About this experience
Board a 4x4 safari jeep — shared with no more than five other travellers — and spend three hours tracking wildlife across Udawalawe National Park's 30,821 hectares. Your experienced driver doubles as your tracker, pointing out the large elephant herds the park is famous for, along with water buffalo, spotted deer, sambur deer, wild boar, mongoose, and the endemic Toque Macaque. Birders can watch for Sri Lanka grey hornbill, green bee-eater, spot-billed pelican, and crested tree swift. A bottle of water is included, and Lakpura arranges free pickup and drop-off within 5 km of the park gate.
After the safari, you visit the Elephant Transit Home on the western border of the park — a care facility for orphaned elephant calves. Your visit coincides with the 12 noon milk-feeding session, when calves are bottle-fed on schedule by keepers who repeat this routine every three hours, every day of the year. Watch the calves gather at feeding time before your driver returns you to your starting point. Total tour duration is five hours.
