Uga Chena Huts Sri Lanka
Uga Chena Huts
Palatupana,
Yala Tissamaharama,
Sri Lanka
www.ugaresorts.com/chenahuts/
HOTEL INFORMATION
Group
Uga Resots
Shareholders
Privately owned
Date of Creation
2010
Hotel General Manager
Mr. Roshan De Silva – Experienced hospitality professional. Held similar key positions in reputed hotels and a well known figure in the local hospitality industry
Hotel Positioning
Luxury Boutique Hotel
Development strategy
The hotel creatively transformed the « huts » into chalets with luxurious interiors within domed exteriors. The chalet dome like structure was designed in order it to be structurally and spatially feasible, while innovating build techniques to manage the complexities of creating a hotel room as a single domed.
UGA CHENA HUTS
History & Story
Nestling among dunes and trees at the ocean’s edge, you will find Uga Chena Huts, the latest addition to Uga Resorts’ portfolio of luxury hotels. The hotel is fringed on one landward side by tropical jungle and on the other by a saline lake and overlooking the beach. For guests at Uga Chena Huts, easy access to these natural wonders involves no compromise with comfort or good taste. At this small, select property, the ‘huts’ are in fact luxurious detached, private cabins offering fine views of the surrounding wilderness and seascape. To intensify the wilderness experience, this spacious 7acre property accommodates only eighteen 1130 sq ft cabins. This includes a 781 sq ft climate controlled living space.
Date Renewal
Brand new property
Date added extensions
Brand new property
Main Strengths, Special Touch
Well-appointed spacious cabins / at close proximity to the second-largest natural reserve in the country – Ruhuna National Park (Yala) / Daily morning and evening game drives to the park.
Location
Lying at the end of a specially-build road that connects with the main Tissamaharama-Yala highway a few minutes from the Yala park entrance. It is 315km from Colombo’s international airport and 26km from Tissamaharama, the nearest town.
Key sites/activities in the area
• Yala National Park
• Bundala national Park.
• Udawalawe National Park.
• Bush walks
• Secret Sundowner
• Bush Walk
• Bonfire Dinner experience
Fun Facts
Yala National park has over 44 different resident mammal species and one of the highest leopard population densities in the world.
Children’s Corner
Children are welcome at Uga Chena Huts. However, when engaging in wildlife safaris, guests travelling with children are kindly requested to book exclusive game viewing vehicles to ensure the best family experience.
Even though, there are no special children’s activities at Uga Chena Huts, our rangers will go out of their way to create bespoke experiences for families while with us.
HOTEL FEATURES
Accommodation
• Number of suites: 18
• Number of Luxury rooms:
• Number of rooms, (keys) in all: 18
Restaurants & Bars
• The Basses restaurant
Main restaurant
Main bar
• Poolside bar (concealed behind a waterfall)
Wellness
• Spa
• Main pool
• Built-in plunge pool
Corporate & Celebration Events
Private events of in-house guests on request only and to be pre-arranged with the resort.
Extra Notable Features
Borders a protected nature reserve with bountiful natural wonders.
Hotel and restaurant Awards
2025
• Tripadvisor Travelers’ Choice Awards 2025
• Travelife Gold
2024
• Traveler’s Choice – Best of the Best – Small & Boutique – Asia
• Traveler’s Choice – Best of the Best – Small & Boutique – World
• Travelife Gold
2023
• Traveler’s Choice – Best of the Best – Luxury – Asia
• Traveler’s Choice – Best of the Best – Small Hotels – Asia
• Traveler’s Choice – Best of the Best – Small Hotels – World
• Travelife Gold
Number of employees
53