There are many who call Ragala Nuwara Eliya, home. Blessed with beautiful landscapes, lush forests, dense hills, and manicured tea plantations, this picturesque area is a haven for interesting flora, fauna, and wildlife.
Over generations, we have nurtured and supported our local community and environments around us. Through our focused commitment we have constantly developed initiatives we believe that make a positive impact on the people around us.
Our team we consider as part of a later family. We have trained, nurtured and supported them in every way we can. Most of our team are from the local community around us, who have shown dedication to hard work and commitment for service . Many have progressed with us and now in senior roles within the team.
We continue to encourage our team to constantly look for new ideas to guide us to support projects that have a positive impact in line with our core belief.
Ragala is renown for its fruits and vegetables cultivation. Most of our procurement of these are obtained directly from the neighborhood farmers and the thriving sunday market fairs.
Additionally the in-house vegetable fields and dedicated herb garden at the estate , provides the kitchen with specific needs for enhancing the freshness and aroma of the cuisine.
Our own greenhouse supports the supply of our ‘’in house crop , year round . Beekeeping is also done in the estate where we have bee boxes for rearing our own bees for honey.
These fresh ingredients will enhance our gourmet cuisine which is a highlight of our guests stay.
We have developed a rainwater collection infrastructure and have a collection of barrels for reusing the stored rainwater. Most of our water usage also comes from a spring close to the bungalow. Whilst we use water and electricity reasonably, we also encourage our guests to support us on this initiative,
To eliminate single-use plastics in our villa, all guestrooms are given refillable water bottles. We have been selective with our procurement suppliers on adapting our similar philosophy and working with them to be single plastic free over a period of time .
We have been both a catalyst and supporter of engaging with the community for enhancing their development and community cohesion.
Over the years we have supported the development of schools, places of worship and the many festivities of the local community .
We also encourage our staff to get involved in these community activities.
In education, our focus has been on developing English and IT to the local schools, where many have got limited funding.
We’re proud to complete our latest project of developing a dedicated fully-fledged computer center to a rural school, complete with computers and accessories.
Stafford Estate has been a beacon for the community around.
The restoration of the 1884 built planters home and transformation of the Stafford Bungalow to be future ready, will continue to inspire the neighborhood.
This restoration and adaptation have been commissioned to ensure that the character of the bungalow is lovingly enhanced and carefully blended with the contemporary space addition and interiors, inspiring the fusion between the old and new.
We hope that this will also continue to remind and rekindle the pioneering spirit.
