Centauria Wild

45 reviews shown

10/10

Exceptional

05 Jan 2026

Ravitha

Large clean room, great service, comprehensive breakfast, large pool,

8/10

Excellent

29 Dec 2025

Joe

Staff very helpful, lovely resort

10/10

Exceptional

28 Dec 2025

Nice rooms, Great service. Awesome breakfast. Clean wash rooms.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

09 Mar 2025

Russell

The hotel was good pool was excellent Mangadala the Lifeguard very welcoming I could not access the Expedia App so did not get the VIP upgrade It was not offered to us.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

17 Feb 2025

Veronika

Location is great in the city , for sight seeing. The pool is quite small but good for a refreshing dip. The rooms are a bit dated , could do with more attention to cleaning. No windows in the room ( unless you want to open blinds into communal hall. Food in the restaurant was great !

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

30 Dec 2024

Saulius

Nice Big Hotels

We stay group 18 person have 8 rooms. Everything is good.Is like 4 star hotel.
Good food nice breakfast no complaints Definitely.Recommend for anybody to stay in this hotel.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

26 Oct 2024

Charles

Our stay at centauria wild was great, they have breakfast, lunch, and dinner plus a bar on site and an amazing pool. Lovely and very helpful staff
Thank you

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

02 Feb 2024

SEAN

A all round lovely hotel

A nice and friendly value for money hotel.

Staff all amazing but Dylan on reception was exceptional and very personable.

Self

8/10

Excellent

05 Jan 2024

William

Good value

Well located close to Udawalawe. Nice pool area, good service. Large room with comfortable beds

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

11 Apr 2022

Robin

Best hotel we had in SL

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Jan 2022

Yatin

Clean, convenient to the Wildlife Reserve, friendly staff

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

29 Dec 2019

Emma

A nice stay

The hotel was clean and the room a good size for three adults. The food was good and we ate the buffet on both nights. We were told it would be a forty-five minute wait for a-la carte. The gym facilities need improving! There is not much around the hotel so if you are wanting to do a safari, then a one night stay would be enough. The pool area was nice - a beautiful view!

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

24 Sep 2019

Daniel

Great Smiling Staff

Really nice place near wildlife park. Staff is super friendly. Lunch mediocre - only burgers, etc, dinner much better, Italian as well as local foods, breakfast the best w/ a great variety.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

17 Apr 2019

Grace

Could be so much better

This property has potential to be so much more interesting and enjoyable but lacks managerial insight and imagination . There is a fantastic rooftop to watch the sunset from and there are no tables or service anywhere in sight . Front desk lacked answers to questions and didn't seem motivated to provide any . General atmosphere needs improvement .

8/10

Excellent

12 Feb 2019

Judith

Nice hotel near safari park

This is one of the closest hotels (1-2 miinutes drive) to Udawalawa nationaj park, which is well worth the visit. Hotel itself is a big lace for tour groups, so rather hectic,but rooms are reasonably nice.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

29 Jan 2019

Jackie

Lovely hotel, great staff, food and facilities, near to udawalawe National Park so perfect to go to after safari

10/10

Exceptional

21 Jan 2019

Sunil

Good choice for visitors to Udawalawe

Centauria Wild is well located very near the Udawalawe reservoir and it is easy to get to the nature reserve. The hotel itself is quite comfortable and staff are friendly. We had a brief problem with ants on our bed but they changed our room and the new one was fine. We had dinner and breakfast at the hotel - buffet style with a lot of choice but not exceptional. Will stay here again

Partner

8/10

Excellent

03 Jan 2019

Verified traveler

Nice hotel with the opportunity of so much more, very close to park entrance with make things simple.

6/10

Pleasant

26 Dec 2018

Verified traveler

Rude staff. Isolated location. Expensive. Great pool and get close to the safari park

10/10

Exceptional

13 Dec 2018

Brian

Five star hotel...all the way.

I have to say this hotel is nothing short of amazing. Great service, upscale hotel at a reasonable price. Lounge was relaxing, a fun retreat after adventuring. Restaurant had good food, well presented. Al a carte was delicious with a creative presentation. Buffet breakfast and dinner a solid choice with lots or choice. International menu. Pool was clean and refreshing. Rooms, spacious, clean, comfortable and private, think infinity room with view to the jungle. Close to local attractions. Staff friendly and helpful.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

12 Dec 2018

Verified traveler

We got a room upgrade which was a suite and spacious, overlooking the pool. Overall, the hotel was very nice, clean and the staff generally helpful. The swimming pool was large and very clean. Food was OK.The only let down was the dining room which was large and unfriendly. Lots of tour parties who had eaten most of the buffet before we arrived and despite assurances, were not filled up. The dining room staff service was also slow and unfriendly.

10/10

Exceptional

22 Sep 2018

fred

Outstanding value for money. Staff are very friendly and accommodating. Food was excellent. Pool was clean and relaxing. Views from the rooms and the property overlooking udalwalwe are beautiful.

4/10

Poor

22 May 2018

Todd

Falls short of expectations

I understand this is a new property, however they need to hire a consultant to educate them on hospitality. The beds are not comfortable. The internet was spotty. There were ants in the room and in the beds, thus it made for a terrible night sleep.

Additionally, we booked a safari through the hotel and there was no one in the lobby in the morning to coordinate the activity.

This could be a great property as it is in a great area, but needs some attention to details.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

21 May 2018

Steven

Stopover after Safair

Stayed one night after safari at udawalawe national park, the main entrance is a few minutes up the road. It was off season so the main restaurant was closed, we ate lunch in cafe. The food was good but the service was quite pushy, kept asking what we wanted for desert even after we said we didn't want any. The room was clean, and the pool was fantastic. The hotel was perfect for our needs.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

09 Apr 2018

Verified traveler

Close to the park

The hotel is close to the park. The jeep ride to the entrance was probably about 5 minutes. The hotel is beautiful, but the bathroom could use an extra once-over with some cleaning products. The gym is in a muggy room which seems like an after-thought. It was not well air conditioned and nobody was there. (Not sure which is the cause, which is the effect.)
The food was delicious for the adults, although a bit hard to find something for a kid who doesn't eat spicy food.
The pool is warm and beautiful!

Family

10/10

Exceptional

27 Feb 2018

Jacqueline

Need some fine tuning but has wow factor.

A new hotel that is spotlessly clean with enormous rooms and very swish bathrooms and has caring staff but several major issues. It is not suitable for anyone with a mobility problem as there are no lifts and flights of steps everywhere with some major tripping hazards. The pool is beautiful,with lots of sun beds but no sun shades so not used much. The food was for the most part not good as it was served cold, however on our final morning, after many complaints to the Restraunt manager we had a superb breakfast, hot, varied and delicious so they can do it if they try. We were told that most of the staff are trainees, but nobody seems to be training them which is a pity as they are keen to serve. Having said all that I would recommend the hotel, in spite of its faults it doe have wow factor and as it is so near Udawalawa.

Partner

4/10

Poor

22 Feb 2018

Sarah

Could do better

Certainly has the wow factor on arrival. Apparently the hotel is only 6 months old. The room was exceptionally roomy, clean and well furnished.
Now the bad. We ate at the buffet restaurant and the choice and quality of the food was poor. To make matters worse the service was also poor and the experience was repeated the following morning at breakfast.
Alongside this they ran out of food for the evening buffet and also 10 minutes after the buffet finished the staff were allowed to pile in and finish what was left when us diners were still
present!!
Such a shame as this could be a quality hotel if these issues were addressed

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 Feb 2018

Sam

The best hotel we stayed in during our trip

We booked our stay at Centauria Wild a couple of days before we got there and were amazed at how great the place was. We decided to go to Udawalawe for a safari and wanted a hotel nearby. This exceeded our expectations. As well as organising the safari, the staff couldn't do enough for us, the place was spotless, the food was great and our room was superb. Can't recommend this place highly enough.

10/10

Exceptional

27 Jan 2018

Beautiful place

After suffering all the substandard places in Sri Lanka, Centauria Wild was a welcome relief. Compared to the other rubbish accommodation we had in the ‘resorts’ of Sri Lanka, this one is a real resort and it’s about the best you can get in this part of Sri Lanka. Nice buffet dinner although not wide selection. But it’s sufficient. I highly recommend this place in Udawalawe. Free workers’ accommodation for the driver too.

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jan 2026

Daniela

Wir hatten zwei Übernachtungen über Weihnachten im Centauria Wild.

Das Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis hat absolut gepasst: grosse, saubere und ruhige Zimmer, ein schöner Pool, sehr freundliche Mitarbeitende sowie die Nähe zum Nationalpark. Besonders hervorzuheben ist das Weihnachtsbuffet bzw. der Weihnachtsabend – die Mitarbeitenden haben sich sehr ins Zeug gelegt, das war deutlich spürbar. Wir haben uns sehr darüber gefreut.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

27 Dec 2025

Sylvain

Hôtel confortable, mais aucun restaurant près de l’hôtel à moins de quelques kilomètres! Possibilité de manger au buffet de l’hôtel, mais les prix sont bcp plus cher qu’ailleurs! Mais.. la bouffe est bonne!

10/10

Exceptional

18 Jul 2023

Jørgen

Fantastisk ophold

Fantastik flot og nyt hotel. Store lækre værelser med egen stor altan med udsigt over naturparken.
Poolområdet var super lækkert i frodige grønne omgivelser. Personalet helt utrolig imødekommende og serviceminded.
Morgenmad og aftensmad var lækker og alt var rent og pænt.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

15 Feb 2023

Jorn

Very good hotel.

Very good and beautiful hotel close to the jungle. Extremely helpful and good staff. I will be back

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

14 Feb 2023

Jorn

Fantastic hotel

It's a very nice hotel. Beautiful garden and pool area. Good bar and restaurant with excellent staff.
The hotel is very close to the park entrance.
This was my 5th stay at Centauria Wild and I will come back - again and again...

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

29 Jan 2020

François

Superbe hôtel. Super bien situé. Personnel très agréable et aux petits soins avec nous. Nous y avons très bien mangé aussi ! Ils organisent les safaris et activités avec plaisir à un prix juste ! On recommande !

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

09 Jan 2020

Roland

Toppenhotell

Mycket bra hotell, mycket fräscht, både möbler, fastigheten, trädgård och utsmyckningar. Riktigt trevligt. Här känner man sig riktigt avkopplad! Mycket nära till Nationalparken och hemmet för föräldralösa elefanter. Märktes dock att det är lite nytt, så logistiken fungerade inte alltid klockrent, men god mat och mycket trevlig atmosfär och personal. Toppen helt enkelt!

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

07 Jan 2020

Claudia

Sehr schöne großzügige Anlage - schöner als die Fotos es zeigen; sehr große schön eingerichtete Zimmer mit einem fantastischen Blick in die Natur; sehr großer Pool, in dem man richtig schwimmen kann; sehr nettes Personal; sehr ansprechende Bar für Snacks mit Billardtisch; von der Dachterrasse lassen sich abend Elefanten und Hirsche am See beobachten.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

16 Aug 2019

MICHEL

Excellent hotel luxe confort et service

Vraiment un excellent hotel, chic et d'une excellent rapport qualité prix. L'hôtel nous a organisé le safari avec un excellent driver. Excellent buffet pour les repas.

Friends

2/10

Poor

15 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

We had food poisoning in their restaurant!!!!!!!!!

We had food poisoning in their restaurant!!!!!!!!!

Partner

8/10

Excellent

03 Jan 2019

Marianne

Fint hotel tæt på safariparken. Behageligt poolområde med fine faciliteter. Værelset og badeværelse rummelige.

8/10

Excellent

17 Dec 2018

Rickard

Mycket fint och välkomnande hotel. Bra service. Restauranten var dock inte riktigt bra. Värmd mat i micron. Men vi blev kompenserade efter klagomål. Bra möjlighet till safari.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

15 Dec 2018

Jørn

Very good hotel

Very good hotel close to the park. Helpful staff, big and clean pool area. The room was nice and big. All in all we had a very good time in this hotel

Family

8/10

Excellent

17 Aug 2018

Andreas

Safari hotel

Stayed there to go in Udawalave. Good place, good value for money. The food and wine is very basic though.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

13 Apr 2018

Hsiao-Yin

選擇這個飯店主要是因為要去附近的 Udawale 看大象safari . 飯店離國家公園很近 wifi的速度也不錯但是室內有蠻多螞蟻. 聽說這家飯店是附近最新的飯店了 .飯店的人員也可以用英文溝通總而言之我沒有什麼抱怨但如果不是要去 Udawale 國家公園應該不會特別再回來了

10/10

Exceptional

18 Mar 2018

Lise Schou

Utrolig lækkert hotel

Fantastisk ophold kan anbefales til alle. Super buffet x3 til billig pris beliggenhed fantastisk. Så både elefanter og vandbøfler ved at gå langs søen