Safari de Vida Silvestre/Game Drive en el Parque Nacional Yala - por Ajith Safari

We stayed for 3 days at Varahana Bungalow. Ideal to stay inside the park because best sightings are early morning and late evening. Positives - location of bungalow, excellent service, fab jeep driver Theekshana hired privately (0778130444) - he may not be fluent in English. Negatives - frogs inside washrooms (for the squeamish) , bad time because of Pada Yatra pilgrimage where many thousands walk across jungle causing animals to relocate away from this area. Dusty because of drought. Animals tend to be inside thick jungle because of the heat.

Fantastic, book a full day, you will see much more. Driver Dilan was fantastic, spotting everything and making sure we saw all the animals except the bear, of which only 13 live in the whole park. Includes 2x a leopard!

Fantastic company very reliable, they respond every time you message them. They arrive on time , keep in contact with you fantastic safari of yala and also udawalawe park. Suresh was our guide he was brilliant and great fun, the driver was Bale we seen so many animals. This is a really trustworthy company definitely worth booking with .

We did 3 safaris on our Sr Lanka trip and this one was probably the least value for money. The driver drive like a madman both in and out of the park. Felt like we were trining to come first in a race.

The car was perfect on time and it was a nice jeep. The driver was very good at spotting animals. We would have liked that he spoke better english so that we could get an explanation of the animals and the park.

The safari was well organized. One has the opportunity to see elephants, crocodiles, water buffalo, ostriches, and other wild animals.

The driver was professional but didn’t take us through the whole park. We happened to be driving only on perimeter and saw almost nothing for 2-2.5 hours. He kept driving straight and didn’t take any turns to go into the depth of the park

We had booked and confirmed with this company months ago and were so looking forward to our safari. When we arrived in Hambantota they didn’t turn up. We phoned them and they first said we cancelled then hung up. When we phoned back they changed their story and said they were waiting for an hour for us and then left. We even arrived 30 minutes early! Only when I threatened that I would report them did they agree to our refund. Which left us too late to organise an alternative safari. Very disappointed!!!

Tikiri did our tour and he really tried so hard that we could see everything! He was good at spotting animals and also made sure we were in a good place every time

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