Sri Lanka – Nature & Wildlife Tour

On arrival at Colombo Airport, A member of our local team will receive you. Or an appointed chauffeur who will take care of your transfer and check-in at the hotel in Colombo.
Regardless of the crowd and noise, Colombo may be a fascinating colorful city. It imposes both historical and modern lush. Colonial buildings of Portuguese, Dutch and British are conserved and still are in use. The Galle Face Green may be a free beachside with colorful scenery of locals and spicy crunchy food. The artistic-eyed people always stop at open art markets, peaceful mornings and evenings at independence square, and all-day opened blessing and mind calmer temples too make the Colombo may be a lust destination on the way through. 

Stay: Colombo.

Following breakfast, check out and leave for Sinharaja (Lion King) Rainforest area. Designated as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 1978 than a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988, Sinharaja is one of the biodiversity hotspots in Sri Lanka. It’s a frequently visited nature reserve that features a colorful mythological past. The forest covers a neighborhood of roughly 11,200 hectares, and elevation ranges from 200 to 1,300 meters. It’s noted for being a habitat for 95 percent of the endemic birds found in Sri Lanka.
On arrival, check into the hotel—the rest of the day to spend as you like.

After breakfast, explore this wonderful tropical evergreen forest on foot with a knowledgeable park ranger, who will lead you along slippery trails, pointing out the wealth of stunning plant, bird, and animal life. You’ve got a sprawling 6092 hectares of forest reserve to steer around and luxuriate in. Traversing the valleys and streams and moss-covered boulders, there’ll be much to ascertain than endemic plants and trees here.
While traversing the valleys, streams, and moss-covered boulders, you will certainly lot of endemic plants and trees. But this evergreen forest is considerably alive with life, and the sound of mammals, birds, and butterflies thrive.
Hump Nosed Lizard, Sri Lankan Munias, Flowerpeckers, sunbirds, flycatchers, Mynas, Babblers, Monarchs, Wobblers, Prinias, Bul Bulls, Wagtails, Drongos, Orioles, Leafbirds, Woodpeckers, barbets, Pigeons, Nuthatches, Hornbills, Blue Magpie, Owls and Coucals and other mammals, birds, and butterflies thrive in this forest. And yes, be prepared for those rare encounters too.
This walking tour will end when you drop. This adventure will be the most memorable part of this tour.

After leisurely breakfast, your journey starts for Udawalawe National park, one among the world’s best places to ascertain wild elephants. Just before arrival, there will be a short halt to visit the Elephant Transit Home. Its primary objective is to rehabilitate orphaned elephant calves for ultimate release back into the wild. On arrival, check into the hotel/campsite. After lunch, it’s a time for Udawalawe wild game drive. Bordered by rising highlands on its northern boundary, the Udawalawe park is Largely comprised of grasslands and bush forest; it is also one of the best national parks in Sri Lanka for game spotting. In the evening, back to your hotel, and the rest of the evening is to relax and unwind. 

Breakfast at the hotel and leave for Yala. Yala Park, an enormous area of forest, grassland, and lagoons bordering the Indian Ocean. Yala is a home to wildlife like leopards, elephants, crocodiles, and many bird species. The town is additionally known for its Buddhist monastery. Upon arrival, check-in into the hotel, and after freshening up and lunch break, a chauffeur will drop you at the meeting points at 3 PM. From here, you will start a 2.5 to 3-hour game drive with knowledgeable trekkers and disciplined drivers into the National Park. It will be a most memorable experience. Overnight stay in Yala.

Rise at early hours for Yala Game ride. You’ll repeat a 2.5 to 3-hour game drive to capture the best of Yala! We know that the safari ride during this wildlife kingdom is what you anticipate to the foremost.
Post lunch, we have a private Safari to Bundala Park, an internationally known wintering ground for migratory waterbirds in this country. It docks 197 species of birds. And the highlight is the greater flamingo, which migrates in large flocks. The evening is to enjoy your camp’s surroundings.

Rise and shine in the early hours. After breakfast, check out and start your day-long journey with some very interesting to explore some of the best beaches of Sri Lanka. Your first halt shall be at Mirissa Beach. The primary attraction in Mirissa is whale watching. You shall be lucky if you are traveling between October to April. Because during this time ocean is calm, and whales migrate from the southern hemisphere to the northern hemisphere. This fantastic place of Mirissa is also known for its tuna, mullet, butterfish, snapper, and being the major fishing port on the South Coast. Post lunch, you start your onward journey. On the way, a brief photo stop shall be at Koggala. It’s famous for the Iconic stilt fishermen. It is the most interesting traditional fishing method in Sri Lanka. Fishers are known to practice this unique way of fishing, sitting on stilts for hours daily.
Before reaching Galle, you visit one of the most “Famous” destinations of Sri Lanka, named Unawatuna. It is a lovely banana-shaped beach of golden sand and turquoise water, surrounded by green palm trees! Here you will get some good time to enjoy Sea, Sand & Surf. Later transfer to your hotel in Galle. The rest of the evening is at leisure. 

After leisurely breakfast, we visit the gorgeous sights of Galle; the town is understood for its UNESCO World Heritage Site, the attractively preserved Galle Fort. It is the most critical and exciting sea fortress in South Asia. First built by the Portuguese and later fortified by Dutch. Galle wears its history on its sleeve. Windswept beaches and nodding palms surround its colonial-era showpiece. Post lunch, the rest of the day is at your disposal. You can go for a guided tour to admire some architecture work of Dutch. They left their impressions with some beautifully designed heritage buildings.
Or you can go shopping within the Galle fort where you’ll stroll around the little streets and buy local souvenirs. The more noticeable product that you’ll find is that the Sri Lankan gems and jewellery. It is worth visiting the Dutch Hospital Shopping Complex, the oldest structure in the Galle Fort area way back to the Dutch colonial era in Sri Lanka. It has now developed into a shopping and dining facility.

After breakfast, check out & drive Balpitiya, where you shall enjoy a memorable Madhu Riverboat Safari. Madu River is situated in the south of Sri Lanka. The river is spotted with small islands, and the river banks are all covered with mangrove forests. These mangroves are home to many incredible animal species. Enjoy many vibrant tropical birds, and if you are lucky, you can spot a few crocodiles. These creatures are pretty rare and don’t like crowds. Later transfer and check into the resort. Rest of the day to enjoy resort facilities.

After leisurely breakfast, check out. Today your chauffeur will drive you to Chilaw. This halt is meant to break the day-long journey to Wilpattu National Park. But, Chilaw is one of the best beach Resort places and the nearest town to visit Anawilundawa Wetland Sanctuary. After a drive of 3 to 4 hrs, you shall reach Chilaw and check into the resort. Rest of the day at leisure.
Note: On this journey, there are some exciting experiences to indulge in. Your experienced Chauffeur guide suggests you some options for your interests.

Chilaw is known for coconut estates, crabs, and seafood since the town sits on a large freshwater lagoon. If you can rise early, you can capture the sights and sounds of one of the busiest fish markets on the island. This activity happens early in the morning.
After breakfast, you do check out. Before your journey starts for Wilpattu National Park, you can visit a beautiful, calm, relaxed & little-known Anawilundawa wetland sanctuary. This is the right place for bird photography &You can use your vehicle to drive around. Later proceed to your today’s destination. On arrival, check into your hotel/campsite.

Today, you will enjoy a full-day game drive at Wilpattu National Park. Explore Sri Lanka’s largest and, therefore, the oldest park. And famous for lush vegetation, herds of deer, leopards, sea eagles, mammals, and reptiles, inland lakes (Wilpattu meaning natural lakes in Sinhala) are what makes this a singular travel spot. Wilpattu is among the best national parks & world-renowned for its leopard. A remote camera survey was conducted in Wilpattu in the year 2015 from July to October by the Wilderness & Wildlife Conservation Trust. A sample of forty-nine individual leopards was photo-captured in the surveyed area.
There are historically important sites scattered through the Wilpattu jungle. This is often where the founding father of the birth of the Sinhala civilization is claimed to arrive. The guts of the jungle still carry the traces of this bygone era – the stone pillar of a royal palace. Overnight Stay in Hotel / Camping site at Wilpattu.

After relaxed breakfast in Wilpattu, you do check out and leave for Negombo. A bit long journey of 4 hrs will take you to the tour’s last destination. Negombo is the best beach resort near to the airport. On arrival, check into the Beach resort. Spend your evening admiring the scenic view of the Catamaran sailboats coming back from the ocean at sunset. Take a glance around the handicraft shops at Lewis Place if you would like a buy some gifts or souvenirs for the loved ones back home. Overnight stay in Negombo.

After breakfast, check out & Proceed to the Colombo International Airport (CMB) to board your flight for your hometown.