15 Day Sri Lankan Birdwatching & Wildlife Tour

35 Endemic birds of Sri Lanka
Serendib Scops Owl
Sri Lankan Leopards
Horton Plains
Sigiriya Rock

Tour Grading Table

Category
Start
Colombo
End
Colombo

Birdwatching focus
high
Wildlife focus
high
Photography focus
moderate | high
Culture focus
low | moderate
Walks rating
easy | moderate
Number of boat cruises
PublicPrivate1
Sleeping options
ensuite

Sri Lanka 6-20 March 2025 & 2026

For those of you who join our 15 day Sri Lankan Birding & Wildlife Tours, we will be travelling in a small group with a max 11 guests and 1 NT Bird Specialist tour leader (Luke Paterson), along with a professional Nationally Accredited Naturalist/Bird Guide and driver team in a tourist bus/mini-coach.

These tours are highly specialised for birding and mammal watching and you can see the obvious benefits these small group and sustainable ecotourism experiences bring to a multitude of guides, villages, communities and habitat preservation.

– Tours are FULL BOARD (includes all guiding, tours, meals, transport, entry fees & accommodation plus items as stated in itinerary).
– Meals and dietary: *Be warned: Meals in Sri Lanka are delicious, wholesome and large! If you finish your serve, you may be ‘forced’ into multiple helpings.
– We practise and encourage a minimal impact style of responsible wildlife tourism, wildlife photography and cultural engagement
– Detailed trip planning notes supplied to guests prior to departure.

Add-ons & Extensions Include:

- Pre & post tour accommodation
- 5 Day Blue Whales & Cultural Triangle Tour
- 3 Day Blue Whales & Galle Forte Tour
- 1 Day Colombo City Highlights Tour
- Indian Tiger Safaris

Sri Lanka Trip Notes

Our Sri Lanka birdwatching and wildlife tour focuses on Sri Lanka’s 35 endemic birds and iconic wildlife while supporting local communities and taking in some of the major archaeological sites around the island while searching for their wild inhabitants. We tour only with accredited and experienced local National Field Guides specialising in birdwatching and support local communities, restaurants, hotels, trackers, guides and rangers wherever possible.

After leading 7 successful tours since 2018, as well as private tours and research trips, our best Sri Lankan Birding & Wildlife Tour is open for bookings (6-20 March 2025) to visit Sri Lanka’s best birdwatching sites. These tours are suited to those wanting to explore this incredible island within a minimal impact small group of like-minded bird and wildlife-lovers.
You can also book our shorter or Private Sri Lankan Birdwatching, Wildlife, Photography and Cultural tour extensions, as well as Indian Tiger Safaris.

Sri Lanka is three times the size of Kakadu National Park but boasts an incredible eight World Heritage sites!
The photographic opportunities are up close and breath-taking and include some of Sri Lanka’s 440 species birds (35 endemics), 123 mammal species (16 endemic, 28 marine), over 200 species reptile, more than 140 species amphibians and many thousands of insects.

‘Immerse yourself in World Heritage wilderness and ancient cultural sites while searching for endemic birds and wildlife of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka, the Wonder of Asia, the Pearl of the Indian Ocean’.