The 10 best beach hotels in Ranna, Sri Lanka

The best beach hotels in Ranna

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Ranna Beach House

Featuring a garden, private pool and sea views, Ranna Beach House is located in Ranna. This beachfront property offers access to a patio, free private parking and free WiFi.

Michael

From

United Arab Emirates

We had a fantastic stay at Ranna Beach House! The location is absolutely stunning—right on a quiet, unspoiled beach with incredible sunset views. The staff were warm, attentive, and made us feel right at home. The food was a real highlight—fresh, flavorful, and beautifully prepared every time. The house is clean, well-maintained, and perfect for a peaceful getaway. Highly recommended!

Scored out of 10, guest rating 9.8

Exceptional - What previous guests thought, 21 reviews

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US$313.20

1 night, 2 adults

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Waves ranna cabana and seafood

Ranna

Situated in Ranna, a few steps from Gurupokuna Beach and 32 km from Hummanaya Blow Hole, Waves ranna cabana and seafood offers a private beach area and air conditioning.

Oliver

From

India

Best place ever 😍 friendly, peaceful, tasty, clean and comfortable 🙏🏽🌺🧡

Scored out of 10, guest rating 9.9

Exceptional - What previous guests thought, 53 reviews

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US$48.50

1 night, 2 adults

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Fishermens Lodge & Restaurant

Ranna

With lake views, Fishermens Lodge & Restaurant is set in Ranna and has a restaurant, room service, bar, garden and terrace. Free WiFi is offered. Some units feature a balcony and/or a patio.

Katrin

From

Germany

Our three days at fishermen’s lodge were super special, we felt so welcome and included in their family. The food in the restaurant was really amazing, the host is a great cook, we loved especially her rice and curry and the grilled fish. The traditional breakfast was also really good! The room was really simple, but still very clean and the host was always ready to help us in any way. You just walk a few steps to the beautiful beach which is nearly empty! In the morning the host took us fishing one time, which was the most special and fun experience! Overall we really recommend coming here for an authentic and local experience with extraordinary people! Thank you for everything! We might come back one time :)

Scored out of 10, guest rating 8.8

Fabulous - What previous guests thought, 12 reviews

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US$25

1 night, 2 adults

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Lankavatara Ocean Retreat & Spa

Tangalle (Near Ranna)

Featuring free WiFi throughout the property, Lankavatara Ocean Retreat is located in Kalametiya, 15 km from Tangalle Lagoon.

Anuradha

From

India

The room and bathroom were spacious, well designed and impeccably clean -- we really appreciated the attention to details and the additional functionality offered by the daybed, the small desk, the armchairs as we were travelling with our tween and also had to do some work while on vacation. The pool was lovely - it is a good size and none of us had red eyes from chlorination. The beach the property opens onto is gloriously clean and we had it entirely to ourselves most of the time. The cafe served up delicious food but their menu offers only a few Sri Lankan dishes. At our request, the kitchen was only too happy to whip up Sri Lankan meals -- prawn and fish curries, traditional coconut sambol, dhals, gotukala salad, okra salad, ridge gourd in coconut milk, star bean stir fry, eggplant gojju, Sri Lankan pancakes with ice cream, watalapam .... these were by far the best meals we enjoyed during the entirety of our holiday and we would heartily recommend visitors to Lankavatara sample the Sri Lankan meals. The staff are very well informed and helpful and did everything they could to make our stay a memorable one -- from organising tuktuks, catamaran rides in the Kalametiya Bird Sanctuary and turtle watching or airport transfers.

Scored out of 10, guest rating 9.5

Exceptional - What previous guests thought, 1,072 reviews

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US$126

1 night, 2 adults

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Kayaam Wellness

Tangalle (Near Ranna)

Set in Tangalle, a few steps from Wella Odaya Beach, Kayaam Wellness offers accommodation with free bikes, free private parking, an outdoor swimming pool and a fitness centre.

Hajnalka

From

Hungary

We felt like it was a private villa, there’s no crowd on the beach. The staff was excellent and very helpful! The food was great as well. They provided unlimited water. You can also join the fishermen at the beach supporting them to pull the net from the ocean, they are very grateful in return 😉

Scored out of 10, guest rating 9.2

Superb - What previous guests thought, 103 reviews

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US$252

1 night, 2 adults

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Shine Wave Turtle Beach

Tangalle (Near Ranna)

Shine Wave Turtle Beach has a garden, a private beach area and a sun terrace with swimming pool and Full English/Irish breakfast in Tangalle.

Michael

From

United Kingdom

Having travelled around Sri Lanka for eleven days and experienced various accommodation, Shine Wave was by far the cleanest. The room was equipped to a very high standard with a very comfortable bed and bedding. There were even umbrellas and sunshades to take to the beach! The breakfast was served on a little table on our very private balcony surrounded by tropical trees. The food was also the very best Sri Lankan breakfast we’d been offered, with delicious pancakes as well as all the other things, all beautifully presented. The proprietor bent over backwards to ensure that we had a good beach experience, which we were able to walk to in about a minute down a sandy track, and what a beach! The proprietor told us what to do at eight o’clock that evening in order to see the turtles at night ( i.e. go to the small turtle conservation centre, pay the guides 2000SR each which we believe is used for the conservation project.) That evening, the hotel owner was at the hotel gate where he loaned us his torch to go to the beach. The torch shone a red light, which is the only colour allowed on the beach and is less likely to affect the turtles. We went with a small group of other travellers from the conservation centre, and on the beach we were utterly and totally amazed by what we saw! To begin with, we saw a tiny turtle that had just hatched out of it’s egg, scurrying down the beach and heading for the sea. Then we followed the guide down the beach a little way, where the guide shone his red torchlight on to an enormous green turtle at the back of the beach. She was down in a dip having laid her eggs and was laboriously digging up the sand and burying what was likely to have been about a hundred and twenty eggs. The final thrill was to watch her move slowly back down the beach, leaving her glorious patterns in the sand. When she reached the sea, our last sight of her was when the waves lapped over her …. and then she was gone.

Scored out of 10, guest rating 9.7

Exceptional - What previous guests thought, 439 reviews

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US$60

1 night, 2 adults

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Blue Ocean Resort

Netolpitiya (Near Ranna)

Set in Netolpitiya, a few steps from Wella Odaya Beach, Blue Ocean Resort offers accommodation with an outdoor swimming pool, free private parking, a garden and a private beach area.

Madis

From

Estonia

Staff is really attentive and helpful. This makes for a really stress free vacation as we did not have to worry about a thing. Food was delicious and always prepared fresh. Beach was as epic as it gets, long and wide sandy strip. Pool was well taken care of and loungers were plenty to be found in shade and in sun. Rooms, although simple, were comfortable and cleaned daily. Location is good, quiet and relaxing.

Scored out of 10, guest rating 9.0

Superb - What previous guests thought, 155 reviews

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US$76.50

1 night, 2 adults

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Bungalow By The Beach

Tangalle (Near Ranna)

Facing the beachfront, Bungalow By The Beach offers 3-star accommodation in Tangalle and features an outdoor swimming pool, garden and private beach area.

Maricar

From

Italy

Extremely pleasant stay at this hotel. The quality of the rooms and amenities are of the highest levels and the staff and owner who we had the pleasure to meet, were flawless. We cannot recommend this hotel enough, stay here and you will not regret it!

Scored out of 10, guest rating 9.0

Superb - What previous guests thought, 110 reviews

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US$106.25

1 night, 2 adults

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Ashansa Lagoon Resort

Tangalle (Near Ranna)

Set in Tangalle, 600 metres from Tangalle Beach, Ashansa Lagoon Resort offers accommodation with free bikes, free private parking, an outdoor swimming pool and a garden.

Jessica

From

United Kingdom

This was one of our favorite homestays in Sri Lanka. We booked last minute after a different local hotel cancelled the night before and we're so glad we ended up staying here. There seemed to be 4 rooms, each with a gorgeous view of the lake with large private balconies that had comfy chairs for relaxing in. The rooms were absolutely huge and pristine and had massive comfy beds and plenty of space for hanging clothes. We really appreciated having the fridge, and though there are only small local shops near by the manager sold us bottles of beer from the restaurant that we stored in the fridge and had on the balcony in the evening. Bliss! We also liked the spacious bathroom. The buildings are located in the most lush gardens which are very well maintained by a very smiley, friendly man. The Gardens are also hosts to a beautiful family of grey faced langurs (the nice kind of monkey), chipmunks and so many species of bird it was hard to keep count. A favorite activity was bird watching from the balcony in the early morning. Breakfast was in a raised platform that overlooked the lake and gardens and was so tranquil. We really enjoyed the fresh juice and fruit platters. The location of the accommodation is just a 5 minute walk from the beaches and the manager shared his whatsapp details and was helpful with booking tuktuks and turtle tours. There were peddle bikes available free to use and also kayaks for the lake. We had hired a tuktuk and this area was perfect for learning how to drive it, with long very quiet roads. On the odd occasion we couldn't start the tuktuk the manager was very helpful and supportive and got it started for us without us really having to ask. We didn't catch his name, but the manager was a gem and so very helpful. We only wish we could have stayed here longer! The local village is very quiet and peaceful, so this is the perfect location to really chill and enjoy nature and the slow pace of local life.

Scored out of 10, guest rating 9.4

Superb - What previous guests thought, 154 reviews

Price from

US$40

1 night, 2 adults

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AMOUR AT TURTLE BEACH

Tangalle (Near Ranna)

Located within 500 metres of Tangalle Beach and 23 km of Hummanaya Blow Hole in Tangalle, AMOUR AT TURTLE BEACH provides accommodation with seating area.

Karoline

From

Norway

Lovely stay at Amour at turtle beach! Quiet and peaceful, located a few minutes from the beach! Don was incredibly friendly and showed us the beach and the turtle sanctuary! Clean and big space, lovely garden where we got Sri Lankan breakfast! Highly recommended! :)

Scored out of 10, guest rating 9.6

Exceptional - What previous guests thought, 240 reviews

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US$45.90

1 night, 2 adults

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Scored out of 10, guest rating 8.8

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Beach Hotels in Ranna

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Ashansa Lagoon Resort

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