The Sunday Times: The Sunday Times

Sri Lanka’s KumbukRiver has been picked among the world’s 10 best eco-lodges, for the 2nd year running by the World Travel Awards.

The 7th Frontier, an ad agency which developed and promotes this eco lodge, said in a press release that KumbukRiver, a 14-acre up-market eco-lodge by the waters of Kumbukkan Oya in Buttala is famous internationally for a spellbinding 40ft elephant edifice which serves as an exclusive villa for visitors.

The nomination by the WTA puts the eco-lodge from Buttala on the world tourism map, not for the first time, with KumbukRiver securing two other international accolades. KumbukRiver was short-listed for an award at the Virgin-Responsible Tourism Awards last year, while Times-Online voted it among the world’s 50 best green places to stay, making KumbukRiver the hottest Sri Lankan destination in the world of responsible tourism, the release said.