Club Palm Bay – Sri Lanka – India

Well, I don’t know where to start. After a lovely flight with Qatar airlines we arrived at The Club Palm Bay in Sri Lanka, both very tired, so didn’t pay to much attention to the journey to hotel. I was a bit taken aback when we got to reception and found it quite depressing & dark, but we were given a lovely greeting & a much appreciated, refreshing cocktail.

We checked in & were taken to our rooms. It was a lovely big room with a walk in shower, plenty of storage, tea & coffee making facilities, a fridge, safe, TV etc etc. After a shower & when unpacked, we explored the hotel grounds. Lovely! The hotel is set in beautiful, well maintained grounds with a surrounding lagoon - I was very impressed

The food was lovely with plenty of variety and beautiful desserts, especially the steamed puddings. The staff were lovely and couldn’t do enough for you, always very friendly, always a hello from the gardeners up to the reception staff. As for trips, we did a couple of local trips in the tuk tuks which are situated outside the hotel with a great guy called Sumit, he was very helpful & was a great guide.

For our trip to Kandy & the elephant orphanage we used ‘Big’ Fernando and had a great day out with him. We asked him plenty of questions about different things which he was only too pleased to answer, he speaks of his beautiful country with so much pride, & was only too happy to show us different things. He can be found just outside the hotel gates and he hasnt got an office but we were recommended him. He is fully insured and we saw all of his paperwork & did check it out. He made our trip out with him very special, & on the day before we left, he invited us to his house to meet his family which was lovely

The elephant orphanage is a must see as is the elephant ride which is in not far from the orphanage. I could go on & on about the Club Palm hotel, Sri Lanka, the people etc but would take up too much space! All in all we had a great holiday and intend going back next year as still have got plenty of things we want to do & see. Well done Club Palm Bay for making our holiday most enjoyable