Hotel Chaaya Tranz 4 * (Sri Lanka): reviews and photos

The south-western coast of the Indian Ocean, where the resort of Hikkaduwa is located, is buried in luxurious tropical gardens. In it, smoothly flowing quiet picturesque lagoons with corals, forming at the surface of the water the amazing beauty of the grove. In this virgin corner of Sri Lanka on the territory of 1.6 hectares is the beautiful hotel Chaaya Tranz (4 stars).

Location of the hotel

The hotel complex is located in the center of Hikkaduwa, on the coast of which the Coral Reserve is established. From the international airport to the hotel you have to travel a distance of 131 kilometers (the duration of the transfer is three and a half hours). From the city of Colombo, Chaaya Tranz Hotel 4 * is 99 kilometers away. The complex, built on the first coastline, adjoins the city's sandy beach.

The hotel is adjacent to a busy street, where shops with clothes and souvenirs, cafes and restaurants, as well as a supermarket, are built, it is quite large by the standards of Hikkaduwa. Chaaya Tranz 4 * is not surrounded, like a host of other hotels, with attractions. The nearest cultural and historical monuments are 18 km away from it. Active tourists, having overcome this distance, admire the fortress of Galle Fortress, the Netherlands Reformed Church, expositions in the National Museum of Navigation, the architecture of historical mansions.

Room Description

Rooms Chaaya Tranz (Hikkaduwa) 4 * includes 150 apartments. Guests are offered accommodation in Superior - cozy single rooms with adjoining balconies. They are settled in Deluxe - one-room apartments with an improved layout and a balcony, occupying the second and third floors of the hotel.

Guests are accommodated in stylish two-room Middle Suite rooms with a bedroom, a living room and a spacious balcony on the third and fourth floor. With comfort, tourists rest in the Corner Suite Corner Suite. They are similar in layout to the Middle Suite, but a spacious balcony-terrace is equipped with a jacuzzi.

The interior design of the apartments in Chaaya Tranz Hotel (4 stars) is made in the style of European Art Nouveau, which was diluted with traditional Sri Lankan motifs, read in decor elements - embroidered cushions, wall decorations, wood carvings. The windows in the apartment are stained glass windows, with panoramic views of the tropical garden and the sea. Landscapes are so beautiful that vacationers often capture them in the photo.

The rooms are air-conditioned. In addition to the TV with cable TV, a DVD player is supplied. Guests enjoy a telephone, a safe, tea and coffee making facilities, and a pay-per-view minibar. Wireless internet is free in the rooms. The bathrooms with showers have hygiene products and a hairdryer. Apartments are cleaned daily.

Hotel Infrastructure

Coral grove, well seen through the clear waters of the ocean, attracts to this wonderful corner of divers from around the world. They flock here to explore the colorful underwater fauna and flora that settled the Indian Ocean along the coastline that framed Sri Lanka. Divers make a stunning photo under the water. Interiors of the hotel Chaaya Tranz (Hikkaduwa) 4 * decorate colorful postmodern paintings of African themes.

Souvenir products tourists buy at a local store, exchanging money at a currency point at the hotel. Guests relax while taking cosmetic, rejuvenating and wellness treatments at the Spa Center. SPA-salon is on the roof, from which a delightful view opens up on the endless water surface of the Indian Ocean.

The four-story building Chaaya Tranz 4 * is equipped with a conference room that can accommodate a hundred people. For the celebrations, guests are provided with a banquet hall. Free Wi-Fi is available in the internet cafe. A doctor to sick tourists comes on call. For cars built free parking.

Pool area

Around a huge pool with warm water, palms are planted and flowerbeds are broken. Exotic greenery gives it the charm of a natural pond. Near the pool area is organized with a bar where guests are offered cocktails and refreshing drinks. Sun loungers, mattresses and towels guests use here for free.

Beach

The coast line is dotted with palm trees, hotel complexes, guesthouses, cafes, bars and restaurants. Two public beaches stretch along the coast of Hikkaduwa (Hikkaduwa). Chaaya Tranz 4 * is located on the southern sandy spit of Narigama Beach. Its length is four kilometers. A 1.5-kilometer long spit with coarse-grained sand of Hikkaduwa Beach stretched from the south. Sandy beaches of coffee and milk color are neat and clean.

Beaches smoothly descend into the sea with a clean sandy bottom. Only the northern extremity of the beach of Narigama Beach goes to the bottom, strewn with stones. The center of the beach is good for swimming and snorkeling. The lagoon here is fenced off from the ocean by coral reefs with bright flocks of scurrying fish. The reef protects the shallows from the influx of gigantic ocean waves.

The lagoon is chosen by large sea turtles and crabs. Turtles are nourished by locals and tourists. They are practically tame, they sail to the beach for dinner. Turtles with pleasure take from hands resting seaweed. Many tourists make delightful photos with sea turtles.

Dining at the hotel

Guests at the Chaaya Tranz 4 * Hotel (Hikkaduwa) at the selected type of meals: guests have breakfast, lunch and dinner, breakfast-lunch-dinner, all-inclusive system. The complex is equipped with three restaurants and two bars. The main restaurant, Tranzfusion Dining Room, generously serves a buffet.

Two other restaurants offer an a la carte menu. The Crab prepares dishes from fresh seafood. In the evenings, pleasant melodies flow from the white grand piano, and from its terrace one can clearly see a magnificent picture - an evening sunset reflected in the watery surface of the ocean.

The chef Tranzfix Mediterranean Restaurant pampers guests with Mediterranean cuisine. A wonderful wine is brought from the cellars of the Chaaya Tranz 4 * hotel (Sri Lanka), where a rich assortment of alcoholic beverages is stored. Tranzcend Lounge Bar and Tranzfuse Pool Bar serve delicious snacks and refreshing drinks.

Entertainment, Sports, Health

Tourists use the services of a diving center, are engaged in snorkeling, learn to play squash, train for free in the fitness room, play billiards for a fee. Spend time in the areas for table tennis, volleyball and badminton. They are entertained at a disco, watching in the hotel Chaaya Tranz 4 * evening show programs, Lankan dances.

Guests are provided with treatment sessions at the wellness center. They go to beauty treatments in the beauty salon. Tourists restore their health by visiting the Ayurvedic center. Some combine rest with Ayurveda treatment, others with a view to maximizing the effect of dedicating a journey entirely to the restoration of health according to an ancient method.

At the tour desk or on the streets, travelers buy tours to Colombo, Halle, Ambalangoda, to the island of Seenigama, turtle farms located in the vicinity of Hikkaduwa, a mine of precious stones. Tourists visiting the sad exposition in the Telugatta Tsunami Photo Museum. Enthusiasts gathered photos, documents and drawings for the museum, which exists through donations, which testify to the devastating tsunami of 2004. The temple of Gangarama Maha Vihara became famous for its frescoes, a sacred tree and numerous Buddha statues.

Services for children

Upon request, the Chaaya Tranz 4 * hotel will be provided with a baby cot in the apartments, at the restaurant - a special highchair for the child. Nurses provide paid services for the care of babies. The hotel territory is equipped with a children's pool.

Reviews of tourists

One minus is at the hotel Chaaya Tranz 4 *. Reviews of tourists indicate that the rooms are incredibly high humidity. A 24-hour air conditioner or a heat gun can help you get rid of it. It is necessary to disconnect the equipment, as in half an hour on the walls there are water stains. The apartment is damp, cold and uncomfortable. With a constantly working air-conditioner in the room is cool, and a heat gun pushes an unbearable temperature.

Some guests complain about the slowness and arrogance of the staff, long settling in apartments, outdated equipment and furniture in the rooms, the need for repair in the hotel, and the fact that for Wi-Fi you have to ask a new password every day for reception.

Meals in the restaurants of the hotel varied, for ten days the dishes do not repeat once. Food is tasty, fruit is served to the table in abundance. However, not all tourists are ready to take food when visiting Chaaya Tranz (Hikkaduwa) 4 * again. Reviews in this regard are as follows: food prices in the hotel restaurants are prohibitive. Next to the complex there is a restaurant, where gigantic portions of delicious food are served at a ridiculous price. It is in it that the travelers prefer to satisfy the hunger.

All the guests like the good location and the rich infrastructure of the hotel. In the park live hand-made proteins. Tourists are impressed by large apartments with attractive interiors, staffed up to the smallest detail. For the presence of a spacious balcony-terrace with a soft sofa, from where the stunning panorama of the ocean opens, guests are ready to forgive the small shortcomings of the hotel Chaaya Tranz 4 * (Sri Lanka).

Reviews about the beach are good. It has enough comfortable sun loungers and umbrellas. Near the shore, there live huge turtles, who willingly go to contact people. True, swimming in the ocean should be done with caution, especially when he is restless. In the lagoon there are places where the current easily carries people to the open ocean. But before the tragedy it does not come to pass - on the beach rescuers work.