A wildlife trip that does not pretend the beach is an afterthought. Three parks, each chosen for a different animal, and then five nights on the south coast to stop moving.
The timing is the point. We enter parks when the convoys are leaving and we use trackers we have worked with for years. It is the difference between seeing a leopard and seeing forty jeeps.
Duration
10 days
Best months
Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr
Pace
Balanced
Regions
2
A short transfer and an early night.
The elephant park. Afternoon game drive, and the transit home for orphaned calves nearby.
Morning drive, then east to Yala for the afternoon.
Full day with a packed breakfast, out before the gate opens.
A second early start. Two mornings gives you a genuine chance rather than a lottery ticket.
Out of the dry zone and onto the coast.
Out at 6:30 with a small operator who keeps a legal distance. Afternoon free.
Nothing scheduled.
The fort in the late afternoon.
Coastal road to the airport.
Jetwing Lagoon
Quiet, close to the airport.
Kalus Hideaway
Simple and well run, right by the park gate.
Cinnamon Wild
Inside the buffer zone.
Cape Weligama
Clifftop villas and a crescent pool over the ocean.
Fort Bazaar
Inside the fort walls.
Included
Not included
Payment schedule
Twenty per cent deposit to confirm. Balance due sixty days before arrival. Card or bank transfer, in GBP or USD.
Cancellation
Free up to sixty days out. Fifty per cent between sixty and thirty days. Non refundable inside thirty days, though we will move your dates once at no charge.
No, and anyone who promises otherwise is selling something. Two dawn drives in Yala block one gives you roughly a seventy per cent chance across the season.
Between December and April, yes, and Mirissa is the best base. We use a small operator who keeps the legal distance even when others do not.
It works well from about six upwards. The driving days are short and the wildlife holds attention in a way that temples do not.
From
Based on two people sharing, comfort tier. Excludes international flights.
Ruwan Jayasuriya
Founder, 18 years
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