Experience Sri Lanka’s southern wilderness without rushing from sighting to sighting. Private game drives are planned for the cooler, more rewarding hours, with flexible routing based on current wildlife activity.
Between safaris, unwind at a small lodge and learn how the island’s dry-zone habitats support leopards, elephants, crocodiles and hundreds of bird species.
Travel to Tissamaharama and settle into your safari lodge. Join a late-afternoon guided walk around nearby wetlands and rice fields.
Enter Yala before sunrise for a private game drive focused on leopard territory, elephants and waterholes. Rest at midday, then return to a quieter park zone.
Visit Bundala at dawn for flamingos, painted storks, crocodiles and coastal scenery. Continue to the south coast, hill country or Colombo.
2 nights at a selected safari lodge with breakfast.
Private transfers in an air-conditioned vehicle throughout the journey.
Two private Yala game drives and one Bundala wetlands safari.
Licensed national guide plus specialist safari naturalist during game drives.
