Blue Turtle Hotel

Great tucked away resort... Being one of the very few guests during my stay, I got full attention and felt well looked after. Pool was nice and breakfast very good, I recommend this place for overnight if going to Yala for a safari.

The hotel is located not far from Yala national park. The room was clean

Sehr liebevoll geführtes Hotel, mit vielen schönen und liebevoll gestalteten Bereichen, die Mitarbeiter waren mehr als nur freundlich! Die über das Hotel gebuchte Safari war wirklich wunderbar! Auch das Essen war super lecker, das *Sri Lanka* Frühstück aber auch das super leckere Abendessen ließ keine Wünsche offen. Für unser Kleinkind war es hier auch ein Traum, da es sehr viele abgezäunte Bereiche gab wo er sich austollen konnte!

The hotel grounds are well kept gardens and a big pool area, but beware of the millions of mosquitoes. The whole place overall is a bit lifeless and run down. The beds around the pool are torn. The rooms are old, we had the creakiest, most uncomfortable bed, very old air conditioner, and the bathroom is big but very outdated and needs a really good clean. If you are on the ground floor, the upstairs room and stairs are very loud. The one staff member that we dealt with was pleasant. Did not eat here apart from the included good breakfast as it was always so quiet. They do provide a takeaway breakfast for the early safari which is good. There's a big parking area and the location is tucked away down a quiet road. But overall would not come here again. However Tissa itself is not a nice place either. Compared to Ella and Sigiriya, there is no effort to make this a nice area for tourists. The restaurants are scruffy and all the people seem to just want to make money off you. It is much more expensive to eat here than everywhere else we have travelled so far (Negombo, Kandy, Sigirya, Ella). We did not go to Yala as it gets bad reviews (even from locals) for being too busy and at risk of animal exploitation. Every jeep safari is a private tour which is not good for eco-tourism, so every morning we were told that about 200 jeeps queue through the park looking for a leopard which you have a 50% chance of seeing. We did a safari to Bundala NP instead through 'Yala Leopard Eye Safaris' and it was wonderful. Our guide was so knowledgeable and it was like we had the park to ourselves and we saw everything that you get to see in Yala, plus thousands of amazing bird species.

Optisch sehr schönes Hotel in ruhiger und abgelegener Lage ca. 10 Gehminuten von der Hauptstraße entfernt. Das Hotel / der Pool ist sauber und die Anlage gepflegt. Das Essen ist soweit gut, allerdings ist die Auswahl nicht besonders groß; haben uns mehr oder weniger durch die ganze Speisekarte probiert und waren zufrieden. Die Zimmer sind geräumig und sauber. Einzig das Badezimmer ist etwas veraltet (vor allem die Duschanlage), allerdings noch - dem Land entsprechend - vertretbar. Die Klimaanlagen in unserem Zimmern waren etwas schwer zu bedienen - nach einigen Versuchen konnten wir diese allerdings verwenden (Temperatureinstellung war nicht möglich, die Anlage stand auf 23 Grad). Vom Hotel aus (separater Anbieter, also nicht direkt über das Hotel gebucht) haben wir zwei Touren in den Yala Nationalpark gemacht. Fahrtweg beträgt ca. 30 Minuten.

Excelllent Stay Really nice play and very affordable. Staff were very friendly and booked us a cultural tour which was brillant. We had breakfast which was very nice and nice restaurants are within walking distance.