A quiet garden between the lagoon and the sea

Kitesurfing, home-cooked meals and cabanas under the palms.
Your next adventure starts here on the Kalpitiya peninsula.

Plan your stay
Timber cabana with teal doors on the verandah
Flowering ixora hedge and outrigger boats on the lawn
The open-air restaurant seen across the garden flowers
The place

SaltBay is run by people who will remember your name and how you take your tea. Mornings begin with birdsong over the lawn; afternoons belong to the wind on the lagoon; evenings end with seafood at the long table.

A private cabana with its verandah day-bed in the morning sun
Four-poster bed inside an air-conditioned cabana
En-suite bathroom with timber walls
Stay

Cabanas under the palms

Recently rebuilt and eco-friendly, each private cabana has air conditioning, a large four-poster bed, its own bathroom and an open-air shower. The verandah day-bed is where afternoons disappear.

Economy rooms with shared bathrooms offer the same garden and table at a gentler price.

Private cabanas
AC · en-suite · open-air shower
Economy rooms
shared bathrooms
Kitesurf

The lagoon is the classroom

Flat, shallow water and dependable wind make Kalpitiya one of the finest places in the world to learn. Our licensed instructors teach every level, gear rental is on site, and the shuttle to the lagoon is free for guests.

Lessons for beginners through advanced riders

Equipment rental for independent kiters

Wind seasons May–October and December–March

Outrigger boats resting under a coconut palm
The chef with a fresh seafood spread — lobster, prawns and curries
The long wooden table in the open-air restaurant
Eat

Cooked here, eaten together

Seafood from the bay, Sri Lankan rice and curry, pizza, pasta and BBQ nights — all from our own kitchen, with fresh juices, shakes and herbal drinks through the day.

The day starts gently: pancakes and eggs, papaya and avocado from the garden, a king coconut opened at the table. What the market lands in the morning decides the evening — some nights it's lobster, some nights the barbecue burns late.

Meals happen at the long wooden table in the open-air restaurant, looking out over the lawn. Eat with the other guests or take a table of your own — the kitchen doesn't mind.

Guests sharing dinner at the long table in the evening
Fresh prawns and market vegetables in the kitchen
Breakfast at the table with a king coconut to drink
Breakfast

Pancakes, eggs, king coconut and whatever fruit is ripe in the garden.

From the bay

Prawns, lobster and the day's catch, bought fresh from the market each morning.

BBQ nights

The grill comes out under the palms — fish, chicken and salads at the long table.

The spacious grassed garden beside the open-air restaurant pavilion
Beyond the resort

For the days the wind rests

Lagoon & islands

Boat trips across the calm lagoon and out to the sandbar islands.

Dolphins & whales

Dawn departures to meet spinner dolphins; whales in season.

Wilpattu by boat

Sri Lanka's largest national park, approached across the water.

Sea baths

The ocean beach is a few minutes' walk — best at first and last light.

Write to us and we'll keep a cabana ready

Rooms, lessons, meals and the lagoon shuttle — one message sorts it all. Free parking if you drive.

WhatsApp +94 77 306 2030

SaltBay Kite Surfing Resort
Muthukumarana Estate, Kandakuliya, Kalpitiya, Sri Lanka · Map