VALUE PACK! One Day Safari Tour to Yala and Udawalawa Parks

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1. Enjoy the both Yala and Udawalawe best national parks in Sri Lanka in one day. We do pick up from your hotel and after the tour we drop off you to hotel. Otherwise we can meet you at any meeting points close to national parks.One of Sri Lanka’s largest parks, Udawalawe is known for its large Asian elephant population, which can number up to 100 in a single herd. Take a tour of Yala & Udawalawe National Parks, one of Sri Lanka's largest animal sanctuaries. You’ll have plenty of time to hear commentary about the wildlife you’ll see and ask questions. Keep an eye out for leopards, elephants, water buffalo, jackals, leopards, and other animals from the comfort of a rugged 4x4 vehicle. This Tour Included the Elephant Transit Home Too.

   5 h

2. Enjoy the both Yala and Udawalawe best national parks in Sri Lanka in one day. We do pick up from your hotel close to national parks and after the tour we drop off you to hotel. Otherwise we can meet you at any meeting points close to national parks. One of Sri Lanka’s largest parks, Udawalawe is known for its large Asian elephant population, which can number up to 100 in a single herd. Take a tour of Yala & Udawalawe National Parks, one of Sri Lanka's largest animal sanctuaries. You’ll have plenty of time to hear commentary about the wildlife you’ll see and ask questions. Keep an eye out for leopards, elephants, water buffalo, jackals, leopards, and other animals from the comfort of a rugged 4x4 vehicle. This Tour Included the Elephant Transit Home Too.

   3 h

3. While we visiting Udawalawe national park we will visit Elephant transit home. This Tour Included the Elephant Transit Home Too.

   30 min

Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

Reviews

Ratings come from 28 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.

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• 4Two very different safari for the whole day!

  Great for adventure person who loved the safari. The journey inside the safari will be a rough road however the reward will be great to spot some animals especially for the top chase leopard we got to see one in the end when we were about to leave yala safari.

  Joan_TApril 2025via Viator

• 5Once in a lifetime Memories not to be missed

  Toured today with Kavee and Yala One Tours of the National park. Driver Kavee was professional and knowledgeable about all area, animals and birds in the Park. Kavee driving was very safe and his communication to explain to the group of mixed nationalities where we were going and what animals and bird species we encountered was highlyappreciated. More importantly when all the other Jeep operator's were stopped looking for the elusive leopard ( they had no idea) Kavee seemed to know where to position his vehicle in the perfect spot. Then Bam. Lucas ( he knees the leopards by name) appeared out of the bush right next to our jeep. Life memories for sure. Please seek Kavee at Yala One Tours for safari. Highly recommend you do.

  Roam45666691135April 2025via Tripadvisor

• 5A great experience for all!

  A great time all round! Our tour guide Laksha was extremely lovely and went above and beyond throughout the entire safari. We would 100% recommend this safari to see animals in the wild🙏

  lottiem914August 2024via Tripadvisor

• 4The best guide!

  The guide was the best! Sethan knew all the good spots and had knowledge about the animals! We saw leopard thanks to him ❤️ The “all-inclusive” (breakfast, water, lunch etc) just included a late, local lunch, not enough for a 9, 11, and 13-year old. So I bought breakfast and luckily had water and crackers with me. The pick-up driver had bananas with him in the car back home to the stay home though 👍 Really long day 04-19.30 so I don’t think kids younger than mine could handle it.

  Therese SMarch 2024via Tripadvisor

• 2Long day lacks communication

  The driver who collected us to take us to Yala, to and from the hotel didn't understand English, The safari guide was knowledgeable about the animals and spoke a little English. We didn’t see and Leapords as we got to the park to late and drove around for 4 hours to see lots of birds, a Family of warthogs, however we did see a family of elephants, which was amazing 😊. After the first sarfari we were shown to a cafe type restaurant where we ate Sri Lankan food, however there was no communication of what to do afterwards, the driver disappeared. We found the original driver and had to ask him to ring the safari driver to come back and explain what happens next . It was a long day with no communication would not recommend unless you can speak Sri Lankan

  vacie_oFebruary 2024via Viator

• 3VALUE PACK! One Day Safari to Yala & Udawalawe

  A long drive and a very early start for this excursion from Wadduwa. Our driver (never knew his name) spoke very little English, but very ably took us all the way to our meeting point with the Jeep. I had been worried about the driver being tired on the journey, but he seemed to manage to drive, talk on the phone and watch tv all at the same time!! We met with our tour guide and the Jeep on the side of the road. The step up into the Jeep was so high that the only way we could get in, was for the Jeep driver to reverse into a ditch so the step was lower. We then drove another hour to Yala park. We saw some great sights, lots of wildlife - elephants, bison, deer and a vast selection of birds which our driver was very knowledgeable about. Our driver also knew much about the park itself and went out of his way to try and find different species for us to see. Unfortunately the trip itself felt very long and uncomfortable - the Jeep was really bumpy - so by the time we left Yala we had almost had enough! This wasn’t helped by the well-intentioned driver then taking us on another long drive where we discovered 3 elephants on the road. They were each around 400 yards apart and although it was unreal to see them in close proximity (see photos), it soon became apparent as the driver pulled up alongside each elephant, then reversed for us to get different camera angles, that these poor creatures were only there because they were hungry! They were begging. Lots of vehicles passed and threw out bananas etc and the elephants were getting fed, but it still felt very uncomfortable and almost as if we were hounding the poor elephants - particularly as we didn’t have any food to give them. We then went on to a restaurant where a delicious meal awaited us. After we’d eaten we asked the driver where we were heading next. He told us we’d be going to see more elephants in Udawalawe park. As we had seen more than enough elephants, plus knowing we’d got at least a 3 hour journey back to our hotel, we decided we’d skip the next part. The trip operator, although seeming slightly offended, arranged for a taxi to pick us up at the restaurant and take us back to meet our transfer driver (the tv watching driver) at his rest area. Very kindly, the taxi driver stopped for us to pay a quick visit to a temple and museum as we passed it. In a nutshell, this whole trip was overpriced & whilst Yala was a lovely place to visit, with hindsight we wouldn’t do it again.

  Trudie SJanuary 2024via Tripadvisor

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How it compares in Bentota

• Its from-price is 31% below the median of the 163 day trips we list in Bentota.
• Its length is typical for the group.
• By number of reviews it ranks 8 of 163.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

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