Udawalawa National Park was No 1 on my itinerary list for Sri Lanka 2019 trip - I have hired an experienced driver from Galle, for full day excursion trip to Ella and almost half a day stay for Safari tour at Udawalawa. The most important at this National Park is to see living free, many kind of animals. There are over 350 Elephants, from which some are angry and hostile towards the visitors. At one place I have felt unsave, as I had noticed, the attack is imminent at any moment. Luckily, the biggest male Elephant, has stopped his charge towards my vehicle at the distance of 10 mtrs. Further on the road to Ella, I have seen few Elephants which escaped Park boundary, collecting the food from local people and from the people travelling in both directions by cars and the buses. These Elephants are intelligent enough, living in the harmony with the people, and eventually return to National Park terrain. In the Park there are many other animals; leopards, water buffalos, gazelles, monkeys, aligators, eagles, falcons and junglefowls which is national bird of Sri Lanka.

No tour provided - I contacted the tour provider 2 days before the tour. I asked me to cancel as he was not able to do the trip... Apparently he tried to contact viator...