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Minneriya Jeep Safari: South Asia's Largest Elephant Gathering
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26 Ratings
Minneriya National Park
Experience the Minneriya National Park Jeep Safari, renowned for hosting South Asiaās largest elephant gathering. Choose between a morning or evening safari and enjoy the convenience of hotel pickup and drop-off from selected areas.
Experience the Minneriya National Park Jeep Safari, renowned for hosting South Asiaās largest elephant gathering. Choose between a morning or evening safari and enjoy the convenience of hotel pickup and drop-off from selected areas.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Minneriya National Park - Unforgettable half-day safari in Minneriya National Park, renowned for hosting South Asiaās largest elephant gathering. Choose between a morning or evening safari and enjoy the convenience of hotel pickup and drop-off. Your adventure begins with a comfortable pickup from your hotel, where our friendly driver ensures aā¦
- Minneriya National Park - Unforgettable half-day safari in Minneriya National Park, renowned for hosting South Asiaās largest elephant gathering. Choose between a morning or evening safari and enjoy the convenience of hotel pickup and drop-off. Your adventure begins with a comfortable pickup from your hotel, where our friendly driver ensures a smooth and timely departure.
Upon arrival at Minneriya National Park, you will be greeted by an experienced safari guide who will provide a brief overview of the park and its wildlife. Whether you choose a morning or evening safari, you will witness the awe-inspiring sight of South Asiaās largest gathering of elephants, including both baby elephants and some of the largest elephants in their natural habitat. In addition to elephants, keep an eye out for other jungle animals such as leopards, deer, and a variety of bird species. Enjoy the stunning landscapes of Minneriya, from lush forests to serene lakes, as you explore the park.
What's Included
- Private transportation
- Bottled water
- Private 4x4 Jeep
- King Coconut Water
- Free Hotel Pickup and Drop-off Habarana area
- Private transportation
- Bottled water
- Private 4x4 Jeep
- King Coconut Water
- Free Hotel Pickup and Drop-off Habarana area
What's Not Included
- Park Entrance Fees 45USD (for 1 Person)
- Park Entrance Fees 45USD (for 1 Person)
Location
Minneriya National Park
Maradankadawala-Habarana-Thirukkondaiadimadu Highway
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(26 Ratings)
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Sreelatac
Mar 15, 2025
Good sighting of elephants in Ecopark - Asela is a good guide and took us to some great spots where we saw many elephants. As it rained a few days before, he knew that minneriya did not have elephants and took us instead to ecopark where we had perfect sightings
Will recommend Asela!!
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Desmond
Mar 11, 2025
Great experience - Personal approach and genuine interest in my interests. There was also a lot of good information. Very beautiful nature but especially the guidance was top I can recommend this to anyone who loves nature and can appreciate a good guide, who knows a lot about the environment and history
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Explore01196787260
Mar 10, 2025
Fantastic day experienced! - We were first reserved, because we went to a different park than reserved. The driver explained that all the elephants went to the other park because Minneriya park was mostly flooded. All the elephants would be here, and the park was even cheaper than Minneriya (we paid 2500 rupee pp. this is not included in the price, so this was a surprise)
Despite this surprise, the park and our driver have not disappointed us. Everywhere he took us to elephants, and we've seen a lot of them. It was really nice to see those animals in the wild.
Besides many elephants we also saw a cockatoo, many birds and a peacock.
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Austin
Mar 5, 2025
Great elephant safari tour! - Had a great day! My guide was wonderful, taking his time to hit any place in the area that there might be elephants to see. The guides all work hard to communicate with each other to alert when elephants are spotted. We saw two male elephants early on (which are rare to see compared to the females and their children) and were the only ones around. We ultimately saw around 20 elephants, a couple close up to our jeep. If I ever get a chance to return here I would definitely book again!
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Zoƫ
Feb 18, 2025
Elephant safari - Super nice experience. We have seen a lot of elephants and that is entirely thanks to our driver. He always knew how to stand in exactly the right place and respected the elephants. Definitely recommended!
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Lisa
Feb 2, 2025
Highly recommend this Asela! FIVE STARS āļøāļøāļøāļøāļø - Our tour guide Asela was excellent! I cannot say enough nice things about him. He was easy to communicate with and was able to customize our trip. I would highly recommend him to other tourist and would easily choose him again.
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Gabrielleg872
Jan 29, 2025
VERY BEAUTIFUL SAFARI - We had a very nice experience. Our guide was punctual, careful and responsive to our messages. The car was comfortable. He was warning us about branches during the safari. He was attentive, we even got a fruit snack at first. We were fortunate to see elephants up close. Thank you very much, we recommend without hesitation!
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Brigtravels
Jan 5, 2025
Holiday Highlight - Mayura was a fantastic guide. Picked us up on time and was very personable. It was suggested we go to Hurulu Eco Park instead of Minneriya and we were not disappointed. Straight up we saw 2 elephant mothers with their babies and then many more along the way. Mayura was an excellent driver - carefully navigating the jeep over very bumpy terrain, often alerting us to low hanging branches and stopping often to point out birds and other wildlife. There were many, many jeeps to navigate but we didnāt feel part of āthe packā as we were often driven along alternate routes. An excellent experience and a highlight of our trip so far. Thank you Mayura!
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Timandshay
Dec 27, 2024
Many elephants in Hurulu Eco Park(December 2024). - We organised at short notice an afternoon jeep safari with this company. They were very accommodating with our requests and also organised pick up at a restaurant in Sigiriya. For various reasons apparently the best place at present for viewing elephants in is Hurulu Eco Park rather than Minneriya NP.
Our guide Prasanna was excellent. After a while of searching we came across a herd of grazing female elephants(12+) with their young. He stopped the engine and for the next 40 minutes the herd grazed around us. Unforgettable.
We also spotted a number of different bird species.
Recommended.
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R1316hnmarions
Dec 8, 2024
Deep dive into a herd of elephant!š - Amazing safari! I saw beautiful nature, different spices of animals and of course a herd of elephants!š
That was completely surreal! We were so close to them!
My jeep driver was also very kind and helpful, giving me a lot of interesting informations! Would definitely recommend itš
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