About this experience
Spend two nights inside Yala National Park — Sri Lanka's second-largest natural forest reserve — on this private camping safari. Four dedicated safari sessions take you deep into freshwater wetlands, marine wetlands, and forested wilderness along the Hambantota-Yala coastline. Your experienced English-speaking guide handles the route and the wildlife spotting while park entrance tickets are taken care of. Keep an eye out for leopards (among the highest density per area in the world), elephants, axis deer, sambhur, sloth bears, and hundreds of bird species.
Evenings are spent around the campfire or in a hammock with a drink in hand, before a three-course BBQ dinner with a limited supply of cold beer. Sleep in Coleman tents imported from the USA, with mattresses, pillows, and clean linen provided. All meals are full board, and separate wash rooms are on site. Note that hotel pickup and drop-off are not included; minimum participant age is five years.
Location
Boundary and entrance locations © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). The outline is simplified and indicative, not the gazetted legal boundary.
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Your service advisor
Ashan Executive
Have questions about this service or want it arranged around your dates? Reach Ashan directly — replies usually within a few hours during Sri Lanka business hours.
What’s included
Included
- Full board meals, limited cool beer with B.B.Q dinner.
- Mattresses, pillows and clean linen
- Four safari sessions.
- Park entrance tickets.
- Tour guide.
- Separate wash rooms.
Not included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off.
- Gratuities.
- Expenses of personal nature.
Please note
- Public transportation nearby
- Infants must not sit on laps
- Infant seats unavailable
- Not recommended for people with back problems
- Not recommended for people with heart conditions
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not suitable for pets
- Not stroller accessible
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Personal effects for Warm/Windy/Rainy conditions should be carried by clients.
- Special dietary requirements should be notified in advance.
- Insect repellent, sun block etc. are recommended.
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Yala National Park on TripAdvisor
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3.6 / 5
· 90 reviews
#1 of 3 things to do in Yala National Park
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It has more drawbacks than advantages
If you are in the area, of course you have to visit, but the truth is that the experience is nothing to write home about.
The paths that the jeeps can take are quite few, so what you will see most are jeeps, not animals.…
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Keep your expectations lower and you may be surprised.
I had an afternoon safari in Block 5 and a morning safari in Block 1.
In Block 5, there wasn't much going on, with a lot of the time spent on jeep convergences on possible leopard activity, all of which were false alarm…
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Fantastic Early Morning Safari at Yala National Park.
We visited Yala National Park this morning as a group of five, and it was one of the highlights of our trip to Sri Lanka. We left our hotel at 5:30 in the morning and reached the park around 6:10. After buying tickets, w…
Ratings, photos and reviews provided by TripAdvisor for Yala National Park.
