Surveyors’ Residence is a newly renovated bungalow of a former licensed surveyor and his family, located in the suburbs of Kandy. The family lived in this property from 1983. The bungalow was converted to a fully serviced private holiday bungalow / villa in 2018 as "Surveyors’ Residence" with 5 air-conditioned rooms, pool, and other amenities. This property is surrounded by lush greenery, offers a pleasing homely feeling, along with an unforgettable experience of diverse food choices and tailored service offerings.
Our personal chef who caters to your culinary needs is skilled in cooking, diverse Sri Lankan & western cuisine including, soups, salads, Sri Lankan & western main meals. We provide meals for the guest from 6.00 am to 9.00 pm as per your choice including picnic packs for excursions. We don’t offer self cooking option for safety of our guests and service of our chef is provided free of charge.
On availability, we provide home-grown fresh fruits & vegetables to make your meal satisfying.
We have an a la carte menu with Sri Lanka, Indian and Western options including a kids menu . Meals can be pre-ordered from the a la carte menu for your convenience at a reasonable price. Further, we offer facilities for pre-arranged BBQ dinners at the pool side lawn.
We provide kids meals around the clock on your request at a reasonable price. Hot water or a kettle can be provided for you to prepare meals for kids free of charge.
Housekeeping services are available from 9.00 – 18.00 Hrs for your convenience.
We have a private, child friendly pool in the bungalow, with a Kid’s pool, child friendly pool. Gates are available around the pool deck for the safety of your kids.
For entertainment, TV lounge is available with selected local & international channels. We provide board/card games, extra activities for kids absolutely free. Bungalow with a scenic view, has ample space for children to run-around, discover plants such as coffee, cocoa and herbs.
Your host Kanchana and the team at Surveyor’s Residence, offer a range of services to create memorable moments in family holidays, family reunions and leisure outings for families during your stay at the bungalow.
We facilitate and provide tailored services for your excursions in and around Kandy. These include picnic food baskets, amenities for excursions, takeaway food packs, drinks Etc.
We provide details of popular excursions and customized services; we offer for each excursion at the bungalow. Please refer to our information guide and discuss with the caretaker to for arrangements to way you prefer.
If you or part of your group wish to stay back and relax, we can organize food and drinks on the BBQ lawn, pool terrace or in the garden as a picnic to keep your children happily occupied.
Our back garden has tropical herbs and plants including cocoa, coffee, vanilla wild berries, citrus plants, aloe vera, king-coconuts and many more. We provide garden-fresh produce on availability. (Some are seasonal crops and may not be available)
Kanchana, a RYT 200 accredited yoga trainer will conduct “Mind Body and Soul” yoga sessions as pre-arranged sessions.
Host resides outside the premise within close distance and can be contacted for assistance.
Surveyor’s Residence is located, 3 Km from the Kandy City Center closer to Cinnamon Citadel Kandy.
Bungalow is located in a central location, Kandy city center and most of the tourist destinations can be reached within 15 -30 minutes from the bungalow. following are some of the popular tourist destinations in and around Kandy. This may help you to plan your stay.
We provide an information guide at the bungalow which has popular excursions and customized services we offer for each excursion.
HERITAGE - WITHIN THE CITY
• Dalada Maligawa -20 min
• Natha Devalya – 20 min
• Buddhist Museum – 20 min
• National Museum – 20 min
• British Garrison cemetery - 30 min
• St Paul's Church- 20 min
• Kandy Lake - 20 min
• Wales park - 20 min
HERITAGE - AROUND KANDY
• Tea Museum Hantana - 45 min
• Gadaladeniya temple - 45 Min
• Lankathilake temple - 45-60 min
• Commonwealth war cemetery – 15 min
• Railway museum -Kadugannawa – 45 min
NATURE / SCENIC - AROUND KANDY
• Royal Botanical gardens. – 20 min
• Udawattekele forest reserve – 20 min
• Hantana bird park (Captive birds) – 45 min
ADVENTURE
• Ambulugala Tower – 90 min
• Hike in hantana mountain ridge - 60 min
• Hike in Alagalla/ Saradiel trail - 90 min
• Hike in Knuckles range/ Corbet’s gap-120 min
CULTURE
• Cultural dancing show-Kandy Lake Club – 30 min
• Brassware factories in Pilimathalawa - 30 min
• Kadugannawa Tea Factory – 45 min
• Bahirawakanda temple – 30 min
• Pillaiyar Kovil (Hindu Temple) 20 mn
• Visit to central market – 20 min
• Short train tripfrom Perdeniya station – 30 min.
SHOPPING
• Kandy city center mall (KCC) – 20 min
• ODEL Luv SL souvenir shop – 20 min
• Laksala Souvenir shop – 20 min
• Central market – 20 min
NATURE / SCENIC LOCATIONS - (5+ HOUR EXCURSIONS)
• Sembuwatta lake – 90 min
• Hunnas falls Hotel and nature trail – 90 min
• Mandaram Nuwara (Misty Town) – 120 min
• Victoria dam view point – 90 min
• Kothmale dam view point – 90 min
Language spoken: English