Yala National Park Full-Day Special Leopard & Elephant Safari
Description
Our full-day Yala safari gives you significantly more time inside the park compared to a half-day tour, allowing you to explore deeper areas and increase your chances of spotting a wider range of wildlife, including leopards, elephants, and bears. With more time in different zones of the park, you experience wildlife activity throughout the day rather than a limited time window. This creates a more relaxed, immersive safari with better opportunities for sightings and photography.
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At the park entrance, around 20 minutes is reserved for ticketing and entry procedures. Our team ensures an early arrival, securing a front position in the queue. This gives travelers a significant advantage, entering the park before the crowds and increasing the chances of spotting wildlife during the most active hours. After entering the park at sunrise, your safari begins with an expert local guide who navigates through the best wildlife zones. The early morning hours provide ideal conditions to spot animals in their natural habitat.
Explore one of Sri Lanka’s most famous wildlife parks on a safari. Travelers will experience a guided game drive through different zones of the park, with opportunities to see leopards, elephants, crocodiles, deer, buffalo, and a wide variety of bird species.
Breakfast is served at a special scenic spot within the park, where guests can dine in the heart of nature. While enjoying the meal, travelers may witness wildlife activity nearby, creating a truly unique and unforgettable safari experience.
As part of the safari, you will explore the beautiful Yala Beach area, where the jungle meets the ocean. Guests can take a relaxing break, enjoy the fresh sea breeze, and watch Elephant Rock, a unique natural formation often surrounded by wildlife.
During your safari, we visit the beautiful Manik River, one of the best locations in Yala for increased wildlife sightings. This area naturally attracts a variety of animals, making it an excellent spot to observe wildlife in their natural habitat. While our main focus remains on maximizing animal sightings throughout the safari, we make a brief and refreshing stop by the riverside. Guests can enjoy the peaceful surroundings and scenic beauty of the river while staying immersed in the safari experience. This short riverside moment adds a unique touch to your journey combining rich wildlife encounters with the calm charm of Yala’s natural landscapes.
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Roshan Safari Jeep Tours – Exclusive Yala Safari Experiences Debarawewa, Tissamaharama, Sri Lanka Welcome to Roshan Safari Jeep Tours, your trusted partner for expertly guided Yala National Park safaris. Our office is located in Tissamaharama please search “Roshan Safari ” on Google Maps for precise directions. Personalized Pickup Service For your comfort and convenience, we offer a seamless pickup service from hotels and villas in Tissamaharama, Kataragama, Kirinda, Weerawila, Palatupana, Bundala Junction, Weligatta, and Yodha Kandiya. Full Day Safaris : Departures begin from 4.00 - 5:00 a.m. Pickup times are carefully coordinated and may be adjusted slightly to ensure a smooth experience for all guests, especially for shared safari arrangements. Guest Experience Notes Certain hotels may designate a specific pickup point within the property. We recommend confirming this with your hotel in advance for a smooth meet-up. Please be ready at the agreed location on time to ensure a punctual departure. Guests traveling from outside our pickup regions are warmly invited to arrive at our office at the scheduled departure time.
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(24)
Choosing Roshan for our safari in Yala was a brilliant decision. He knows the park—and especially the behavior of all its inhabitants—inside out. He navigates Yala as if he had actually grown up there. We saw leopards, elephants, water buffalo, and countless birds—all at a relaxed pace, with the patience that this type of activity requires. Without a doubt, he is the best.
Um big thanks to Roshan Safari our safari guide! Thanks to him, we discovered the wildlife of the park. His persistence also allowed us to see a Leopard! (It was only at 5:15 p.m. that we saw it!) What an emotion!
It was excellent! Our driver was ambitieus and drove us to the right places. We have seen lot's of birds, elephants and all other animals you can expert in the park. The lunch the drive brought was home made and dilicious. During the last part of the safari tour, the luck was on our side and we had a clear viee on the imposant leopard. A day to remember!
I have a great memory of the safari done with Roshan. It was a great day. I was with a friend, we slept in Roshan's hotel and ate there. Spacious and comfortable rooms, very good food, and a hearty breakfast. I would do it again, I would do everything the same. Thanks again Roshan for this wonderful time.
Excellent day with Roshan, who is a very attentive guide and passionate about what he does. We particularly appreciated that he moved away from the other jeeps so that we felt alone in the park. We were able to observe many elephants, the leopard, but also monkeys, wild boars, deer, and peacocks. An unforgettable day for our children!
What a unique experience we had! Thanks to our guide, we found ourselves alone all day in this magnificent park. And once again, thanks to our guide, we were able to and had the luck to see ALL the animals in the park! Leopard, elephants, crocodiles, bears and cub, and even jackals. In short, as you will have understood, go there with your eyes closed :-) Another big thank you to Roshan safari! And what's more, he speaks French :-)
I highly recommend it with good service, we were able to see all the animals, the guide was top-notch!
Our guide was so kind! We saw a leopard, elephants, crocodiles, does, monkeys etc! The full day was great, our guide's driving too And a little bonus, he speaks French! The breakfast is super good
Our best Safari day in Sri Lanka. The guide is very available and very competent. He knows how to leave the most frequented paths. That is how we observed a bear, a panther feeding and playing with her babies with no other 4x4 in sight, absolutely alone for more than an hour just a few meters from the family. We also observed elephants, crocodiles, mongooses, jackals, monitor lizards, lizards, and 69 species of birds. To avoid wasting time, we even had breakfast and lunch right inside the car. Both meals were very good. Another positive point: the guide speaks French. We absolutely recommend this service.
We booked a full-day safari, including meals, with Roshan in Yala National Park and can highly recommend him. He was punctual, friendly, and very experienced. Thanks to his trained eye, we were able to spot many animals, including elephants, a leopard, crocodiles, and water buffalo, while also learning interesting facts about the wildlife. What we especially appreciated was that Roshan takes different routes than most other safari guides. This meant we were often away from the large groups of vehicles and could enjoy the wildlife sightings in a much quieter and more relaxed atmosphere. The tour was very well organized, and we felt well taken care of throughout the entire day. Thank you for this wonderful experience, we would book another safari with Roshan anytime!
