King’s Pavilion
Hantana, Kandy — 113.7 km from Bandaranaike (CMB), about 2 hr 52 min. Fixed fares from Rs 20,270, agreed before you fly.
About King’s Pavilion
King’s Pavilion is in Hantana, Kandy, about 2 hr 52 min by road from Bandaranaike International Airport. The hotel lists 3 room types, including Deluxe Rooms and Junior Suites. The hotel lists 1 restaurant or bar. Check-in is 14:00 and check-out is 12:00. Your driver meets you in arrivals and takes you to the door at a fixed price.
Getting there from the airport
Your driver meets you in arrivals and takes you to the door. One fixed price for the whole car, agreed before you fly, with free cancellation up to 24 hours before pickup.
Location
7.29389, 80.62343
دليل الزائر: King’s Pavilion
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- Deluxe Rooms: Bulathgama (twin beds, 510 sq ft, private garden); Hewaheta (king, 350 sq ft, private balcony); Kotmale (king, 325 sq ft, private balcony)
- Junior Suites: Yatinuwara (two queen beds, 705 sq ft); Udunuwara (king, 510 sq ft); Harispattu (king, 576 sq ft, balcony); Dumbara (king, 594 sq ft, private garden)
- Suites: Kanda Uda Rata King's (king, 1,023 sq ft, balcony); Kanda Uda Rata Queen's (queen, 1,005 sq ft, balcony)
- Restaurant: Sri Lankan flavours, views of the Hunnasgiriya mountain range; fine wines and handcrafted cocktails
- Spa massages and body treatments
- Yoga sessions
- Cultural dance show with dinner
- Cooking demonstration and market visit
- Trishaw ride to Suriyakantha Center
- Pool
- Spa
- Restaurant
- Private gardens and balconies (room-dependent)
Near King’s Pavilion
Places to visit close to the hotel. Drive time is by road, from the same pricing data as your quote.
Day trips from King’s Pavilion
Further afield. Drive time is by road, from the same pricing data as your quote.
King's Pavilion sits on just under three acres in Aniwatta, in the hills above Kandy, and started out as something quite different from the boutique hotel it is today: a private holiday bungalow that hosted international cricket teams during their tours of Kandy. Two Sri Lankan owners, Priyantha and Dinesh, later reworked the property into a small hotel, reopening it as a tribute to that history and to the wider Kandyan heritage of the area rather than erasing the bungalow's past in favour of a more generic boutique identity.
The hotel keeps its scale deliberately small, with just nine rooms spread across the grounds — a figure that puts it among the smallest hotels in this part of Kandy, and one that allows a level of personal attention larger properties can't easily match. Kandyan arts and culture run through the interiors: batik wall hangings and artwork depicting Kandyan dancers appear throughout the public spaces and rooms, tying the design directly back to the region rather than to a generic boutique-hotel look borrowed from elsewhere.
Guests who upgrade to the King's Suite or Queen's Suite get a separate living area, a large bathroom with a freestanding bathtub, and access to a private butler on request — a level of service normally associated with much larger luxury properties, offered here inside a nine-room house.
An infinity pool is the hotel's centrepiece outdoor feature, positioned to look out over the Hantana and Knuckles mountain ranges from the loungers, giving even a short stay a clear visual focal point. A small treatment area on-site offers Ayurvedic healing therapies, and yoga sessions are available in the garden for guests who want to start the day there rather than at the pool, rounding out a stay built around slowing down rather than sightseeing from the property itself. Aniwatta itself is one of Kandy's more established residential districts up in the hills, and King's Pavilion sits within it as a private house turned hotel rather than a purpose-built property dropped into the landscape. That domestic origin still shows in the scale of the place: nine rooms and a garden, run more like a private home that happens to take guests than like a hotel that happens to feel intimate.
With only nine rooms, three acres of garden, and a lineage that runs from cricket-team lodging to a heritage-minded boutique hotel, King's Pavilion is built for guests looking for a quiet, personal stay rather than the scale and facilities of Kandy's larger five-star properties.
Your transfer to King’s Pavilion
The nearest hotel on this site is Cinnamon Citadel Kandy in Srimath Kuda Ratwatte Mw, about 1.3 km away.
What it costs
| Vehicle | Seats | Typically | Prices from | Book |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economy car | 3–4 | Alto, Aqua, Axio | Rs 20,270 | Book |
| Van, SUV and group | 4–50 | Every, Vezel, Toyota KDH, Coaster | Rs 26,540 | Book |
| Premium car | 3–4 | Camry | Rs 36,290 | Book |
One price for the whole car, not per seat. Drivers and fleets set their own rates, so these are typical prices from our system, not a guarantee — your actual quote can differ. Quoted by the same engine that prices your booking, for the 113.7 km shown — your own quote reflects the exact address, the time of day and any waiting time. See all 9 vehicle classes ↓
Questions about this transfer
How much is a taxi from Colombo airport to King’s Pavilion?
From Rs 20,270 for the 113.7 km, about 2 hr 52 min. That is a fixed price for the whole car, quoted before you book, not a meter reading.
How long does the transfer to King’s Pavilion take?
About 2 hr 52 min in normal traffic. Arrivals at Bandaranaike are busiest in the early morning, when the long-haul flights land together.
Will the driver wait if my flight is late?
Yes. Give your flight number when you book and your driver has it. There is no automatic flight tracking yet, so if you are delayed, message your driver on the number in your confirmation. Extended waiting beyond the pickup window is chargeable on a point-to-point transfer, and the terms say by how much.
Can I book a return transfer from King’s Pavilion?
Yes — the same journey in reverse, at the same fixed price, booked at the same time or later.
All vehicle classes and prices
| Vehicle | Seats | Prices from | Book |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mini / Small Car | 3–4 | Rs 20,270 | Book |
| Economy / Medium Car | 3–4 | Rs 22,550 | Book |
| Sedan | 3–4 | Rs 24,320 | Book |
| Mini Van | 5–7 | Rs 26,540 | Book |
| SUV | 4–5 | Rs 26,980 | Book |
| Van | 8–14 | Rs 28,310 | Book |
| Luxury Car | 3–4 | Rs 36,290 | Book |
| Mini Bus | 15–30 | Rs 37,630 | Book |
| Bus | 30–50 | Rs 51,810 | Book |
Every class, every price, none hidden. Each Book button opens the booking form for this transfer with that class chosen.
Book your transfer through us
- Fixed price in advance, for the whole car. No meter.
- Your driver's profile is shown before you book.
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before pickup.
- Day trips from the hotel can be booked from the cards above.
How this transfer works
One fixed price for the whole car, not per seat. There is no meter, so the figure you are quoted is the figure the booking honours. Give your flight number when you book and your driver has it.
The return leg from King’s Pavilion is the same journey booked the other way, at the same price, and can be arranged now or later in your stay. Departures want you at Bandaranaike three hours before a long-haul flight, so add the 2 hr 52 min back to that.
Before you book
- Taxis in Kandy — what the roads do at different times of day, and how being collected here works.
- Airport transfers — meeting your driver, luggage, child seats and how payment works.
- The airport to Kandy route — the drive itself, in detail.
- A driver for several days — the usual arrangement for anyone travelling beyond Kandy.
- The district map — where Kandy sits, and what is around it.