Visit one of the world's 21 Biodiversity Hotspots at Kanneliya Rainforest. The forest complex designated as a biosphere reserve in 2004 by UNESCO.The Kanneliya complex is the last large remaining rainforest in Sri Lanka. The Reserve today, is sans one of the most popular attractions.The forest reserve consists of a series of parallel hills and valleys ranging in elevation from 60m to 425m above sea level, and extending to an area of approximately 5306 hectares. It acts as a catchment for many rivers and streams; including Gin Ganga and Nilwala Ganga, that have their sources within the forest, and flow toward the west and the east of the forest respectively. The forest boasts a diverse range of flora and fauna. You might see monkeys, snakes, chameleons, extensive birdlife and a vast range of tropical trees, plants and flowers and a beautiful waterfall...
Prices are per person when two book together; a solo traveller pays $170.
From the operator’s live schedule on Viator, checked Oct 5.
Hotel Pick up available. From Here we start The tour customers around Locations
Hotel pickup available. From here we start the tour for customers around kanneliya location
Meet Your wildlife tracker at kanneliya forest main gate and he will walk you through the forest and enjoy the lovely Rainforest. Also you can swim and barth at the nature river
Hotel Pickup available
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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Kanneliya Rain Forest Tour lasts about 6–8 hours. The itinerary has 3 stops.
Prices start at $95 per person for this Hikkaduwa experience, booked through Viator with the price shown before checkout. That is the per-person price when two book together; a solo traveller pays $170. There is 1 booking option, so the final price depends on the option you choose.
According to the operator’s current schedule, it runs on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays, starting at 8:00 AM.
Children aged 6–10 pay from $15, adults from $95.
Yes. Cancel at least 1 day before the start for a full refund. Later cancellations are non-refundable.
Yes, pickup is offered. Hotel Pickup available Pickup points include Avendra Holiday Inn Weligama, Villa Yehinsa.
The experience is available in EN.
It is a private experience: only your party takes part. Up to 14 travellers can book together.
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Yes, bookings are confirmed instantly.
Travellers rate it 5.0 out of 5 across 10 reviews on Viator and Tripadvisor; it is run by BTR SL.
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Beautiful Rainforest in Sri Lanka. If you are a true nature lover, you must go to see this forest.If someone like to hike this is a best place for it. This place is very remote village side guide provided by government they can speak little English not like us:, but it's ok they know the forest very well and showed everything From hotel pickup to guided tour everything well organized recommend this tour
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We had an amazing tour to the Kannelyia Rain Forest today and highly recommend to book a tour with Roshan and his team. The trip was well organized, great communication beforehand and we got to spend an amazing time in the rain forrest, seeing the beautiful nature and even a few animals. There was no rush at any point and we finished the tour with a lovely lunch next to the river.
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Great tour! I chose a two-hour hike to the cave and waterfall. It was a relaxing and rejuvenating experience. Special thanks to our wonderful and amiable driver, Vimukathi, and to Ceylon Tour Sri Lanka.
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The tour organizer, Roshan, and the driver were wonderful, courteous and organized everything efficiently and with a constant smile.
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The driver was nice, the guide was good, the lunch was filling, the trek was taxing physically, but there was plenty to see. All in all, all good. The pickup was easy to arrange, no extra money was ever asked (no hidden costs, but we still tipped the people involved). We saw monkeys, birds, snakes, lizards, etc. The track was clean, and the guide picked upped the trash she saw. Showed pride of the place. We enjoyed.
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Amazing experience - can only highly, highly recommend!!! We were in Sri Lanka mainly for surfing and relaxing, but decided to undertake an adventure spontaneously. The tour was extremely well organized, the staff was very friendly and the experience mindblowing. If you have a spare day, don’t miss out on this!!!
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It was a very good day. The rainforest tour was wery good, we say monkeys, Cameleon, snake, fish and many more. On the way back we stopped at a tea factory what was very good also.
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This was my second tour with Btrsl, everything well organised,excellent transport would more than happily come back for a third
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The driver to the rain forest was good, drove well, was informative, helpful and patient. He took control of all the formalities (tickets and so on) and did not rush me while I had a swim. The guide at the park was very good also. She spotted things I wouldn't have seen and had good knowledge of Kanneliya Rainforest. Very good.
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This is one of the best places to visit if you would like to experience bio-diversity. Two natural waterfalls are there to visit.
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