Ayurveda in Sri lanka

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For over 2500 years the inhabitants of the subcontinent have enjoyed the restorative effects of Ayurveda treatments. More than just a way of treating illnesses using natural medicines, Ayurveda is based on the idea of balance in bodily systems and uses herbal treatment, diet and yogic breathing to achieve this.

Today, Ayurveda treatments are a big attraction in Sri Lanka and there are seemingly hundreds of Ayurveda ‘hospitals’. Many have qualified Ayurveda doctors, but some are decidedly more dodgy – this is especially true in popular backpacker towns. You should always ask advice from locals about the authenticity of Ayurvedic hospitals in such places as well as asking to see the doctors’ qualifications.

The west coast is a particular hotspot for such treatments, and almost all the larger hotels, as well as some cheaper places, have a treatment centre. The area around Beruwela, a short way north of Bentota, has a number of regarded Ayurveda resorts, including several of the centres that we have recommended here:

Barberyn Reef Ayurveda Resort One of the best regarded Ayurveda resorts in Sri Lanka with the full complement of treatments and excellent doctors. It also offers yoga, meditation and Ayurveda cooking classes.

Heritance Ayurveda Maha Gedara  , You only have to visit a few Ayurveda hotels to realise that the quality of the accommodation often plays second fiddle to the treatments. Not here. At the Heritance the treatments are first rate and they only use very experienced doctors, while the hotel itself is a wonderful luxury retreat tucked under the palms.