What makes Santani Wellness Kandy, Sri Lanka different from other hotels?

Santani, Sanskrit for 'in harmony with,' offers award-winning wellness programs in Ayurveda, detox, and yoga. Set in the Sri Lankan highlands, it brings guests into balance through sustainable practices and on-site rejuvenation.

Sri Lanka, Asia

Santani Wellness Kandy

Find harmony within at the award-winning Santani Wellness Kandy, a luxurious Sri Lankan retreat blending Ayurveda, nature and sustainable practices for lasting well-being

Named after the Sanskrit word meaning “in harmony with,” the award-winning Santani Wellness Kandy embodies the sincere belief that sustainable wellbeing begins by bringing oneself into balance.

This belief guides everything we do, and the nature and nurture we provide helps you achieve that elusive balance. Wellness programs in Ayurveda, detox and cleansing, yoga and relaxation combine on-site pampering and rejuvenation with enlightened learning for healthy living and habits that stay with you long after you leave the invigorating surroundings of our luxury wellness resort.

We spent more than two years searching for this pristine location in the lush hills of Kandy, Sri Lanka. We understood that humans heal and thrive most effectively where nature meets intelligent, sustainable design. This 116-acre former tea plantation within an untouched forest has allowed us to create a restorative destination spa that is completely accessible yet blissfully secluded.

Stress and mental health issues are symptoms. The world has created many solutions for these symptoms. However, we focused on understanding the root causes of stress and the mental health pandemic. The Santani solution is about eliminating the root causes.

We sought out the latest innovations in health science from around the world to harmonise with the most effective treatments among the rich heritage of Ayurveda in Sri Lanka. This created a wellness concept we call Wellness 2.0. Our vision of Wellness 2.0 is to help restore a person to their best state with our focus on detoxing and cleansing, which is essential for preventative care.

Santani offers a thoughtful, sustainable approach to wellness within a sublime sanctuary. We pamper your body to revitalise you and we educate your mind so that you leave our wellness retreat with healthy habits and practices that allow you to enjoy greater mental, spiritual and physical well-being for years to come.

Holistic Wellness

Our tri-level spa tucked into the hillside’s natural contours has been thoughtfully designed with holistic wellness in mind

RASA HAYA - REDEFINING FINE DINING

At Santani the intelligent eating concept of Rasa Haya ensures your body receives nutrition based on its individual needs, with the 6 tastes pacifying the energies within you, bringing your body into a perfect state of balance and harmony

Homegrown goodness

Our own greenhouse produces fresh ingredients that make our gourmet wellness cuisine that much more wholesome. Anything we don’t grow ourselves, we purchase directly from the growers available within the community around Santani

Architecture of Silence

The award-winning ‘Architecture of Silence’ specifically created for Santani, treads as lightly as possible on the lush environs of Dumbara

As a successful professional in the corporate world, I found that success came with many challenges. The demands of my job took a toll on my health, and I knew I had to find ways to manage the stress. My soul mate introduced me to yoga, meditation, and healthy eating. Surprisingly, along with the measurable health benefits, these lifestyle choices brought back feelings of peace, freedom, and wholeness that I recognized from my youth, when I spent time exploring the wilderness.

As the global conversation about sustainability heated up, I realized that sustainability must start within each of us. Human resilience requires physical, mental, and emotional balance. As I realigned my body, mind, and spirit, wellness followed. The businessman in me was curious to learn more, unsatisfied with simply improving my own condition.

From this journey, I have come to understand that we as humans thrive in harmony with our external and internal selves. Santani is about finding balance and thriving.

Your Hosts - Vickum Nawagamuwage & Team

Our insights..

Transparency is essential if we are all going to grow and improve together and this is why we have dedicated this section to sharing what we love about each place and its hosts. We work with each of our hosts to improve their guest experiences, sustainability practices and local impact, this is where you can learn more about that along with what still needs to be improved, the measures being taken to ensure our hosts continue to move forward and every now and then we’ll come back to update you on their progress.

Cristine Bedfor

Visited the property in November 2023

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Holistic Wellness

Our tri-level spa tucked into the hillside’s natural contours has been thoughtfully designed with holistic wellness in mind

RASA HAYA - REDEFINING FINE DINING

Architecture of Silence

The award-winning ‘Architecture of Silence’ specifically created for Santani, treads as lightly as possible on the lush environs of Dumbara

Homegrown Goodness

Your Hosts - Vickum Nawagamuwage & Team

From this journey, I have come to understand that we as humans thrive in harmony with our external and internal selves. Santani is about finding balance and thriving.

Our insights..

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Cristine Bedfor

Visited the property in November 2023

Community & Sustainability Commitment

Here are some key sustainability & community practices that these hosts are committed to. Please use the key below the icons for reference. You might see that some measurements are not currently in place and that’s okay, we choose to support our hosts on their imperfect road towards a better world and we understand that that takes time.

Sustainability Practices

Community Commitments

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Eco Certifications & Efforts

Just as we admire each of our hosts for their singularity, we appreciate that their sustainability journeys are also unique. Because of this, we do not require our hosts to have an eco certification or two under their belt, we simply guide them on improving their sustainable business practices one imperfect – but positive – step at a time. If a host has eco certifications they will be shown below, if not, then know we are working towards this together.

Our Efforts

Design
The property was built using reclaimed wood and rooms are built for natural ventilation and are air-condition free – far healthier for you, and better for the environment, because this saves over 70% of energy compared to an air-conditioned hotel.

Water
We use treated recycled water from our STP for about 80% of our garden – through this exercise we are able to reduce the groundwater consumption from our wells, allowing us to sustain our well water sources even during the dry months when rainfall is low.

Electric Buggies
Electric buggies are used in the resort to reduce our fuel usage. During the day we need to transport supplies, guest luggage and linen all over the resort. By using electric buggies, we remove the fuel consumption that would be required to accomplish these daily tasks.

Greenhouse
Our own greenhouse is used to grow certain vegetables and herbs, including spinach, gotukola, wing beans, banana, ginger etc. Micro herbs such as mustard and bean sprouts are also grown by our chefs. Even beekeeping is done in our greenhouse where we have 4 bee boxes for rearing our own bees for honey. These fresh ingredients only make our gourmet wellness cuisine that much more wholesome.

Medicinal Herbs
We grow some of our own medicinal herbs such as Nika, Kahipitha, Nelli, Pawata, Belli, Siyabala and Enderu all over our property where the soil is rich. The healing properties of these medicinal wonders are used by our Ayurveda doctors for various wellness treatments and therapies.

NGOs & Local Impact Projects Supported

Each of our hosts strive to have a positive impact on their local communities. Some of our hosts already have established connections with local partners to enrich the lives and wellbeing of their communities, others are in the process of creating these long term relationships. If a host has local NGO connections they will be shown below, if not, then know we are working towards this together.

SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME

We have an ongoing partnership with the local school, carrying out programmes on saving the environment for children in grades 3 to 5.

The Four Cs

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Community

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