Tour of Sri Lanka with Dilshan - We went on a wonderful 17-day tour with Blue Lanka Tour. Six of us travelled across Sri Lanka in an air-conditioned minibus. Our guide Dilshan and driver Gayan showed us the whole island. We especially loved the animal world, from turtles, iguanas, exotic birds and the funny monkeys. The highlight was the Wilpattu Safari. There we saw the leopard mother with her cub, elephants drinking, funny wild boars with bristle cuts and many species of birds. We even saw a crocodile eating. In the evening we stayed in a tree hotel, and in the red dusk the fruit bats showed us their flying show. All the cultural highlights were very impressive, the Buddha statues in Dambulla and the Sigiriya rock were simply great. Many thanks to our guide Dishan who organised everything so well for us and who always drove on time with the driver Gayan and was very considerate on the busy roads. We would do it again anytime

great time in Willpattu! - We had a great time at Willpattu. Staffs are friendly and helpful to find the hidden animals. Next time hope to see the leopard!

Amazing day - one to remember! - From the moment we met Prakash in our hotel reception - energetic and smiling - we felt comfortable, knew we’d made the right choice with our tour and were excited for the day ahead. The tour was of Wilpattu national park, but Prakash started his tour through Colombo and the country ride, informing us of facts and anecdotes, keeping us very entertained. We stopped at a local cafe for morning tea and Prakash ordered local delights for us to try. He also called ahead to our lunch stop to make sure the curries catered for our favorites or things we wanted to try. And the lunch did not disappoint. Then we stopped to transfer into our private Jeep with very comfy seats. Prakash was determined for us to spot a leopard and even after seeing elephant, crocodile, and plenty of other animals, he was still positive we’d get to see a leopard. And we did! We stayed much longer than intended, but because of that we saw TWO leopards very close up. What a result. Overall I couldn’t rate Blue Lanka and Prakash enough. My only regret is that I didn’t get onto Blue Lanka sooner to plan my full intinerary. When we return, or any of our family / friends embark on Sri Lanka (we felt very safe btw, so would recommend) we will point them in the direction of Blue Lanka.

Amazing Day Trip with Prakash to Willpattu - It was our first trip to Sri Lanka and we we're lucky enough to get Prakash as our tour guide and have an amazing day trip to Willpattu National Park. If we're lucky enough to get back to Sri Lanka any time soon we'll be looking to book in a longer trip with Prakash specifically and Blue Lanka to explore more. They can pretty much arrange and cater to any experience or trip that suits your schedule and we honestly couldn't have asked for a better guide and day. From the moment Prakash picked us up from our hotel it was honestly like travelling with your best friend on an awesome road trip. I've told my parent and friends all about it and to put this at the top of your list of travel destinations. Specifically for our trip we went to Willpattu National Park as it's the biggest and slightly closet from Colombo. It's known for having the most Leopards whilst we also saw an elephant, a crocodile and a wide range of bird life and other wildlife such as buffalo, dear, lizards and more. Along the way we stopped at a really authentic Sri Lankan cafe and had some local cafe snacks, tea and coffee whilst also checking out a temple. Then we had a very authentic Sri Lankan lunch before heading into the national park. The lunch was also really good. So much food and amazing curry. Then the national park experience was a bit like driving into Jurassic Park however seeing a wide range of the animal mentioned above. Prakash was determined for us to see Leopards. It'd been raining however and Leopards we learnt don't like getting wet so weren't coming out. Prakash wouldn't give up though and we stay far longer than the normal tour time until we did indeed see some Leopards which was really exciting. As was seeing all the animals in their natural habitat like the crocodile eating a deer. Anyway couldn't recommend it more highly mostly because of our amazing tour guide. Honestly do yourself a favour and if you're heading to Sri Lanka just give Blue Lanka a call/email (very responsive) an indication of length of time, what you'd roughly like to do and if Prakash is available to take you then I guarantee it will be a great trip. I don't normally write reviews but I was lucky enough to get onto this via the reviews of others so only far that I return that favour.