Wildlife · 9 days
Wildlife & Beach Adventure
Four national parks, a resident naturalist, and a whale boat off Mirissa to finish.
9 days8 nightsFrom $2K pp
The routeWhere you sleep,
Where you sleep,
in order
- Stop 1NegomboA fishing town with a Dutch canal running through it, twenty minutes from the airport — where most trips honestly should begin.
- Stop 2SigiriyaA 200-metre granite plug carrying the ruins of a fifth-century sky palace, and the best sunrise climb in Sri Lanka.
- Stop 3KandyThe last royal capital, holding the Buddha's tooth relic in a lakeside temple and the gateway to the hill country line.
- Stop 4EllaA small hill town in a mountain gap, with the Nine Arch Bridge below it and the best walking in the country around it.
- Stop 5UdawalaweOpen grassland around a reservoir with about 600 resident elephants, and an elephant transit home next door.
- Stop 6YalaThe best odds of a wild leopard sighting anywhere on earth, in dry scrub jungle that runs to an empty coast.
- Stop 7MirissaA palm-hooked crescent of sand, and the departure point for blue whale watching off the continental shelf.
The priceWhat is in it,
What is in it,
and what is not
- Nine nights in the hotel tier you choose, breakfast included
- Your own air-conditioned vehicle and licensed driver-guide for ten days
- Reserved hill-train tickets, Nuwara Eliya to Ella
- Minneriya or Kaudulla jeep safari, and a Yala jeep safari
- All fuel, tolls, parking and the driver's own costs
- Airport meet and greet, and a local SIM card
- A 24-hour support line while you travel
- International flights and the Sri Lanka ETA
- Entrance fees, roughly $130 per person on this route, paid at the gate
- Lunches and dinners outside the hotels
- Travel insurance
- Tips for your driver-guide and hotel staff
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