Ranweli Holiday Village

Such a beautiful place and so convenient for the airport. We were 24 of us from my ballet school in London and were very well cared for. The food was excellent with plenty of variety. Great rooms with everything needed. The grounds are fantastic and right by the beach. The young man on pool duty was fantastic bringing all my pupils towels e.t.c. With a smile. My only criticism would be I think they need fans or AC in the restaurant area as it becomes very hot ! A lovely hotel for a couple of nights on your way home - I could have stayed longer ! Miss Penny

***Guests please beware to not get SCAMMED by hidden extra charges*** Our trip was ruined by policies that hotel manager used to scam us our of our money. We were not told truth and lost around $300 to sketchy extra charges that management imposed 1. Hotel manager was charging $50 dollars for a credit card payment saying it's a charge from Visa/Mastercard. We checked with those card companies and they don't charge for using them, it's clear that hotel was getting this extra cash. 2. Every drink ordered had non optionary 20% tip, which was also failed to mention to guests 3. Instead of being charged $25 for all inclusive per day we were charged $35, additionally manager used their own made up foreign currency exchange, which results in losing 1/3 of your original currency worth, e.g. if normally $1 is around 300 rupees, the hotel would only give you around 200 rupees. Because of all this we were charged 2 times more for all inclusive package than we were told and lost almost $300 dollars 4. Manager informed us that the closest shop and restaurant is 40 minutes away from the hotel so we would buy all inclusive package. Only after we paid and gained access to wifi we checked that there is Antonio's restaurant and shop 3 minutes away from the hotel, on the other side of the river Overall we are very dissatisfied how hotel management takes advantage of their guests

For me it is a 5* accommodation. Very good food, very lovely staff, clean. Very good location. It was wonderful experiens to go to the hotel on boat. It is something special and available in 24h. The rooms facing to the ocean. This hotel is perfect for me. Next time i will choose it again! 😍

Large resort. Ocean beach was smal, but ok and very flat. Boating was possible. On the first day the pool was “milky” – we decided to not trust the water. Nice sundowner terrace. The Food was good and the service friendly. Seemed to be a base for daytrips - it was quite empty over the day.

Wall to wall drunks mainly East European. They roamed the place without security present. A genuinely frightening experience. The place has seen better days and abandoned any eco-credentials it may once have had. If I hadn’t been woken by a screaming Russian woman banging on my door in the middle of the night it might have been 2 stars.

Pros 1. A very beautiful and awesome island like hotel where we have to reach there on a ferry. 2. Awesome food, a great sperad of foods which suit to foreigners and local dishes were also there. 3. We had a variety of good, nutritious, healthy foods to feed our 9 M old baby. 4. Extream privacy in the cabbanas. 5. Staff is good and helpfull. 6. Space is maximum many outdoor activities can be done 7. You can experience the river as well as the sea. Cons 1. You have to wait till the ferry comes to go to hotel premises and your parking space vise versa which will take time.(But this will be much interesting for foreigner) This is our 2 nd stay at this resort and we could have a baby cot for our baby as well. One of the wonderfull and awesome stays at waikkal.