Bentota River Safari: Mangrove Wildlife

Embark on a unique Bentota River Safari to explore mangroves and spot rare wildlife. Enjoy a 2-hour lagoon safari with free pick-up and drop-off included.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

Bentota River - River Bentota, the legendary river in southern part of the country, flows into the Indian Ocean forming a lagoon at the last section of the river. The River Bentota and the lagoon set up the widest array of water sports among all the beach resorts of Sri Lanka. Jet-skiing, windsurfing, parasailing or enjoying a romantic river safari…

What's Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Expert local guide
  • Complimentary bottled water
  • All-inclusive taxes and fees
  • Goods and Services Tax (GST) included
  • Local taxes covered
  • Environmental Management Charge (Reef Tax) included
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

The Bentota Travel Mart ( BTM ) offers the Bentota River Boat Safari for visitors staying in Bentota, Induruwa, Kosgoda , Ahungalla, Balapitiya, Ambalangoda, Aluthgama, Beruwala, Maggona, Kalutara, Waskaduwa and Wadduwa. Complimentary pick up and drop off services are provided for these areas.
For an exclusive and novel experience of a lagoon safari,…

Location
Bentota
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Pradeep
Nov 7, 2024
A really wonderful experience! - Very friendly and professional set up. Shashindu gave us all the information on WhatsApp and even picked us up from the hotel. We were extremely surprised to get a full boat all to ourselves with our own guide Coca. He was really good, friendly and well informed and took us on a wonderful trip on the river. However, for us, the most amazing part was the trip into the mangrove tunnels. It was truly spectacular!
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Thibault_f
Nov 3, 2024
It was a great... - It was a great experience. I'm so happy to have started early. Avoided a lot of the traffic in the mangrove. Harindra was great. He took the time to explain, to stop to show us interesting wildlife and was very considerate all along. His boating skills were also appreciated. He was not speeding through
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Naila_r
Oct 7, 2024
Great river safari! - We had an amazing afternoon! We saw monkeys, crocodiles, an owl, eagles and several other things along the way! Harindra was extremely knowledgeable and somehow could spot all the camouflaged animals/reptiles! Beautiful scenery, definitely recommend!
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Kimrw826yi
Sep 21, 2024
We loved it! - What a great day! Our guide Harinda gave us a unique and wonderful experience! He was very friendly and courteous, knew a lot about the animals and plants and took great pictures! We were very lucky with him and saw big and small crocodiles, monkeys, frogs, shrimps, monitor lizards, kingfishers, flying dogs and small bats. We would recommend the tour in a heartbeat!
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Shariwestsussex
Sep 12, 2024
Great fun; magical feeding the monkeys. - We had a fantastic trip with Harinder; he is really invested in making the trip exciting. He is eagle eyed and pointed out things that we did not see. He was prepared and had brought mango and guava which he sliced and a family of black monkeys came down and took from our hands. That was magical. We also saw an adult crocodile and several baby ones, a monitor lizard( basking and swimming) , fruit bats and tiny little black bats, a sea eagle and other birds. We had a fresh pineapple and coconut drink prepared by Harinder too. His English is excellent and he knew a lot of interesting facts about the area. It was really good fun because he made it so.
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355svenl
Aug 7, 2024
Super Tour - This was by far the best excursion we took in Sri Lanka! The boatmaster was a jewel with eagle eyes! I would recommend everyone to make THIS trip! There is no sales event or similar - just pure nature. An experience I don’t want to miss 😊
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Chris_r
Aug 5, 2024
Very enjoyable and informative - Absolutely loved our tour. Our guide was extremely knowledgeable and made our tour memorable. We saw a lot of wildlife and thoroughly enjoyed it. Even the heavy rain didn’t take away from the experience
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Kaitlyn_l
Jul 25, 2024
Amazing Experience with the Captain - Sumal is the best captain I could ever imagine! The tour wouldn't be as amazing without him. He is passionate and communicative. He has sharp eyes and locate various animals for us. He's the only captain that brings peanuts so we can feed the monkeys. He also prepared great fruits for us. I can't be more grateful that we were having the tour with him! 100% recommended!
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Eden_f
Jun 24, 2024
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Awesome River Boat Safari in Bentota! - We had such an amazing time on the river boat safari in Bentota! We booked through Viator and the whole process was super smooth. We got all the info we needed the day before and on the day of, they let us know when and where to be for pick-up, which was great. Our boatman, Sumal, was just fantastic. He was so friendly and welcoming, and had such a good eye for spotting wildlife. Thanks to him, we saw baby crocodiles, monitor lizards, owls, and a bunch of other cool birds. And those monkeys! They were the friendliest monkeys we’ve ever met. It was so much fun feeding them. Sumal also stopped to cut up some fresh pineapple for us, which was the sweetest we’ve ever had, and he gave us some king coconut water that was super refreshing. It really added a nice touch to the trip. He also gave me a beautiful flower and it was so sweet! He offered to take pictures of my Husband and I as well. Overall, it was a wonderful experience from start to finish. Sumal made it really special, and we couldn’t have asked for a better guide. If you’re thinking about doing a river safari in Bentota, definitely go for it!
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Goplaces767008
Apr 22, 2024
Superb morning - The boat ride was really enjoyable. Our very kind guide offered us pineapple and coconut juice. We discovered the mangrove, fed the monkeys and were able to take a small baby crocodile.
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From $22
up to 15 guests
2 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).