Leopard's Rest

A luxury safari lodge site that sells the wild.

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A boutique 16-villa safari lodge on the edge of Yala needed a site as premium as the stay — and a way to take bookings directly instead of bleeding commission to travel platforms. We designed and built it end-to-end in two weeks.

Year2025

Timeline2 weeks

LocationYala, Sri Lanka

ServicesWeb designFront-endSEOCopy direction

Stack

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The problem

Online, Leopard's Rest was nearly invisible. A thin third-party listing and a handful of Instagram posts couldn't convey the in-the-wild luxury, and almost every booking arrived through OTAs that skimmed 15–20% in commission.

Our approach

We made atmosphere the product. Full-bleed wildlife photography, a confident editorial type system, and generous space let the wilderness do the selling — while a persistent 'Reserve your villa' path quietly turns that emotion into direct enquiries, with no middleman.

What we built

Atmospheric marketing site — villas, experiences & the park
Direct enquiry & reservation flow (commission-free)
Editorial design system + custom wildlife iconography
Responsive, lazy-loaded imagery for fast loads
Technical SEO + LocalBusiness structured data
Reduced-motion-safe scroll animations

Shipped

deploy — Leopard's Rest

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The outcome

0+Lighthouse scoreFast and smooth on any device or connection.

DirectBookingsEnquiries reach the lodge — no 15–20% OTA cut.

FoundOn GoogleClean markup + structured data for local search.

AAAccessibleReadable, keyboard-friendly, motion-safe.

A site that finally matches the lodge — and a booking path the lodge actually owns.

See it live.

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