Experience Overview
Plantation Villa is a specialist Ayurvedic Nature Retreat Centre in Sri Lanka. We offer you a wellbeing experience for the body and mind through ancient Vedic traditions of Yoga, Ayurveda and Meditation. It is an oasis of calm and peacefulness in a rural village in Sri Lanka. Our eco-friendly wellbeing retreat provides a homely environment where you are served with love and care. Rooms are equipped with modern requirements, Ayurvedic treatments and medicines are administered in its most authentic form and food provided is tailored to complement the treatments. All food served is fresh and organic and majority of the food is cultivated in are gardens. All water used come from the four natural spring water wells in our land. The property is surrounded by tropical trees and wild birds with a paddy field, a working rubber plantation, an organic fruit, vegetable and spice garden and a budding mahogany and coconut plantation.
Our centre is unique in every aspect: we are a community centre, so you are coming to spend time in a traditional Sri Lankan village and learn their art of living a healthy life. We use your money to help maintain the community, which makes us one of the best homely Ayurveda retreats in Sri Lanka, introducing you to our rich culture, traditions, Ayurveda, mindfulness practices of meditation, Yoga and nature. Enjoy healing and relaxing in the breathtaking beautiful landscape and mingle with the villagers and staff unspoiled by modern trends. At Plantation Villa, it is important for us that you leave us feeling healthy, relaxed and rejuvenated. Being a smaller centre allows us the opportunity to be flexible. Our expert team of doctors, therapists, teachers, cooks and the staff team will take every effort to ensure your experience is a memorable one. The natural surroundings of this Villa provide the fresh air and the relaxing backdrop essential for the treatments. We aim to provide each of you with a relaxing and rejuvenating Ayurveda experience for your body, mind and spirit, and to take you on a journey into your own self to rediscover a relaxed and renewed version of yourself.
Experience Schedule
06.30 - 07.30 Morning Yoga
07.30 - 09.00 Breakfast
09.00 - 09.30 Welcome introduction and orientation for our new guests
10.00 - Mid morning Tea and Juice
10.30 - 11.00 Morning Meditation
09.00 - 12.30 Ayurvedic treatment or Free time. Guests can use this time to talk to our doctor or yoga teacher, use the pool, join in any plantation activities, go for walks in the village, sun bathe or read a book from our library
12.30 - 14.30 Lunch
14.30 - 17.00 Ayurvedic treatment or Free time
15.30 - Afternoon Tea
15.30 - 16.30 - Afternoon Activities including:
Walks in the plantation and paddy-field
Vegetable/fruit picking activities during seasons
Watching rubber tapping or paddy harvesting during seasons
Cookery demonstrations
Meditation
Attending Talks about Yoga & Ayurveda philosophy, Improving daily habits, incorporating Ayurveda in to daily life, Mindfulness etc
17.00 - 18.30 Evening Yoga / Meditation
18.30 - 20.30 Dinner
19.30 - 20.00 Discussions with the Ayurvedic Doctor or Yoga Teacher about Ayurveda/ Yoga, philosophy, Special meditations or Special activities
Food is organic and grown in the hotel gardens.
The retreat centre is situated on a 30 acre land with its own paddy field (used for rice and rice flour), Fruit, Vegetable and Spice gardens. The majority of the food is harvested from the gardens for daily use in the kitchen.
Food is prepared according to Ayurvedic principles and meal plans are prepared by the doctor according to its nutritional balance.
What is Included
Water and herbal teas at all times
Vegetable/fruit picking activities during seasons
Rubber tapping or paddy harvesting during seasons
6 Nights accommodation in a beautifully decorated rooms
Daily Ayurveda detox abhyanga massage, detoxing steam bath & cleansing facial
Daily Ayurvedic breakfast, lunch, and dinners
Daily guided yoga & meditation sessions
Walks in the plantations
Weekly cooking classes
Weekly discussions/lectures with the Ayurvedic doctor
Wifi connection
Daily yoga classes
Welcome drink
3 daily delicious and nutritious meals
Accommodation