Wildlife
Leopards, elephants and whales, in the months they are findable
The traveller
The one who is here for the animals
You will get up at half past four without complaint. You would rather spend three hours waiting at a waterhole than tick four parks in a week, and you know the difference between a sighting and a guarantee. You want to be told honestly which parks are crowded and which reward patience, and you want the trip built around the dry season, because that is when the animals are findable rather than merely present.
What people come for
- Leopard, elephant and sloth bear on their own terms
- Blue whales, on whichever coast the season allows
- Guides who know the park rather than the circuit
- Honest odds instead of promises
And who it is not for
- Travellers who want wildlife as one afternoon inside a broader trip; Complete Sri Lanka does that better
- Anyone travelling outside February to July, when the dry season concentrates animals and the odds change completely
6 trips for this
- Prime
- Good
- Mixed
- Out of season
Leopard country
Eight days across elephant country, Yala and the whale coast
- Length
- 8 days
- Pace
- Steady
- Bases
- 6 bases
Save $305 · 20%Ends today, 31 October
Indicative, not yet costed
Three parks and a whale
Twelve days for people who came for the animals
- Length
- 12 days
- Pace
- Steady
- Bases
- 7 bases
From $1,980 · $165/day
Indicative, not yet costed
Elephant and Gem City
Five days through Ratnapura's gem country and Udawalawe
- Length
- 5 days
- Pace
- Steady
- Bases
- 3 bases
From $700 · $140/day
Indicative, not yet costed
The full island
Fourteen days, and a proper safari in the middle
- Length
- 14 days
- Pace
- Steady
- Bases
- 9 bases
From $2,170 · $155/day
Indicative, not yet costed
The long way round
Twelve days from Wilpattu through the old capitals and the hills to Galle
- Length
- 12 days
- Pace
- Steady
- Bases
- 8 bases
From $1,860 · $155/day
Indicative, not yet costed
The house on the ramparts
Nine days from Galle Fort to Yala and the coast
- Length
- 9 days
- Pace
- Gentle
- Bases
- 5 bases
From $7,650 · $850/day
Indicative, not yet costed