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.

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The row of cabanas across the lawn under tall palms
The still lagoon between banks of mangroves and palms
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
Looking through the green door into the cabana
Carved four-poster bed made up with fresh linen
The bed seen through its mosquito-net canopy
Wall-mounted air-conditioning unit inside the cabana
Bathroom sink and mirror against timber and yellow walls
Open-air shower with trees overhead
Fresh towels on a driftwood rail in the open-air bathroom
The row of cabanas lit up at dusk

Your cabana in the morning sun

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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

Kitesurfer carving through the shallows, kites in the sky behind
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

Every trip on this page can be organised from the resort — boats, operators, equipment hire, tours. Tell us what you'd like to do and we'll book it for you.

Aerial view of the lagoon winding through the peninsula, with the sea beyond

Lagoon & islands

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

Dolphins leaping over a breaking wave

Dolphins at dawn

Early departures to meet the spinner dolphin pods off the peninsula.

A whale breaching in deep blue water

Whales in season

Further out, past the reef, whales cruise the deep water in season.

Snorkeller swimming through a school of reef fish

Snorkel the Bar Reef

Sri Lanka's largest coral reef lies just off the peninsula, alive with fish.

Fishing boats on the ocean beach at sunset

Sea baths

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

Dozing in a hammock strung between trees at the edge of the beach

Or do nothing at all

A hammock in the shade, a king coconut, the sound of the sea.

Explore Wilpattu

Sri Lanka's largest national park is just across the water, and there's more than one way to see it — by boat over the bay or by jeep through the gates, for a morning or a full day. We arrange tours to suit.

The resort seen from across the lagoon, palms leaning over the bank

We'll keep a cabana ready

Check dates and book on Booking.com, or write to us on WhatsApp — lessons, meals and the lagoon shuttle, one message sorts it all. Free parking if you drive.

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