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Lunuganga Estate in Sri Lanka is located along the Bentota River, south of the capital Colombo. Lunuganga was the country house of the legendary Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa. After Bawa’s death, the private home went public as a charming six suite retreat offering some of the island’s finest vistas and elegant accommodations.
At the entrance of the Lunuganga estate, a wrought iron gate is opened to let us pass. And in the short drive to the main house we are transported from the present to the past – into the world of creativity and nature. Perhaps the greatest luxury of all, while travelling, is to be invited into somebody’s house. The joy of staying at Lunuganga, is that it’s like staying in someone’s home.
But this is no ordinary home. This is a stunningly beautiful and peaceful space with gardens of Geoffrey Bawa, the most influential Asian architects of his generation. He is the principal force behind what is today known globally as "tropical modernism". When he was 30 years old, he bought Lunuganga, or ‘Salt River’ and committed himself to converting the exhausted rubber plantation on which it stood into a magical landscape. It was a project that was to last for forty years, and the garden became among the most celebrated and beautiful in the world.
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Banquet FacilitiesBar/PubBusiness CentreConciergeCribs/Infant Beds AvailableFamily RoomGardenLibraryMeeting/Conference FacilitiesMultilingual StaffRestaurantWi-Fi Available
Dec-Mar
28°C
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GMT+ 5.3
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR)
Location Lunuganga Estate in Sri Lanka is located along the Bentota River, south of the capital Colombo. It was the country house of Sri Lanka’s legendary architect, Geoffrey Bawa.
Getting There There are direct (10-hour 45-minute) flights to Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Colombo. Bentota is about 92 kilometres south of the airport on Sri Lanka’s west coast. There is a scheduled helicopter service operating between the BIA and Bentota that takes less than 30 minutes.
When to go The best time to visit Sri Lanka is between December and April when it’s drier and the climate is cooler. It’s also the peak time for whale-watching in the south where blue and sperm whales can be seen. From May to August the Yala monsoon brings rain to the island’s southwestern coast and the cultural triangle. However, the hill country around Nuwara Eliya, Horton Plains and Bandarawela remains cooler. Rains may also occur between September and November.
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