External Reviews
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The Guardian, UK, December 2006 "Two years on from the Boxing Day tsunami, and Sri Lanka is still getting back on its feet. You can help by staying in locally-run hotels. One of the most authentic is Galapita Eco Lodge, a small solar-powered lodge in jungle bordering the Yala National Park in the south-east. Getting there is best done the local way - take the bus, or drive down from Colombo, then jump in a tuk tuk at the village of Battala before crossing to the lodge over the precarious footbridge that hangs 40ft over the river Menik Ganga." Richard Hammond.
Harpers & Queen guide to 50 Great Escapes, June 2002 "If you really want to be king of the jungle, this is where to head. Built atop a magnificent rock that soars like a huge bathing elephant out of the waters of the Manik Ganga (Gem River), Galapita was, until recently, a private retreat...now it is like an exotic gym for adults. Bathe in Jacuzzi pools downriver or go prospecting for the rubies that litter the river-bed. Local boys will take you trekking through untouched jungle to find elephants, and the chef will happily teach you all about Sri Lankan cooking in his open kitchen. If you are afraid of heights, be warned that to reach your rock kingdom you need to negotiate a footbridge suspended 40 feet above roaring torrents. Only for the intrepid... "