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About this property

Comfortable Accommodations: Shady Edge in Unawatuna offers private bathrooms with balconies, garden views, and soundproofing. Each room includes a work desk, washing machine, and free WiFi. Exceptional Facilities: Guests enjoy a lush garden, free WiFi in public areas, and a paid airport shuttle service. Additional amenities include a coffee shop, full-day security, breakfast in the room, room service, and bike hire. Prime Location: Located 3.7 mi from Koggala Airport, Shady Edge is a 3-minute walk from Dalawella Beach. Nearby attractions include Galle Fort and Galle Light House, each 5 mi away. Activities and Surroundings: The guest house offers cycling, scuba diving, and surfing. Guests appreciate the friendly host, beach access, and convenient location.

Couples in particular like the location – they rated it 8.1 for a two-person trip.

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Property highlights

Top Location: Highly rated by recent guests (8.8)

Free Private Parking Available On Site


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1 full bed
1 king bed
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Guests who stayed here loved

  • Daniel
    Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
    Very close to the beach close to the restaurants and easy access to public transport
  • Hue
    Germany Germany
    After a long flight and long train ride the Shady Edge was best choice to arrive. Protected by a mosquito net I fell asleep instantly. Bed was comfy, big enough. Dinner and breakfast were the best I had during my travels. Nice porch and view to...
  • Abigail
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    Lovely downstairs room with a little garden and chairs outside. Felt clean and had a mosquito net and fan. Owners were wonderful and really kind, made a beautiful full Sri Lankan breakfast for us in the morning for $5 each. Very affordable place.
  • Tomas
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    Very nice, kind and friendly hosts with a beautiful accommodation which was very close to the beach, and an absolutely fantastic breakfast on top of our stay!
  • Rhea
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    An experience for those that are looking for something authentic, loved the family they were brilliant hosts. They provided a generous breakfast for you if you request it, the bed was comfortable with a fan that kept us cool. Upon check-out they...
  • Kostiantyn
    Ukraine Ukraine
    Great hosts, attentive to any request. There is a fan above the bed. I am satisfied with everything except the lack of hot water. Good accommodation for modest money. I recommend!
  • Tru
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    Really nice family who looked after us each day, made us tea ☕️ and made us feel very welcome. Fantastic location by the beaches, very comfortable bed and a lovely room. Thanks for a brilliant stay 😊🇱🇰
  • Esa
    Finland Finland
    This home accomadtion contains whole downstairs. A small patio with plants, nice clean room with fan (no aircon, but fan was enough) and spacious bahtroom. Shower was better than in most places: A rain shower with proper height and separate hand...
  • Jess
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    Such a kind couple that run this place! I left my bikini by accident and they came to drop it off at the next place I stayed for me! Such sweet people!
  • Tayla
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    The hosts are lovely! We arrived late and the host told us to quickly jump in his Tuktuk so he could drop us off somewhere for dinner before all the restaurants close, free of charge. They also did our laundry really well for a small additional...

Hosted by Prasanna Sampath

9.5
Host Review Score
Prasanna Sampath
Unawatuna area is very beautiful place.you can see lots of places in here.there are turtle beach infront of the vijaya beach. Turtle beach famous for turtles.you can touch them and feed they also.vijaya beach is a very good restaurants.food is very taste.pizza is very very tasty.you can see Japanese temple,jungle beach,frog rock,unawatuna beach and galle fort .you can also surf. We can help to contact surfing places.and also you can diving.we can contact them.you can go on boat trips in koggala lake.you can also go whale watching.
Host name is prasanna sampath.he is a driver.his wife is house wife. Her foods are very taste.if you tell her,she can make your srilankan breakfast and dinner very delicious.prasanna has two daughters.the eldest daughter is 18 years old and the youngest daughter is 15 years old. The eldest daughter will talk to you very cleverly. Her name is vishmi.if you have a boring time you can talk with her.if you want to go somewhere,you can go with her.prasanna's family is very supportive.they will ve very close to you...
Prasanna's mother's house is next to the shady edge.
Language spoken: English

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House rules

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Check-in
From 12:00 PM to 12:00 AM
You need to let the property know what time you'll be arriving in advance.
Check-out
From 5:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Cancellation/ prepayment
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Children & Beds

Child policies

Children not allowed.

Crib and extra bed policies

Cribs and extra beds aren't available at this property.

No age restriction
There's no age requirement for check-in
Pets
Pets are not allowed.
Cash only
This property only accepts cash payments.
Smoking
Smoking is not allowed.

The fine print

Must-know information for guests at this property

Please inform Shady Edge of your expected arrival time in advance. You can use the Special Requests box when booking, or contact the property directly using the contact details in your confirmation.