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage. You’ll return home via Colombo, Sri Lanka’s capital, with a night in the five star Galadari Hotel and time to tour this fascinating city.

What’s included:

  • Fours nights accommodation at Amaya Lake Hotel, Dambulla
  • Three nights accommodation at Amaya Hills Hotel, Kandy
  • One night accommodation at Galadari Hotel, Colombo
  • All ayurvedic treatments at Amaya Lake Hotel and Amaya Hills Hotel
  • Ayurveda food and drinks on half-board basis, recommended by ayurveda consultants
  • 24-hour medical attention by ayurvedic physician
  • International flights
  • Transfers in Sri Lanka by air-conditioned vehicle
  • English-speaking chauffeur-guide
  • Visit Dambulla Rock Temple
  • Visit Sigiriya Rock Fortress
  • Visit Plonnaruwa
  • Visit Matale
  • Visit Elephant Orphanage
  • Visit the Royal Botanical Gardens
  • Kandy City Tour
  • Colombo shopping and sightseeing tour

SPA PROGRAMME

Amaya Lake Hotel

At Amaya Lake Hotel you’ll start your suwa sadhana ayurveda rejuvenation programme with a consultation with a specialist who will make a thorough diagnosis of your body constitution and plan your holistic individual treatment schedule, focused around the needs of your body, mind and lifestyle. Each morning will start with a 30-minute exercise session to start the day positively and energetically.

Most treatments, like facial treatments and herbal body massages, are taken in the seven treatment rooms.

The spa also features two traditional wooden khomba steam baths and there are two outdoor tubs for ayurvedic herbal baths, one carved from diva labu vine and the other carved from rock. Two Shirodhara rooms are provided for this therapeutic treatment.

You will also enjoy ayurvedic cuisine at the Wewe Kade restaurant to complement your treatments.

Treatments include:

  • Two herbal oil body treatments – start with a complete oil body massage using specially selected ayurvedic medicinal oils, then take a purifying herbal steam and herbal bath, providing intense relaxation and muscle therapy. Approximately 90 minutes each
  • Reflexology session – this foot massage effects the whole body by stimulating individual nerve ends found in the feet. Approximately 90 minutes
  • Samb-ahana – herbal oil body massage and cleansing herbal bath. Approximately 60 minutes
  • Shirodara session. Approximately 90 minutes
  • Vaktra Chikitsa – a herbal facial treatment which comprises a herbal oil face massage plus a facial steam and face pack, using ingredients like turmeric, aloe vera and sandalwood to benefit the skin. Approximately 40 minutes

Amaya Hills Hotel in Kandy

Continue your ayurveda programme with the expert practitioners at the Amaya Hills Hotel in Kandy. Your treatments will be individually tailored, using herbal ingredients specially chosen to complement your body and individual physical and lifestyle needs.

Treatments include:

  • Avagaha – a rejuvenating herbal bath with thoroughly cleanses and promotes the release of harmful toxins through the skin. 20 minutes
  • Samb-ahana – herbal oil body massage and cleansing herbal bath for complete muscle relief and relaxation. 60 minutes
  • Vashpa sveda –herbal oil and steam treatment. Approximately 30 minutes
  • Herbal oil head treatment – head massage with vital point treatment. Approximately 30 minutes
  • Vaktra vimardana – herbal oil facial massage with vital point treatment. Approximately 15 minutes