The Ayurveda Resort in Sri Lanka. Dalmanuta is a small personal hotel with nine spacious bungalows. Dalmanuta offers a first class Ayurveda treatment without being dogmatic. Pancha Karma-, detox purification-, weight loss- and palliative treatments are offered as well as a wide range of massage treatments. There is a free boat service for guests twice a day from Dalmanuta to the beach. In the large garden one can find many different wild animals such as Monkeys, Varanas, Leguanas, Squirrels, Mungos and a big variety of exotic birds. Dalmanuta features a rare Herbal Garden with more than 200 different kinds of Herbal medicine plants. Free Wi Fi covers the entire area. The Restaurant is beatifully situated overlooking the Bentota River. You can choose your table either at the main restaurant pattio, at one of the piers or at the BBQ hut. You can of course also get your meals served at your own privat porsh or by the pool. Our menus offers a wide variation of dishes and is intended to give you new exciting food experiences every day, if you stay with us for a few days or for several weeks. If you don’t follow a treatment program or just take one or two massages, you have the possibility to eat practically anything. Traditional Sri Lankan dishes, Asian Cross-over or a varaity of western food, poultry, fish and most things in between. If you follow an Ayurveda treatment your doctor will indicate what food is sutable for you. We all love to manage with that little extra, what can almost be seen as impossible – so welcome to challenge our excellent head chef Athula Kerthi and his staff. Ayur Veda (Sanskrit) – Science of Life. Ayurveda is a more than 6000 years old Science that carries the knowledge of examination and cure of most ailments of our body and mind. Our symptoms or problems can be understood as unbalances between our three doshas (Vata, Pitta and Kapha) and the ayurvedic treatment is aimed to achieve balance in the three doshas. The treatment at Dalmanuta always starts with consultation and examination by our Ayurvedic Doctor. All treatments are planed individually and include a prescription of massages, oil therapies, herbal medicine, yoga and different diets. A modern lifestyle with stress, processed food and pollution normally results in bodies that take on large amounts of toxins. The process of body cleaning (detox) is in the Ayurvedic School called “Pancha Karma”. A Pancha Karma takes between 3 – 7 days, a little depending on your individually constitution and balance. If you, one or two weeks in advance, would try to avoid meat, alcohol, nicotine, caffeine and other rather unhealthy products, the Pancha Karma will be quicker and more smooth. Once the toxins are out it is time to fill your body with nutritious and tasty food, corresponding to your individual needs. The combination of massages, baths, yoga and the relaxed atmosphere will make you feel a huge difference in bod