12 Days

ITINERARY

DAY 01 -NEGOMBO

On arrival at Bandaranaike International Airport you will be met by your zoologist escort and your Sri Lankan guide/driver and transferred in our private air conditioned vehicle to our accommodation in Negombo (15 mins), level – 3* (Browns Beach Hotel / Sunset Beach Hotel). Once here you will have the rest of the day at your leisure, enjoying the beaches here and relaxing after a long flight is best before your adventure across this remarkable island starts. All our meals (depending on the time we have arrived) will be at the accommodation.

DAY 02 – KALPITIA

Kalpitiya Beach is one of the best tourist attraction spot in Sri Lanka. The Beach has a lot to offer to the visitors and there are many surrounding attractions near Kalpitiya Beach that you can enjoy we’ll make the most out of it From dolphin watching to water sports to cozy and comfortable beach stay in , Kalpitiya.

DAY 03 – KALPITIYA

After breakfast Dolphin watching in Kalpitiya and rest of the evening relax in the beach

DAY 04 – WILPATTU

This morning after our breakfast we will leave Kalpitiya and travel north to a remote and wonderful national park, Wilpattu National Park has one of the highest concentrations of leopards in the world as well as a wealth of other wildlife including Asiatic elephants, sloth bears, water buffalo, painted storks, whistling teals, brown fish owls, mugger crocodiles and many other animals. As soon as we arrive here we will enjoy an afternoon jeep safari with a local naturalist and national park driver as well as your zoologist escort, so you are in good hands when it comes to spotting and understanding the wildlife. At sunset we will head to the camp in Wilpattu national park.to stay overnight.

DAY 05 – WILPATTU

Early this morning jeep safari at Wilpattu National Park. The morning is the best time to see leopards and sloth bears, as they are more active before the sun comes up. We will try and find some of the rarest mammals in the world here such as wild water buffalo and one of the last remaining populations of wild Asiatic elephants. We will probably bring with us a picnic breakfast. This afternoon we will head to the ancient city of Anuradhapura and check into our hotel,

DAY 06 – MINNERIYA via ANURADHAPURA

After breakfast visit to the ancient city of Anuradhapura then heading towards Minneriya Eliphant safari and stay in Habarana.

DAY 07 – KANDY via DAMBULLA

Kandy Via Dambulla

DAY 08 – ELLA via MAHIYANGANA

Ella Via Mahiyangana

DAY 09 – YALA

After breakfast visit all the attractions in Ella then heading to Tissamaharamaya – Yala safari camping

DAY 10 – MIRISSA

Early morning jeep safari in Yala national park. The safari will be complete with your zoologist escort, local naturalist and a national park driver. This park is the best place in Sri Lanka for water buffalo, wild boar, sambar, chital, mouse deer, sloth bears, Sri Lankan grey hornbills, mugger crocodiles, Bengal monitor lizards, bonnet-head macaques and is very good for leopards. We see an average of 3 leopards per safari here. After the sun sets we will head back to the camp to have a lunch then check-out and heading towards Mirissa beach in the afternoon.And relax at the beach in the evening.

DAY 11 – BENTOTA

We will have an early breakfast as we want to be at the harbour for 06:00am. This is by far the best time to try and see the most spectacular animals around Sri Lanka. The whales and dolphins. Here we will board our whale-watching boat and head out into the International Whaling Commissions protected zone in the Indian Ocean. Here we have the best place in the world for blue whales, they pass here as they migrate from their feeding grounds on the north-east of Sri Lanka to the southwest point of the Arabian Sea. But as well as blue whales, sperm whales are here in large numbers and we usually see various beaked whales, spinner dolphins, striped dolphins and Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins, making this a true cetacean hotspot. After the whale watching trip, we’ll heading to Bentota via Galle fort and Hikkaduwa glass bottom boat trip, Kosgoda Turtles farm.

DAY 12 – AIRPORT

After breakfast you will be transferred to International Airport so you can catch your return flight home.

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