Make Your Own Dinner at Maha Owita Farmer's House
No electricity. No menu. Just firelight, spices, and dinner you cooked in a farmer's house among the paddy fields.
When you can do this
Pick any preferred date when booking — we'll confirm with the host within 24 hours.
The experience
What you'll do
Arrive by catamaran as the sun sets over Etawarathenna Lake, then step into Kalubandara's farmhouse — a home surrounded entirely by paddy fields, lit only by Petromax lamps. Cook your own Sri Lankan dinner using ancient methods and a full spice rack of local herbs, with a welcome juice on arrival and an arrack cocktail or beer with dinner. Zero plastic, and the raw materials are bought from the paddy-house family themselves. Dinner is cooked with the farmer's wife or grandmother, who is paid for her teaching; part of proceeds fund sports activities at Audangawa Primary College.
What's included
- Catamaran ride to the farmhouse
- Sunset on the lake
- Cooking experience + authentic Sri Lankan dinner buffet
- Petromax lamp lighting
- Organic fruit juice welcome drink
- One Sri Lankan arrack cocktail or beer
Where to stay
Stay nearby
Sigiriya
Cassandra Culture Resort
Fifty-two rooms in the shadow of the Lion Rock.
From$69/ night
≈ LKR 22,100