Your retreat
with nobody else here

Yes — exclusive use. There is no other booking on the property while your group is here, so the deck, the pool and the lounge are yours and nobody wanders through a session.

11 rooms and 22 guests included, up to 30 by arrangement (a night with 23–25 guests adds 10%, with 26–30 guests 20%), across 5 room types. Every room has its own bathroom, air conditioning, a desk, a balcony and a lake view.

No. You bring your teacher and your programme — we provide the property, the rooms and the food. Practice happens on the deck by the lake.

Not at present, and we would rather say so than dress it up. Groups practise on the open deck beside the lake. Sunrise yoga on the deck can be arranged on request; there is no resident teacher, so organisers bring their own.

No — those come with you, along with your teacher, your programme and your own guest list.

Yes — that is the main reason organisers choose a whole-property booking over a hotel. Tell us your schedule and the kitchen works to it. Breakfast is always included; half board adds USD 12 and full board USD 20 per adult per night (USD 15 and 25 in December and January), and children under 13 pay half.

The standard terms are 10 guests and 3 nights. A smaller group, or part of the house, is possible on request: talk to Saliya, who runs the villa and retreat bookings.

Yes. A team of 14 runs the property — a manager, housekeeping, an executive chef and kitchen crew, maintenance, security, and garden and pool care — so you can run your programme instead of the building.

The whole property, breakfast included, USD a night: October 999 · November 1,200 · 1–19 December 1,500 · 20 December – 10 January 2,500 · 11 January – 31 March 1,500 · April 999 · May – September 700. Taxes and service charge are included. Stays of 5 nights or more take 10% off; booking 60 days or more ahead and paying in full takes another 10% (20% at most, not refundable). Send us your dates and numbers and we will price it properly.

Yes, from Colombo airport. For a villa group the transfer is quoted for the group: tell us arrival times and numbers and we will price it and coordinate the arrivals.

Zen Koggala stands on Koggala Lake in Koggala, Galle District, on the south coast of Sri Lanka. Galle is about thirty minutes by road, Ahangama 15 minutes, the nearest beach five minutes, and Colombo airport about two hours. The lake is for kayaks and the boat; the pool is for swimming.

A 50% deposit confirms the booking and the balance is due 30 days before arrival. Cancel 60 days or more before arrival for a full refund; from 59 to 30 days the deposit is kept; inside 30 days, or for a no-show, there is no refund. For any night between 20 December and 10 January the deposit is never refunded.

Yes. A generator covers the whole property, and the internet is 300 Mbps fibre with Starlink as a second, independent line.

Yes: parking for 8 vehicles plus a bus, and quarters for visiting drivers.

Saliya runs villa and retreat bookings: WhatsApp +94 77 626 0142, usually replying between 8:00 PM and 10:00 PM Sri Lanka time. Zara, our assistant, answers messages at any hour.