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Peacock Beach Hotel Jewel in the stark beauty of Hambantota Text and pictures by BEVERLEY JANSZ
When you enter Peacock Beach Hotel, you will be pampered and preened like a peacock, by the hotel's well-trained and friendly staff who treat all guests as VIPs. From those warm, scented towels which are presented to you on your arrival, to breakfast in bed - or even dinner in bed - if that is your wish. Standing on eight acres of beautifully landscaped land overlooking the golden beach of Hambantota, the hotel has 111 carefully created rooms, inclusive of 32 deluxe rooms and luxury suites, fitted with all those luxuries you seek when you are on holiday. Air conditioning, cable TV, mini-bar, hot/cold water and room service are all these. Peacock Beach Hotel has a superb team of chefs who take immense pride in their array of Eastern and Western dishes, prepared by the hotel's Executive Chef, D.M. Mahindaratne and his team, and served to you with gusto ... and accepted by guests with the same enthusiasm. Guests wake up to the lapping of fishing boats at sea, returning from their night out and then trek down to The Monara Restaurant feast on the best breakfast buffet you'll probably ever savour. Just imagine imbibing a long, cool fruit punch while you soak away the day in the hotel's large and beautiful swimming pool. But don't just image it - do it at Peacock Beach Hotel where fantasy holidays are transformed into the real thing, by the hotel's versatile and youthful Resident Manager, Bhathiya Gunasekera, with his 15-year experience in the hospitality industry, assisted by his ever-smiling team. Don't be afraid to eat too much because you can always walk out at the hotel's modern gym or exercise those lazy muscles over a game of billiards. Spend a quiet evening while you sip an ice-cold beer at the Lihiniya, the hotel's Coffee Shop and Bar which overlooks the busy Indian Ocean in all its glory, or sip a hot toddy sitting on the beach and drinking in the cool night air while you let the atmosphere sink into your system. Peacock Beach Hotel has lots to offer the wildlife buff. Yala Wildlife Sanctuary and Bundala, Ussangoda and Wirawila Bird Sanctuaries are just a few kilometres away. The hotel has a series of tours on the cards with a special champagne breakfast buffet in the middle of the jungle. Another unique experience at Peacock Beach Hotel is a steaming therapeutic hot-water in the hot springs of Mahapelessa, or a really cool dip in Lianagastota, an annicut built by the British in the late 1800's. Safari rides for wildlife lovers will take on a colourful air in a modified double decker bus which will be introduced by Peacock Beach Hotel this month. This open double decker strikingly painted and 'advertising' nature will be one of the biggest attractions at the hotel, Resident Manager, Bhathiya Gunasekera said. Peacock Beach Hotel is owned and managed by Guruge Group of Companies. Its Chairman, Jinadasa Guruge is one of Sri Lanka's foremost gem merchants. |
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When you seek to be at peace with the world... when you want to get
away from it all and experience the ultimate in relaxation, enter paradise
personified - Peacock Beach Hotel. the jewel in the stark beauty of
Hambantota. It is perfectly located for that holiday of a lifetime.
