Safari Tour at Minneriya National Park: See Elephants in Their Natural Habitat

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Minneriya National Park

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Embark on a thrilling safari tour at Minneriya National Park and witness elephants in their natural habitat. Explore the park, Sigiriya Rock Fortress, and Dambulla Cave Temple in one day.

Duration: 5 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Minneriya National Park - Minneriya is one of the most beautiful national parks in Sri Lanka. Ideal place to witness bunches of Elephants in their natural behavior. You won’t feel tired by looking at their playful acts. Also you will witness some violent giants too. Most probably you will be able to spot hundreds of Elephants within this tour of…

What's Included

Private transportation
Complimentary bottled water
Exceptional value with a stay close to nature
All fees and taxes included

Additional Information

This park is located close to the world heritage Sigiriya Rock Fortress and Dambulla Cave Temple. You time will be perfectly managed when all three places are covered within one day. Bunches of Elephants can be seen in their natural behavior and visitors will be amazed to see hundreds in bunch. You will be transferred by a off-road/ 4WD jeep which is…

Location

Minneriya National Park

Maradankadawala-Habarana-Thirukkondaiadimadu Highway

Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings

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Kntraveler95

Sep 20, 2024

Wonderful experience! - Had an excellent tour of Minneriya through Mahaweli Tours. Our safari coordinator Geesara made the whole experience effortless and was wonderful with their communication. Highly recommend using them to book your safari tour!

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Isabelmateos

Aug 26, 2024

SR Lanka-chauffeur and safari - The experience has been quite an existence, we practically had everything with them. We hired the driver with it for 15 non-consecutive days and it was great really, the drivers were great and then we also hired Minneriya's safari with them and also great, our contact Geesara helped us a lot. Always at our disposal.

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Romas_p

Apr 20, 2024

Romas - The best experience and the best guide service ever witness. I would recommend to all to visit tour and make this experience

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Buttress

Nov 6, 2023

Minneriya Safari Tour - I made the reservation on their website from Japan (I made a mistake on the date once, but they helped me right away). There were morning and afternoon tours, but they waited until the last minute to confirm the time because it depended on the weather in the area on the day. I paid for the tour with a credit card through the link they sent me. Since the tour included a guide, they emailed me the car number and the name of the driver/guide the day before. The tour came to pick me up at the hotel by car at the appointed time. After saying hello, the driver/guide Ajantha explained that there was nothing in Minneriya National Park, so we were going to Kaudara National Park. I called the office by phone and they explained again that we were going to Kaudara National Park, not Minneriya National Park. There was nothing there. There was no point in going to Minneriya National Park, so I agreed and headed to Kaudara National Park. When we arrived at Kaudara National Park, the jeep's hood was removed so we could stand and look outside. We saw many monkeys, peacocks, and the elephants that we were looking for. When we asked the guide if we wanted to go a little further forward, he moved the car so we could see the elephants up close. He was a driver and guide, but it seemed like the driver was more important. The tour was supposed to be four hours after entering the national park, but rather than a time designation after entering, he went around the whole time until the national park closed at 6pm. Thanks to him, we were able to take our time to see several herds of elephants and birds, and we were very satisfied. Thanks, Operator Prasad, Driver and Guide Ajantha

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Rubendiezvelasco

Sep 18, 2023

A highly recommended natural park - A very interesting excursion. We saw many animals and quite a few elephants, although the time of "gathering" had already passed. The experience with the organizing company was very good. They picked us up on time and showed us around the park properly.

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Dragosmoldovan

Jul 10, 2023

Great safari tour - They will pick you up from the parking with a jeep and drive 15 min to the lake where the elephant herds are coming. It was a very pleasant experience.

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Ash

Jan 13, 2020

Exellence in every way! - We Cannot praise Mahawelli Tours enough. We have just come home form 14 days touring Sri Lanka and thanks to Mahawelli we have had the most memorable experience. From my first communication with Prasad, we were guided and advised on things do and see. We faced delays with the start of our holiday due to flight delays, which meant we missed our train to Kandy. Prasad quickly arranged transport for us, which waited 4 hours for us to arrive. On day 1 we met Gamlath, he was our guide for our first week in central province. He was amazing, he listened to our needs, explained everything to us on our excursions clearly and made our hole experience more memorable. The vehicle was very comfortable and the right size for us and all our luggage, including the oversized surfing equipment. The highlight for our stay was definitely Minneriya, seeing the amazing elephants including babies! We also visited Sigiriya and Dambulla, the Veddah people and a fabulous day in and around Kandy doing the sights, all fabulous. We changed our travel plans in the end of our holiday because of the professional service we had received, booking our onward transport to Hikkiduwa with Mahiwelli and then our final airport transport. The roads and driving in Sri Lanka are crazy, it is most certainly an experience, we felt totally safe with Gamleth at all times. A massive thank you to Prasad and Gamlath for making our holiday amazing!

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53mariejos_v

Sep 28, 2024

Beautiful experience - Beautiful experience, elephants close by without disturbing them. Not too many jeeps at the same time. Hope it will stay that way!🙏

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Shahidl21

Dec 23, 2019

Watching elephants - It was a great experience at the national park. Weather was a bit rainy. Roads were muddy. But at last we could see many elephants in herds. We had also seen birds, peacock, eagles and even few jackles.

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