Around 8.30am pickup from (from the each destination) and straight drive through the southern expressway about 3.0 hours drive to the entrance of Udawalawe National Park. We can buy entrance tickets counter of the national park, if you want you can go to the wash rooms before entering the park and refresh. Afterwards the Jeep and the Driver (tracker) will meet you and start the Safari and explore the wild life. Total duration time in the park 4.0 hours (half day safari) The Udawalawe National Park is home to many more species of Sri Lankan wildlife. There are numerous species of birds, some of which are endemic along with fish, reptiles and amphibians, gathering of elephants, crocodiles, specious of birds, deer's, reptiles, many more wild animals and exotic flora and fauna.
Optionally if you want we can visit Elephant Transits Home feeding milk about 70 baby elephants.
Bhathi was prompt in replying despite our last-minute booking (due to a no-show by another operator). He came to our hotel early, was friendly, and helpful. Sameer, our guide at the national park, was earnest, helping us find animals at different corners.
A truly worthwhile experience. we went to see baby elephants being fed in the orphanage before setting off to a safari. We got up close to elephants in the wild, water buffalo, monkeys and birds . Bathi was very knowledgeable and very helpful.
We took a day trip from Unawatuna to the elephant orphanage and Udawalawe National Park for a safari. Bhathi was great and kept us informed about the animals and Sri Lanka. Such a good day and we'll be in touch when we're back in Sri Lanka
Great tour with Bhathi to the elephant orphanage and Udawalawe National Park. Both Bhathi and our safari guide, Noman, were super knowledgeable and helped us understand more about the animals and Sri Lanka. The highlight was 2 elephants coming right up to the jeep and touching us with their trunks! Would definitely recommend the tour and will be in touch with Bhathi when we're next in Sri Lanka!
Bhatiya was excellent throughout. He is very informed about the history of Galle, and Sri Lanka in general, which makes for a great start to any tour to get a feel for the country. He was a very safe driver that allowed for a stress-free journey. Very clean and comfortable car. The safari was outstanding. Elephants, crocodiles, mongoose. If you're lucky, you could get close to an elephant if it walks up to the fence outside. Bhatiya kind of made this happen for us, which made for the whole trip! Highly recommend his tour services. When we visit again, we will definitely look him up!
This was an amazing tour. We booked last minute and Bhathiya responded promptly. It was very easy to communicate with him as he was very responsive and accommodating. He drove us to and from the park, but was also an amazing guide along the way, telling us about Galle Fort (where he picked us up) and interesting places along the way. He took care of organizing our tickets and getting us a good spot at the elephant transfer center, arriving at the perfect time to see the feedings without having to wait. He found us a great tour guide for the park itself. We didn't want to wake up very early, so went midday when the animals weren't very active, but still saw everything except a leopard, and even had an elephant walk right up to our jeep! Safari's can be hit or miss but our guide, Nuan, knew exactly where to go and spotted difficult to see animals with ease and pointed them out to us. As amazing as it was, he was still sad that he couldn't show us more, so I can only imagine how remarkable the experience is on a good day. Bhathiya took us back with plenty of time to enjoy the evening, and was happy to take us anywhere else we wanted to go. His car was clean, cool, and comfortable. I would definitely reach out to Bhathiya for any trips we wanted to do the next time we are in Sri Lanka!
7 of us went on the day tour to Udawalawe National Park from Galle. Bharti collected us at our accomodation and we toured privately together in van. Bharti was delightful throughout the day and he felt like a friend. I highly recommend him as a guide and we will definitely come back and plan on going on one of his longer tours around this beautiful country. He is exceptionally kind, and looked after us all very well. He is one of kind and make our trip the perfect day. Very well organised. Thank you Bharti. It was great value too.
Fantastic tour from Galle. So easy to arrange, even though we left it to the last minute to sort. Bhakti and the driver were ready and waiting for us. He is soooo knowledgeable and entertaining. And answered our many questions with a smile. The vehicle was v comfy in the heat. Elephant Transit place is a must, and Bhati got us the best view of the orphan elephants having their morning milk and leaves. It’s one of the best things I’ve ever seen. And it’s all about supporting the elephants back into the wild, rather than humans exploiting them. The safari was fab seeing loads more elephants in the wild as well as monkeys, water buffalo, crocodiles, peacocks and much more. The seats in our jeep were velour rather than plastic which made the 3 hours much more comfortable too. Such a fantastic day.
We decided to take this 1 day safari tour the night before and contacted Bhathiya who booked 7 of us with him on a private tour. He picked us up from our accomadation, and took us to see the elephant transit to see the baby orphaned elephants be fed. It was amazing and he took us to a spot we could see from the front. Then we met our driver for safari, who was great also and we saw elephants in the wild, crocodiles, kites, eagles, We will definitely book Bharti again and would highly recommend booking this tour with him. We felt like friends at the end of the day. Thankyou for such a perfect day from start to finish. Great value too.
As a first time visitor to Sri Lanka, it was a genuine pleasure to be hosted by Bhati for this tour. Everything was made really easy and it was a pleasure to listen to his vast knowledge (in excellent English) of both this tour and also wider Sri Lankan culture and history. I would highly recommend this tour to anyone.
Mr Bhathiya is a great guide. He knows a lot about the nature, religion, history and nature of Sri Lanka. He is very friendly, you feel that he cares for all individual needs of his clients. The tour is tailor to your preferences. You can see how nice are his relations with other people in the island. It is unique experience to know the view of the Sri Lankan people on the world. We as Europeans can learn a lot. I recommend his tours to everyone interested. You will feel excellent, his English is perfect, the car has AC, wife makes great cakes like for her own kids. Thank You once more. Marek with family.
I came back to Sri Lanka as I never got to see The South last time. Bhat picked me up at the airport, he,s always on time as I had him as my guide 8 years ago. Hes very very knowledgeable on everything and all tours in Sri Lanka. He told me what I could see down the south on my 2 week visit. We visited a Tea plantation, Turtle sanctuary. We did a really cool boat safari, well worth doing that, loads to see. He took me to Udawalawe National park the driver I had knew his stuff & where to go, I think I mite of seen around 70 elephants and so many baby ones, water buffalo, spotted deer, monkeys, birds. Just amazing memories to share with everyone back home. Bhathiya is by far The best tour guide in Sri Lanka and I will tell anyone of my customers if they ever go to this beautiful country to get him to show you all it has to offer, which by my vast amount of travelling around The World is so much, from Temples to beaches, National parks by the bucket load to views that leave you speechless! But by far he made both the times I've been there unforgettable because of his knowledge and generally his company, when you travel solo it's nice to know your with the top guide.
It was a pretty nice trip with Bhatiya! He's picked us up by car in the morning and we'll go to Udawalawe. On the way to the national park, Bhatiya told a lot of interesting stories about Sri Lanka! So, it's 5 stars! Thanks!
A great experience with our guide who took us to Safari, we were able to pick up a Jeep with another driver who showed us around the Safari and showed us lots of things I think recommend
Bhathiya organized a very nice 7-day trip for us very spontaneously (one day before arrival). We didn't have to worry about anything and visited the entire cultural triangle. We enjoyed great food, had a great program and Bhathiya always gave us the space to decide how things would go. Bhathiya also has a lot of knowledge and we could ask him anything.
Journey to Safari and the Mountains We were very lucky to meet Bhathiya. Found it by chance from the excellent feedback on the trypadvisor. We were going to the mountains with minimal English, limited amount and wanted to see a lot in 4 days. But we didn't know how to put it all together. They planned to travel by train and bus, somewhere on foot. We chose a park for the Udawalawe safari and wanted to come to Ella that same day. You had to get from Hikkaduwa with connections. So we decided to enlist the help of a guide to take us on a safari and then to Ella. We texted him on Weiber the day before the date and he was very kind, answering all the questions. He brought us to Udavalawa as promised, hired a good safari driver. It was very interesting on safari. Lots of animals and, of course, elephants. Then Bhathiya took us to Ella. And as a bonus Bhathiya gave us a pie that his wife made. Even when we were on our way back to Hikkaduwa from Kandy, Bhathiya wondered how we were doing and if we were doing well. In the end, thanks to his help, we enjoyed our holidays! Thank you Bhathiya for taking care of us! Igor, Maria and Sasha's son.
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