Wilpattu National Park: Explore Sri Lanka's Largest and Oldest Wildlife Reserve
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Pahala Maragahawewa
Discover the wonders of Wilpattu National Park, Sri Lanka's largest and oldest wildlife reserve. Explore its diverse landscapes, abundant lakes, and renowned leopard population.
Duration: 12 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Wilpattu National Park - Visit Wilpattu National Park. Wilpattu National Park is a park located on the island of Sri Lanka. The unique feature of this park is the existence of “Willus” - Natural, sand-rimmed water basins or depressions that fill with rainwater. Located in the Northwest coast lowland dry zone of Sri Lanka. The park is located 30 km west Anuradhapura and located 26 km north of Puttalam (approximately 180 km north of Colombo). The park is 1,317 square kilometers (131, 693 hectares) and ranges from 0 to 152 meters above sea level. Nearly one hundred and six lakes (Willu) and tanks are found spread throughout Wilpattu. Wilpattu is the largest and one of the oldest National Parks in Sri Lanka. Wilpattu is among the top national parks world-renowned for its leopard (Panthera pardus kotiya) population. A remote camera survey was conducted in Wilpattu from July to October 2015 by the Wilderness & Wildlife Conservation Trust.
What's Included
  • Service of an Experience Driver.
  • Transport by Private Safari Jeep.
  • Free Pickup/Drop off from/to any location within the radius of 5 KM from the Park Gate.
  • Water bottle per person.
  • Park entrance tickets.
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off if outside of 5km of entrance gate.
  • Food and Bevarages.
  • Gratuities.
Additional Information

The park is 1,317 square kilometers (131, 693 hectares) and ranges from 0 to 152 meters above sea level. Nearly one hundred and six lakes (Willu) and tanks are found spread throughout Wilpattu. Wilpattu is the largest and one of the oldest National Parks in Sri Lanka. Wilpattu is among the top national parks world-renowned for its leopard (Panthera pardus kotiya) population. A remote camera survey was conducted in Wilpattu from July to October 2015 by the Wilderness & Wildlife Conservation Trust. A sample of forty nine individual leopards were photo-captured in the surveyed area and the core area density was between that of Yala National Park’s Block I and Horton Plains National Park.

Location
Wilpattu National Park - Hunuwilagama Entrance / විල්පත්තු ජාතික උද්‍යානය - හුනුවිලගම පිවිසුම
Park Gate of Wilpattu National Park
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Rhod819147
Mar 17, 2024
Great safari experience - Booked an evening safari at very late notice and therefore expected some problems or it not to happen. However, very pleasantly surprised when got a reply to my query regarding contact point within a minute. The safari ran smoothly and ‘my driver’ joined us with no issue. An extra pair of eyes is always helpful as well. The jeep did fave a mechanical failure after hitting a stone but a replacement arrived in 10 minutes. Having tried 2 vehicles I can say they are pretty comfortable given the terrain. This varies and even though in dry season we passed through water which adds to the safari experience. We saw plenty of wildlife which was pointed out and the driver/guise had a second sense fo altering the vehicle position for good viewing/photos. We saw elephants, samba and spotted deer, crocodiles, mongoose, various reptiles (no snakes sadly). Plenty of birds seen which was my particular interest. No jaguars but guide said they had seen in the morning. We stopped halfway for comfort break where there was also a viewing platform over lake. The toilets are in good condition. We actually got over 4.5 hours of time as I arrived early. I was really impressed that when I got back to my hotel they had called to say my room key had fallen out in jeep. And arrangements were underway to sort out.
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C7350tsdanielles
Mar 11, 2024
Wonderful safari - We had a great time saw lots of animals and our driver was great. Had a good eye for spotting the animals. We were very lucky to spot a bear.
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Callbo
Mar 4, 2024
Good tour - Very good tour. Driver worked hard to make sure that we saw as many animals as possible and to explain what they were. We took the afternoon tour.
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380myrar
Feb 21, 2024
Good driver - The tour itself was good! Nothing bad to say about our driver, he understood the nature and the animals. Unfortunately we didn’t see lots of big animals like the leopards, bears or elephants. But that’s not something our driver could help! Overall good experience!
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Arturobrzut
Feb 15, 2024
Great driver, park and experience - Great experience, very helpful driver, stopping where we wanted, we were getting late and still he decided to “chase” leopard Sri Lanka because other groups saw him. And we did it, we saw him. I highly recommend
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L7526hwjamesa
Feb 13, 2024
Great experience with Travceylon - We had an amazing with tharidu who was able to show us all the amazing animals that wilpattu national park has to offer, including the leopards!! We would highly recommend book the tour with Dhanushka.
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Vashikas2024
Feb 12, 2024
Incredible four hours safari - Incredible four hours, filled with excitement, anticipation and wonder. We did see a leopard (at a distance) and a sloth bear, amongst many other of the fantastic animals described. Would recommend highly, and would love to do it again.
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Rickywk874hc
Feb 12, 2024
Wilpattu safari with travceylon guys - We took this wilpattu national park tour on the second day of our visit to Sri Lanka. We saw elephants, slot bears, jackal, deers and many more birds. We enjoyed a lot and we saw what we expected to see. We are really happy. highly recommended 💖📸
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Juchonz
Feb 11, 2024
Great Safari Experience - We had an amazing tour with Tharindu! He was a good tour guide with a lot of knowledge about nature and animals. He gave us a great day in Wilpattu National Park and was very attentive throughout the day. We can recommend the tour!
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