Tour Highlights
- 33 Endemic birds
- Serendib Scops Owl
- Sri Lankan Leopards
- Blue Whales
- Horton Plains
- Sigiriya Rock
- Category
Start
ColomboEnd
Colombo
- Birdwatching focus
- high
- Wildlife focus
- high
- Photography focus
- moderate | high
- Culture focus
- low | moderate
- Walks rating
- easy | moderate
- Number of boat cruises
- Public1+Private2
- Sleeping options
- ensuite
Tour notes & Add-ons
- – Tour is FULL BOARD (includes all meals & accomodation as well as all excursions stated in itinerary).
- – Optional tours & activities listed in the full itinerary. Detailed trip planning notes supplied on request and prior to departure.
- – 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 wildlife tourism.
- – Register now for 2022 departures
Email us for detailed itinerary & Sri Lanka trip planning info at: [email protected]
Sri Lanka Trip NotesTour Summary
Our Sri Lanka birdwatching and wildlife tour focuses on seeking Sri Lanka’s endemic birds and wildlife and takes 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 and guides wherever possible.
After leading two successful 15 day tours in 2019 and 16 days in 2020, our 15 Day tours are open for registrations for February 2022 to visit Sri Lanka’s best birdwatching sites. These tours are suited to those who want to explore this incredible island within a minimal impact small group of like-minded bird and wildlife-lovers. You can also book shorter or private Sri Lankan birding tours with us. These tours are highly specialised for bird and wildlife 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.
Sri Lanka is three times the size of Kakadu National Park but boasts an incredible eight World Heritage sites! The photographic opportunities are close up and breath-taking and include some of Sri Lanka’s 440 species birds (33 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’.
Regions Visited
- Bandaranaike International Airport, Katunayake, Colombo
- Kalpittiya
- Wilpattu National Park
- Mannar
- Sigiriya
- Polonnuwra / Minneriya
- Nuwara Eliya
- Horton plains
- Tissamaharama
- Yala National Park
- Bundala National Park
- Mirissa / Tangalle
- Sinharaja Forest Reserve