Pepper Garden Resort

Pepper Garden Resort!!! We stayed here for 2 nights, and after visiting 6 other homestays in Sri Lanka, this was by far our favorite. The lovely couple who runs it is incredibly friendly and helpful. They can drive you into Ella city with their tuk-tuk 🛺, but it’s also within walking distance of the center 👣. It is such a peaceful place, nestled in nature with a great view of the stupa in front of the mountain. Our room was spacious and featured a real, warm shower 🚿, plus the WiFi 🛜 was excellent. We also highly recommend 'The Clay Pot' 🍽️👍, a very good restaurant just close by! Istouti🫶🏻

Nothing to complain about at all !!!!!

Lovely people, it is located outside of the touristic zone of Ella which we appreciated a lot - set in the middle of nature and tea plants

Spacious, well-equipped room with a lovely balcony surrounded by nature. We saw Giant Squirrels and so many birds. Large bathroom with excellent hot shower. Very comfortable bed. A bit outside of town, so very green and quiet, but only a short walk to the station and many restaurants. Wonderful, caring hosts who were always there for us and provided an excellent, varied breakfast every day.

We cannot think of anything we did not like.

The host was extremely kind and made a real effort to ensure we had a great experience. She regularly checked if we had any special wishes for breakfast and gave us excellent tips for exploring Ella – even beyond what we had already researched. You can also easily organize transport and activities through her. The location is peaceful and surrounded by nature, with a beautiful view during breakfast. It’s about a 15-minute walk to town, including a short but steep path, which can be a bit tiring in the heat, but still manageable. The room itself was well ventilated and mostly well sealed, with a mosquito net and adjustable fans (no AC, but it cools down at night). Breakfast was good, though fairly standard compared to other places in Sri Lanka. The Wi-Fi was unfortunately very inconsistent and often not usable, so we had to rely on mobile data. However, this seems to be a more general issue we experienced in several accommodations in Sri Lanka rather than something specific to this place. Overall, a lovely and authentic stay in nature with a very caring host – definitely recommended!

Since the accommodation is very close to the jungle, it can get quite noisy, especially at night with birds and other animals. Early in the morning, birds hitting the windows woke us up a few times, which was a bit disturbing, although the host is already working on fixing this. We also had a small issue with geckos entering through a gap in a window, but this was addressed immediately the same evening.