Guests may take part in a morning tai chi session with an instructor, go hunting for antiques in local attics, visit a tea plantation or make a Buddhistpilgrimage up Jizu mountain.
Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the defence secretary and the economy minister's brother (a third brother is the president), is just back from a pilgrimage to Buddhist sites in India.
Xuan Zang's pilgrimage to India for Buddhist scriptures in the 7th Century was the inspiration for the novel Journey to the West and popular television series Monkey.