Enjoy a 3-day holistic retreat at Welikande, Kandy, featuring sunrise yoga and guided meditation in a scenic mountain-view shala. Two daily 90-minute sessions are tailored for all levels to ensure a safe, personalized practice. Guests can also choose one community-focused activity per day, including transport, lunch, and a guide, providing a stress-free, immersive experience while supporting the local community.
Meet and welcome at Bandaranaike International airport and we board our private vehicle and start driving through the scenic villages to Welikande, Kandy. Arrive in Welikande, Kandy and check in to the yoga retreat center located surrounded by beautiful sceneries and in a relaxing area, from then begins the explore of your yoga retreat planner.
Tea Plantation & Waterfall Tour
By tuk-tuk, you will drive through the Tea plantations to 5 waterfalls followed by a short walk to the waterfall for a refreshing swim if you wish.
There will be a picnic provided and a visit to a local tea shop for hot tea and Short eats.
Along the way, there are fantastic views and chances to meet the Tea-picking crews they have to pick 20 kilograms of fresh tea leaves a day. It’s a tough life but they love to stop for a photo.
Spa Wellness Treatment
Ayurveda is a traditional Hindu system of medicine based on the idea of balance in bodily systems. It uses diet, herbal treatment, and yogic breathing. Local herbs and oils give the physical body a deep, relaxing massage, which has positive effects on the mind. The treatment includes an herbal steam bath, traditionally called Vashta Swedha. Steam infused with medicinal herbs cleanses pores and the skin.
Heeloya Trek
You will find yourself in the company of one of our state-licensed tour guides for a beautiful trek in the Heeloya National Park. The guides will tell you all about the different herbs and spices that grow around and are used in the food we serve. The trek is a great experience to profoundly connect with the elements of nature, as taken from the ancient teachings of Buddhism. You hike through rice paddies, tea plantations, pine forests, and past villagers’ homes to get a sense of the landscape and culture. Eat lunch at a waterfall, where you have the opportunity to take a refreshing swim before you head back to Welikande.
Local cooking experience
A trip to Sri Lanka would be incomplete without an introduction to Sri Lankan cooking. You will start the day with a short Tuk Tuk ride and then a 3 km hike into the rice paddies, where we meet up with a local female cook who, with her family’s help, has recreated two authentic rice paddy houses from mud and wood.
On this day, you will make your own lunch in an outdoor kitchen with a view of mountains and rice paddy fields. Most of the ingredients, like jackfruit, green leaves, coconuts, and other fruits and vegetables, will be harvested directly on the property before cooking. You will enjoy lunch sitting cross-legged on the first floor.
After lunch, there is sometimes work to be done in harvesting or planting rice paddies with the mud between your toes. Then, down to the river for a swim.
Mandala Painting
Welikande Estate Wellness have created a lovely peaceful art room that you are welcome to use at any time during your stay. Mandala painting is an ancient art form that can be used as meditation and centering. They are very privileged to have a fantastic art teacher to guide you through the process. You are very welcome to take home your wooden disc, or it will hang with the others in reception.
Breakfast at hotel and then start the drive to where you wish to begin your next tour.
This activity or excursion is included in this retreat. Please note they depend on availability:
Made with Love! The food is fresh (it literally falls from the trees on our doorstep!), plant-based, and satisfying. Welikande Estate Wellness cook a creative vegan and vegetarian menu that is designed to nourish your body and brain and inspire you to live your best life! They are passionate about what they put on your plate because they know when you eat well, you feel well.
It is part of their food philosophy to use ingredients that do not harm animals or the environment and use local produce so you can enjoy what you eat with a clear conscience without compromising on taste. From their own exploration, they know that you can eat all of your favorite dishes and some exotic new ones, too, without needing to use meat or dairy. Whether you’re looking for a king coconut for breakfast, colorful bowls of exotic fruits, lunchtime snacks, or an authentic Sri Lankan dinner, you’ll be offered delicious, nutritionally balanced options that are bursting with flavor. The menus are also flexible enough to accommodate any additional dietary requirements. Please feel free to ask.
