Palm Paradise Cabanas and Villas – a coastal retreat for nature lovers

Cabanas fashioned from the timber of palm trees

The lush garden forests

Something a little different: With more and more travellers going the distance to seek sanctuary from the everyday grind, comes a place that capture the spirit of a time, a scene and a tranquillity that uplifts the soul and mind. 

Known as Palm Paradise Cabanas and Villas, it is situated in Sri Lanka’s less-explored, rural south coast of Tangalle, where it’s almost-hidden sign, nudges you to turn off the road, and from the drive-up alone, you come to realise that this place is different from your normal over the top luxury boutique hotel, but is more a hideaway that aims to induce peace, tranquillity and rekindle your relationship with nature, where privacy is paramount. 

Those who make it here discover a natural place of beauty, set on a palm-swaying coconut estate on the edge of the tumbling sea. The resort also abounds in private nooks: There are hammocks to laze in, all cloaked by beautiful tropical gardens with a pool that is uniquely designed to blend with its surroundings. Paved pathways that runs through garden forests, leads to the quietest stretch of Goyambokka beach, where the sand stretches away towards the end of the peninsula in a blindingly perfect crescent.

It’s a rustic and natural place of untouched beauty, where Peacocks roam the lush gardens, and is home to more than 40 types of birds.

This is a place that should definitely be on the radar of nature lovers. Its charm will make even non-converts of nature succumb to its overall spirit of peace, tranquillity and oneness with its natural surroundings. It’s what any busy corporate magnate who seeks some solitude, needs to come, to indulge and soak up its sensory atmosphere. 

Unbeatable seclusion: The self-sustaining hideaway’s biggest draw along with its setting, might just be the six tranquil eco-friendly villas and a country house, all of which has roomy bedrooms, airy living spaces with dazzling-white walls, plush beds accented with lots of wood and huge windows that give undulated views of the surrounding nature. With no TV to break the tranquillity, it is coupled with private terraces overlooking the gardens, where one can sip a green tea and listen to songs of birds and sounds of nature. 

There are also a host of cool spacious cabanas fashioned from the timber of palm trees, that are deliberately kept rustic but very comfortable, which nestle around shaded walkways and the brilliant tropical gardens. With clay tiled roofs, the furniture is of beautiful bamboo and wood, coupled with local fabrics, beds that are comfortable and well equipped bathrooms. Keeping with the eco concept it has no TV to disturb the atmosphere and has huge cooling fans.  Each of the cabanas are inspired with the name of a local flower and has been known to lure an endlessly loyal horde of repeat guests back to enjoy it’s rustic minimalistic comfort. 

The food offered is a fusion of rural simplicity and fine indulgence. From its breakfast menu that has both a local and international fare, from a cooling Sri Lankan homemade vanilla yoghurt with treacle and pancakes with banana and rich coconut treacle, both unusual but tasty blends, to lunches that sport popular Sri Lankan, Thai and International dishes from local rice and curry, grilled seafood platters, pasta and grills that all tantalize taste buds, the Key Lime Pie for dessert is one that should not be missed.  

Utmost relaxation: Added to all this, will be a sound healing program that sports a Sound Bath, offering an immersion in beautiful sounds and vibrations that heal the body, mind and spirit, and is a deeply meditative experience taking guests on a journey of deep relaxation and healing.

Close to many National Parks, a turtle conservation and whale watching, this place is ideal for hedonistic hermits and belongs amongst the new breed of superior nature hideaways by the beach. Having lived up to its well-deserved reputation, it has enough impressive credentials and is highly rated and recommended by Trip Advisor, Booking.com and Beach.lk as “ excellent ” and “standing out” from the rest. It is definitely a game changer that offers its multigenerational clientele a wonderful place to withdraw themselves away from the bustle of everyday life and be mesmerised by what nature offers.