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Wake Up Weligama

Weligama

Located in Weligama, 400 metres from Weligama Beach, Wake Up Weligama provides accommodation with a garden, free private parking and a shared lounge. The property is around 29 km from Galle International Cricket Stadium, 29 km from Galle Fort and 29 km from Dutch Church Galle. The accommodation features a shared kitchen, room service and currency exchange for guests.

At the hostel, the rooms are fitted with a balcony. Every room is equipped with a safety deposit box and free WiFi, while selected rooms include a terrace. The host Mahesh was an amazing guy. Breakfast provided was also tasty. Most of it was local breakfast though.

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9.2
Wonderful
165 reviews
Price from
$7
per night

Hidden Well Hiriketiya

Hiriketiya

Situated on the beachfront in Hiriketiya and boasting a garden, Hidden Well Hiriketiya has free WiFi throughout the property. The property is located 500 metres from Hiriketiya Beach, 2.1 km from Kudawella Beach and 2.5 km from Dickwella Beach. Guests can enjoy sea views.

At the hostel, rooms have a wardrobe. Certain rooms are fitted with a kitchen with a dishwasher. The rooms have bed linen. I stayed here for a week, and would live here longer if I could. This place is magic, made even more magic by the incredible hosts (now friends). The grounds are beautiful, you fall asleep in the jungle listening to the crashing waves of the ocean and the croak of frogs. I've seen wildcats, peacocks, monkeys, and lizards while I read a book in the hammock. I've made breakfast and coffee in the kitchen while working remotely. I've watched the sunset over the ocean from my bed. I've showered in the open air under the forest canopy. This is now one of my favourite places that I've ever stayed in- don't hesitate to be well by booking the hidden well.

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9.2
Wonderful
125 reviews
Price from
$13
per night

Nature Rex Hostel

Weligama

Set in Weligama, 1.3 km from Weligama Beach, Nature Rex Hostel offers accommodation with a garden, free private parking, a shared lounge and a terrace. Featuring a bar, the hostel is close to several noted attractions, around 1.4 km from Abimanagama Beach and around 1.9 km from Kushtarajagala. The accommodation provides a shared kitchen, room service and currency exchange for guests. Such an adorable and helpful family. They contribute a lot to the local community, one day they went making food-packages for the poor. Location is perfect to surf on jungle beach, but still close to welligama. The host help you with everything. And the breakfast is amazing!

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9.4
Wonderful
127 reviews
Price from
$6
per night

JJ's Hostel Mirissa

Mirissa

All private rooms include a patio / sitting area with a day-bed where you can relax. All rooms feature luxury mattresses, linen and private modern bathrooms. All dormitories feature air-conditioning and personal lockers with attached modern bathrooms. The place is very convenient to go to the supermarket and beach, not to close to the noisy area, room is big and have a lot of activities you can join they will always inform a day before

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9.2
Wonderful
547 reviews
Price from
$10.50
per night

Happy bunk hostel weligama

Weligama

Set in Weligama, 200 metres from Weligama Beach, Happy bunk hostel weligama offers accommodation with a garden, free private parking, a shared lounge and a terrace. The property is located 29 km from Galle International Cricket Stadium, 29 km from Galle Fort and 29 km from Dutch Church Galle. The accommodation provides a 24-hour front desk, airport transfers, a shared kitchen and free WiFi throughout the property. I loved the beauty of the house, amaizing garden too. Very well located. Thilina took nicely care of my stay, his dog Summer is magic part of the house atmosphère. I definitly recommand this hostel for the chill, the beauty and confort. Thilina can give you access to the pool of a stunning resort and Samith, his friend, got the best surf school of the beach. Guys, thank you for the mood. All the best 🌞

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9.7
Exceptional
10 reviews
Price from
$8.50
per night

Together Beach House

Midigama East

At the hostel, the rooms come with a balcony. Featuring a private bathroom with a shower, rooms at Together Beach House also boast free WiFi, while certain rooms are equipped with a sea view. At the accommodation rooms come with bed linen and towels. A big thank you to Renan & Rachele for making my stay unforgettable! I will always remember their kindness and most warm welcome! I am sure it would not have been the same experience if they haden’t been there, even though the beach house is amazing! Everything from the room, to day-to-day life was perfect thanks to the both of them. They were always available if needed and ready to help in any way (fixing things around the beach house, giving recommendations to surf, cleaning and making the beach house look nice etc.) If I could I would travel to all the places around the world where Renan & Rachele volunteer to manage! Great location, magical view, simple life :)

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9.2
Wonderful
21 reviews
Price from
$14.40
per night

Evoke Hostels, Hiriketiya beach

Hiriketiya Beach, Dickwella

Set in Dickwella, 500 metres from Hiriketiya Beach, Evoke Hostels, Hiriketiya beach offers accommodation with a garden, free private parking, a shared lounge and a terrace. Among the facilities at this property are a 24-hour front desk and luggage storage space, along with free WiFi throughout the property. The accommodation features a shared kitchen, room service and currency exchange for guests. Malinda is a beautiful host and took us to a lovely point to see the sunset. The hostel is 5 mins walk from dikwella and 5 mins walk from hiriketiya beach, but still nice and peaceful. The beds were comfy and everyone had a fan which was lovely. They have a washing machine you can use for 500rupee and a kitchen if you’d like to prepare your own food. We loved this hostel!

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9.1
Wonderful
21 reviews
Price from
$8
per night

Bappa's Place

Hiriketiya

Located in Hiriketiya and within less than 1 km of Hiriketiya Beach, Bappa's Place features a garden, non-smoking rooms, and free WiFi throughout the property. The property is set 1.7 km from Dickwella Beach, 2.6 km from Kudawella Beach and 5.8 km from Hummanaya Blow Hole. Tangalle Lagoon is 16 km away and Mulkirigala Rock Monastery is 16 km from the hostel. Bappa's was incredible! We booked 2 nights, but ended up staying for 4 more days. The location is just removed from the beach in a quieter area, an easy walk. The rooms/ bathrooms and kitchen were so clean and comfortable! Some of the comfiest beds I have found in a hostel. The staff was great, helping us book the extra nights and do our laundry with ease. The yard had a bunch of different chairs to sit in while enjoying morning coffee.

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9.6
Exceptional
69 reviews
Price from
$15
per night

Seek the Sun

Polhena Beach, Matara

Located in Matara, 200 metres from Madiha Beach, Seek the Sun provides accommodation with a garden, free private parking, a terrace and a restaurant. The property is around 400 metres from Polhena Beach, 2.3 km from Matara Beach and 31 km from Hummanaya Blow Hole. The hostel also features free WiFi as well as a paid airport shuttle service. Nice clean and cool rooms. The location is great and Dominic is very helpful! The food at the Restaurant is delicious😜 Can highly recommend to stay here :)

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9.6
Exceptional
14 reviews
Price from
$17.72
per night

Plan B Coliving & Coworking

Weligama

Featuring a shared bathroom with a shower and a hairdryer, rooms at the hostel also feature a garden view. At Plan B Coliving & Coworking the rooms are equipped with bed linen and towels.

Galle International Cricket Stadium is 28 km from Plan B Coliving & Coworking, while Galle Fort is 28 km from the property. The nearest airport is Koggala, 15 km from the hostel, and the property offers a paid airport shuttle service. This place had everything I needed and more - kitchen access, coworking space, on-site restaurant, great wifi, and helpful staff. Made myself right at home here for a good two weeks.

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9.2
Wonderful
31 reviews
Price from
$10.76
per night

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