コロンボ発野生動物＆アウトドア体験付きスリランカ8日間プライベートツアー

Enjoyed the thrilling wild sri lanka with beyondescapes. Hiran from the reservation made our whole trip well planned and flexible. It was lovely throughout the week. We were well cared in every hotel. Some of the hotel staff went their best to fullfill our requirements specially leopard nest. Thanks for making the tour a great one with no issues. Worth to experience...!

Great time with a great guide through the mountains full of adventure. We were able to reach most beautiful mountains with the morning breeze. Guide did his best to make sure not to miss a single fact by explaining all of it. Leopards in yala & Elephants in udawalawa were superb. Highly recommond this adventure for a life time experience.

Word "superb" cant explain the execution and well planned week in the wild by beyond escapes. It was a great experience with the wild.All the hotel which we stayed was good. specially leopard nest and rain forest eco lodge were exceptional locations. We were very lucky to witness leopards in yala , birds in sinharaja rain forest and elephants. The tour was full of different experiences. Our chauffeur was very kind to fullfill our requests and gave us full details about every location. we highly recommond this tour.

Had a great wildlife adventure tour and in this opportunity, I would like to say thank you very much for the Beyond Escape Team members.

This is my second tour with Beyond Escapes. This time we looked at many options available online and found this lovely tour. Hotels were fabulous. Especially the Rainforest hotel and Leopard Nest. Our guide was excellent. He went out of his way to make our tour a so special one. The staff at Leopard Nest was so professional and friendly. It was the highlight of this tour. Ella is lovely too. This is really a very unique experience with so much of interesting activities. River Safaris, Nature trails, Game drives, hiking, trekking, whitewater rafting and many more interesting activities are included in this tour package. We enjoyed a memorable week with Beyond Escapes. Thank you very much for all your service.

We booked this tour with Beyond Escapes for our first visit to Sri Lanka. We asked the company to construct an active tour which included hiking, the tea country, a train ride, a safari in Yala National Park, and some beach time at the end for our kids, ages 12 and 10. To keep the review short, I'll put it into three categories: activities, accommodation and driver. The main activities, all of which were good or great were the Horton's Plains hike, train from Nuwaraelia to Ella, safari in Yala National Park, and whale watching in Mirissa. The Horton's Plains hike was excellent - 3-4 hours to complete the circuit with great scenery and some wildlife. The train was a real adventure.... we paid one dollar for our entire family for the five hour trip in third class. It was packed and standing room only - would recommend getting a spot by the door. Best to be on the right side at the beginning and then left side for the second half. The safari at Yala Nat'l Pk was the highlight of the trip because of the personal service of the crew at Leopard Nest Camp Site. We recommend them highly and I've added a more detailed review under hotels. The whale watching in Mirissa was disappointing because of the masses chasing one whale, and the length of time taken to get to the deeper waters where the whales can be found. If you have a chance to do whale watching elsewhere this may be a better option. Had nice views of a blue whale once we got into deeper waters. Accommodation: The hotels chosen by the company were all excellent except for one, and that was still average, but with good food. Especially liked the Jetwing in Negombe and Mountain Heavens in Ella in addition to the campsite at Leopard Nest. I've reviewed all the hotels separately. Driver: Our driver had the chance to be an ambassador for Sri Lanka as it was our first visit to the country. We were looking for him to show us his homeland and give a personal touch. Unfortunately he was a major disappointment. He seemed unsure of himself and continually asked us what we wanted to do. There was little in the way of him adding insights to the culture of his homeland but rather only drove us from place to place. At times he tried to talk us out of activities when we realized we would have to make our own suggestions, by saying the destination was closed or not worthwhile. He tried to talk us out of the train ride from Nuwaraelia to Ella. At Dondra Lighthouse, we insisted, and enjoyed a walk around the grounds despite being told it was not open. In the end we realized that we would have to research in Lonely Planet and then make suggestions for the day's activities. I see this as a great failing for the driver and the company. We would have liked to embrace the culture and learn more about the people of this beautiful land. In summary, Sri Lanka has much to offer and is so worth a visit. Now that we are at home we have many positive memories but all feel it could have been a better trip.

There are so many things to say about this vacation that it makes it difficult to even write a review. I am going to try to break it down in three parts. The tours and activates, our driver and tour guide, and the company that operates the tours. As it says in the description, this is a wildlife and adventure tour. If you are just looking for a relaxing easy going sightseeing vacation then this is not the tour for you. There will be a lot of hiking, there will be a lot of driving from place to place (driving in Sri Lanka is part of the Adventure), and yes you will see tons of animals. The tour starts off very calm in a nice beach resort. The first activity is a calm ride down the Madu River. The Madu River can be fun if you keep your expectation of the actual boat ride low and are open to doing more than just sitting in the boat. The boat driver will give you the option of stopping at Cinnamon Island, stopping to get a fish foot massage, stopping at the Buddhist temple, and stopping to get a coconut to drink from. I recommend doing them all and it will be a blast; along the way you will see beautiful birds and giant fruit bats. The second activity will take you into the rain forest. The rain forest is beautiful but keep in mind it is a real rain forest and there are real snakes, leeches, monkeys, insects, and did I mention lots of leeches. You will hike into the rainforest (2 to 3 hours of hiking, much of it uphill) and it will be great fun, but wear appropriate clothing or at least purchase leech socks. After that you will have two incredible days of being on safari. Lots of elephants, and tons of wildlife to see. Yala is by far one of nicest camping experiences you will ever have. This is luxury camping with some of the best food you will have on this trip. Once the safaris are over, get ready to do some serious hiking. Next stop Ella!! In Ella you will hike up little Adams peek and over the nine arch bridge. This is about 4 hours of hiking. The views are well worth it. Ella is by far one of the most spectacular places you will ever see. The next morning, get your hiking boots back on. It will be another 4 hours of hiking difficult terrain in Horton Plains. The last activity that you will do is river rafting. This is a fun activity but extremely short with only a few rapids. Keep your expectations low on the length of the ride and be prepared to swim. Your guide will try to make it as fun as possible and that includes you jumping out of the raft at the end, and floating some mild rapids on your back. The activities will be adventures, exhausting, and most of all...Extremely fun. The only thing I would change would be skipping Horton Planes and having another night in Yala or Ella. Our driver and guide was Shalika Fonseka. I can't say enough about this guy. He was awesome. He went out of his way to make sure we had a great time. He spoke a fair amount of English and was extremely accommodating. Not everything went perfect. There were washed out roads, an arrival mix up at the airport, the itinerary and hotel bookings were different when we arrived, hotels were not always ready for us, and through it all Shalika adapted or improvised and made the trip great. He pushed us to do activities that I probably wouldn’t normally do (like eating local food with our hands, and putting a live cobra around my neck). He made suggestions of additional activities when we had the time (like visiting a turtle sanctuary and taking a ride in a tuk tuk). Sahalika understood what we were interested in doing throughout the trip and made it happen even when it wasn’t part of the itinerary (he even didn’t even mind when he had to wait on us, because we added an extra safari in Yala without telling him). The tour company is where they lost a star from me. Their communication was poor and they did things that I consider to be bad business practices. The first thing we noticed is that when they confirmed my booking I was sent an itinerary (same as in the description on the web site in October). When we arrived two months later...some of the hotels on the itinerary had changed. If they had just communicated this to us, it probably wouldn’t have been an issue. It just felt like a bait and switch since some of the hotels were not exactly what I expected and seemed subpar. The second issue I had was managing my arrival. I knew I would have an early flight and arrive at the first hotel early. It was my fault to assume that I could have the hotel hold my luggage, relax on the beach, and use the resort facilities until a room was ready. The tour company had my arrival time two months in advance and choose not to communicate with me until less than 1 day prior to arrival. They said via e-mail that since I would be arriving at the hotel at 5am I would need to purchase another night stay at my expense. The problem with that was, my flight (with time changes and flight duration) from the US to Sri Lanka is a two days travel. I never got the last minute communication (even though with 1 day notice that would not have mattered). It would have been nice for them to let me know that the hotel would not allow this and that for an additional fee the tour company would be happy to help me reserve an additional night stay at my expense. When I arrived at the hotel, they did not want us there until check in time and they had no other rooms available for purchase. Thanks to the quick thinking of our driver Shalika, we were able to go start our adventures early (although very tired and not too happy with this company). The last issue that we had was that they were pushing me to review the trip half way through. I don’t mind being asked, but it just felt like they were pushing for good review before I noticed the switch in hotels and the quality of the stay at the end. I will give them credit for putting together a very exciting and adventurous tour, and for the hiring a quality driver. In the end I was extremely happy with my vacation and I had a wonderful time. It was a once in a life time experience. If you are open to adventure, don’t mind hiking in some of most beautiful places on earth, love wildlife, and can handle the adventure of Sri Lanka’s roads…then this is the tour for you!!! You will never regret the experience.