Welcome to Rose Lagoon Hotel

Escape to Sri Lanka and explore the East Coast. Welcome to the Rose Lagoon Hotel, an authentic Sri Lankan experience, far from the maddening crowds of Colombo and Kandy. Nestled alongside a stunning lagoon, halfway between Trincomalee & Batticaloa, and a short distance from endless beaches. A serene place of peace we call home. 

 Discover Our Peaceful Paradise

It’s early morning when I emerge from my slumber at the Rose Lagoon Hotel, and turn right to cross over the bridge spanning the Vakarai Lagoon nearby, beating the impending trickle of local bikes and three-wheelers (tuk-tuks) that appear after 6am. A beautiful rose hue in the morning sky greets me and a the few fishermen already at work in this bountiful lagoon, now beneath my feet. A peacefulness comes over me, as all I hear is the sound of waking birds and a musical mantra playing from the local village celebrating Maha Shivaratri. Walking the bridge to the water park on the other side and back became my morning ritual, returning back for breakfast, to join Anthony, the hotel owner, for another one of his absorbing stories about his people and their land, and his travels that brought us together. Most Sri Lankan holidays & celebrations are around full moons.
Panichchankerni (Punch-un-kerny) Bridge was rebuilt and donated by the Japanese government, reconnecting East coast communities, after 2004 tsunami destroyed the original one. This artery connects Trinco(malee), one hour north to Batti(caloa), one hour to the south, and makes an idyllic bicycle ride through local countryside, or a comfortable but epic week-long cycle tour down tranquil east coast beaches, starting from Trinco (or the hotel) to Arugam Bay, a surfing mecca. These are places that few foreigners have discovered yet, so it is authentic and peaceful, a pleasant break from the hum of Colombo & Kandy, busy dusty safari treks and the tea country bus tours. The locals are curious and kind, and their children are purely innocent and genuinely happy. There is nothing in their friendly manner that may remind you that this was once the epicentre of a natural disaster or a civil war, all no making of their own. Now they are in the process of rebuilding their communities, the very ones Japan has so generously helped connect with this bridge.