Private Tour: Explore Sri Lanka's Largest Wildlife Sanctuary at Wilpattu National Park
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10 Ratings
Hambantota
Embark on a private safari at Wilpattu National Park, Sri Lanka's largest wildlife sanctuary. Spot leopards, sloth bears, elephants, and a variety of bird species on this immersive tour.
Duration: 7 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Wilpattu National Park - Seek out Sri Lanka’s native wildlife, including leopards and elephants, on a private safari at Wilpattu National Park. Aboard a comfortable, private 4x4 with a driver-guide, roam the forest, grassland, and lakeside trails of the island’s biggest national park. Watch for Sri Lankan leopards, sloth bears, monitor lizards, and crocodile, and see everything from deer and wetland birds to turtles. Admission at own expense, with a choice of a morning, afternoon, or Full day safari.
What's Included
  • Hambantota Port pickup and drop-off
  • Driver/guide
  • Transportation in a Safari Jeep (maximum of 7 passengers per jeep)
What's Not Included
  • Entrance Fees
Additional Information

Choose from a morning, afternoon, or all-day safari and rendezvous with your personal guide and driver at Wilpattu National Park. Enter the park at your own cost, jump into your own 4x4 vehicle and travel around the park’s dirt paths within the largest wildlife sanctuary in Sri Lanka.

As you travel, your guide will give you informative details about the park’s geography and its inhabitants. Keep an eye out for leopards typically sighted near the lakes, sloth bears, elephants, deer, jackals, wild pigs, and water buffalo. Don’t forget to have your camera ready for these encounters!

Also be on the lookout for wetland birds such as Storks, spoonbills, and egrets, and migratory species that appear from November through March. You might also encounter reptiles like mugger crocodiles, monitor lizards, snakes, and the rare Indian star tortoise. Other species include pond and soft-shelled turtles, and various kinds of butterflies such as the Blue Mormon and Crimson Rose.

Your wildlife adventure comes to an end when you disembark your 4x4 at the park entrance.

Location
Hambantota Port
We'll pick you up from Hambantota Port
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Andrew_r
Feb 22, 2024
Great to See Wildlife - Our Guide could show us all Animals what we wanted to see. He spoke very good English and explained a lot. We got much more to see than we expected. We saw Elephants and much more.
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Andrew_r
Feb 22, 2024
Amazing Tour - Our driver/guide made this experience great. He was a very safe driver, we felt super comfortable, and he was very knowledgeable about the animals. He often stopped to point out things we had not seen - which was a lot! Overall, really happy, thought the safari was great value and would highly recommend to others.
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Andrew_r
Feb 22, 2024
Enjoyed Well!! - It was amazing to see wild elephants, even a mother and baby. I saw several other animals too. At the end of the tour apparently there was a leopard on a rock.
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Brian_b
Jan 17, 2024
Always reliable - Great organization Prompt very good instructions on where and when to meet for pick up Clean vehicles
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Nisansala_m
Dec 20, 2023
Fantastic excursion - Picked up from Hambantota port on time Brilliant safari with our guide. Very friendly and knowledgable. We were lucky to see a leopard, elephants, jackal, crocs, deers, mongoose, other animals as well as all the amazing birds. So beautiful and peaceful. Thank you!
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Myrnard_m
Mar 12, 2024
A crude safari better suited for younger more fit and thinner guests. - We traveled around the park finding many animals in their natural environs with the high light being a glimpse of a leopard. Would have enjoyed it more if the "guide" had given a bit of a description of what we were seeing.
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Kevin_b
Feb 14, 2024
Worthwhile but not great - A lot of hanging around, particularly at the bus to 4WD exchange point. The park needs to invest in better track maintenance with the US $45 per person entry fee, as the roads were the worst we have encountered on any safari across the Globe, meaning the main Leopard activity area was inaccessible and the journey was uncomfortable. We saw a decent amount of wildlife including a herd of Elephants, Monitor Lizards, Monkeys, Waterbufallo, Crocodiles and various exotic birds.
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Cynthiavitale42
Jan 20, 2024
Poor tour - Getting on jeep. No significant wildlife Guide very nice. No water Ride to game park from ship very long
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