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One of the largest hotels in Yala, Sri Lankan hospitality hosts 80 luxurious rooms amidst the coastal wilds which border our island’s most popular national park. Designed to harmoniously coexist with our magnificent natural surroundings, each room at Jetwing Yala features hues of red and green to immerse you in the tropical vibrancy that paints our wilds with enchantment and adventure. An additional point to note is that 10 of the rooms at Jetwing Yala have also been built to be wheelchair accessible.
Sri Lankan hospitality features three distinct types of rooms for your stay in this hotel. Firstly, 45 Superior Rooms are available with either a private balcony or terrace that looks out into our resident coastal wilderness. 34 Deluxe Rooms share the same features with the luxury of added space, while exclusive Family Room is the epitome of wild luxury in Yala with a generous 106 square metres of elegance that also includes a separate living area.
Each room at Jetwing Yala has been tastefully designed as contemporary spaces to reflect your progressive lifestyle. Modern amenities come as a standard of our hospitality, and include a well-stocked mini-bar to ensure you stay refreshed, free Wi-Fi and a telephone with I.D.D. facilities to keep you connected, along with a dedicated sitting area and plush bathroom with a luxury shower enclosure for your absolute comfort among a host of other room facilities. Staying true to our spirit of harmonious coexistence with nature however, perhaps the most defining feature of every living space at Jetwing Yala is the open-air balcony or terrace, which seamlessly integrates with the beauty of natural surroundings for a memorable experience in luxurious wilds of Sri Lanka’s Deep South.
DINING
Meals amidst the Luxurious Wilds of Sri Lanka
Delivering above the expectations of any hotel, Yala and its coastal wilderness provide a dining atmosphere like no other. With a world-famous natural reserve on one side and the great Indian Ocean on the other, you will find yourself savouring meals as magnificent as the environment that surrounds this hotel.
Overlooking Sri Lanka’s exclusive coastline, The Restaurant at Jetwing Yala is hotel’s prime dining space. Live action stations plate up a range of global and local delicacies that include seafood, tapas, and more, for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Complementing the fine dining experience Sri Lankan hospitality is Thambapanni – an alternative dining option specializing in Asian Fusion cuisine with dishes that draw inspiration from our island home and nations from India to Indonesia and beyond.
To keep you in high spirits, The Bar also looks into the colourful horizon that serves as the backdrop to hotel, with both indoor and outdoor seating to experience the best of Yala’s inviting ambience while looking over the Indian Ocean, while the Pool Bar serves as a more laid-back option to enjoy a cocktail in the calm waters reserved for you on our wild coastline. Towards the edge of the ocean however, Beach Bar and its exclusive lounge area rest upon the sands of our shore, and is a great spot to watch the sun set over the blue sea with a refreshing drink in hand.
As a pleasure of our hospitality, Jetwing Yala also offers five Signature Dining experiences should you wish to indulge in your meals amidst unique settings within our resident landscapes. For instance, you may choose to enjoy your dinner atop the characteristic dunes of Yala’s coastline, or alfresco under the starlit sky of our wild landscapes. The option of dining by its poolside is also available, along with the preparation of a Wild BBQ for the more adventurous. But if you wish to keep things simple, you may also dine from the privacy and comforts of your own room.
Modern Luxuries on Our Wild Coast
Surrounded by wilderness yet built with modernity, Jetwing Yala remains a contemporary home of Sri Lankan hospitality with an abundance of luxuries to complement your stay in the midst of our coastal environment.
Perhaps the largest of Yala hotels, Jetwing Yala is equipped to share the best of Sri Lanka with you – be it within or beyond the confines of our coastal home. In addition to 24-hour room service across the property, we also feature a 24-hour travel desk to help plan your island adventures from the hotel. Daily housekeeping and a dedicated laundry service complement its list of facilities to ensure your comfort in our home, while free wireless internet is also available to keep you connected even at the edge of the wild. Should you require, Jetwing Yala also features I.D.D., fax, and e-mail services, along with purpose-built conference facilities to host your next event for business or for pleasure.
Hotel location on the deep southern coastline of Sri Lanka also comes with the benefit of direct beach access. For your safety, team of internationally trained lifeguards continuously patrols the shores, with a first aid and emergency response team also on standby in the event that they are required. Within the hotel grounds however, a refreshingly large swimming pool serves as an alternative form of aquatic leisure, while our modern gym is also available to complement your fitness routine on vacation. For simple recreation, take to hotel’s pool table, or if you wish to simply unwind and relax, hotel spa will always welcome you with an invitation of bliss and tranquility.
 "We highly appreciated Cyril as our chauffeur guide. We can easily speak with him about any subject. We learnt a lot about Sri Lanka' s culture, history and way of life. He arrange everything we asked. In the airport on arrval his welcome is marvelous. His English language is superb and very clear. His knowledge and expanation about the sites are unique. More than the all he is very friendly and punctual. We will recommend him all the people who willing to come to Sri Lanka." COMBE MARTIAL AND WILD EMMANUEL FROM FRANCE
 "Dear Cyril, We want to thank you so much for making our trip so unforgetable and delightful. We received your name from our friends lives in Geneva who travelled with you in January 2009 and they gave you such a high recommendation that we decided to conbtact you for our two weeks trip this year. Although we have been to Sri Lanka a few times already. We have never found such an excellent driver and guide. It has been a great pleasure to visit Colombo with you and then to Koggala for two day tr..." Mr.Gabor Kato & Mrs.Ann Kato
 "We would like to say thank you very much Mr. Cyril for the excellent 7 night tour of Sri Lanka you provided us. We thoroughly enjoyed our visit to Sri Lanka and the itinerary you arranged. The four hotels (Earls Regency, Amaya Lake, Heritance Kandalama and the Colombo Hilton) were excellent and thoroughly deserved their 5 stars. Your driving skills was excellent. Also very friendly, calm, helpful, and courteous and always prompts. Sri Lanka is a lovely country and the people were very friendly. ..." Suresh and Prashanth
 "Hello, We had 2 weeks exploring Sri Lanka and for most of that time Cyril drove for usto various towns, sites of interest. Cyril wsa a very pleasant chauffeur. Always prompt and greeted us with a smile. He was well informed about the sites we visited and pointed out many interesting historical buildings en-route. We had a great 2 weeks in Sri Lanka and Cyril's plesant and helpful nature contributed to this briliant holiday. Thank Cyril Sara and Steve from Birmingham, England" Sara and Steve
 "I want to thank Mr. Cyril for this 17 days long tour. He is an excellent chauffeur guide, always on time with a car more than the clean. He knows all the places in the Island and organized very well. Most of all, he is very kind person, always with a smile and ready to help. I want to reccommond him to all my friends. Ria Deleu Belgium Travel period 25 Jan 2020 - 10 Feb 2020 ( 17 days)" Mrs. Ria Deleu from Belgium
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 "Dear Cyril, Thank you very much for wonderful holiday. Your attention to detail and care of your clients is extraordinary. We certainly hope to cross paths again and we will recommonding you to all of our friends and to family too. Many thanks again. Paul nad Machelle Brisbane, Australia. Visited during 10/10/2012 - 26/10/2012" Mr. Paul and Mrs. Machelle from Australia
 "Cyril was absolutly Fantastic,Veryhelpful, Patient and extremly knowledgable. Wouldn't hesitate to recommend and travel with him again. Whole tour was well organized and perfectly done. Kate Williams and family from UK 04th January 2015" Kate Williams UK
 " Dear Cyril We spent a wonderful week with you. We were so pleased to have to visited your beautiful country and we will recommend you for all of our relatives and to friends. It has been a pleasure to spend these days with you, we will never forget nice smile on your face all the time. Thank you and if one day you would like to visit Switzerland we will be raedy take you around snowy mountans! All the best, Franz family" Dr. David franz from Swiss