Minneriya National Park: Exclusive Safari Experience Featuring Elephants & Wildlife

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Minneriya National Park

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Embark on an exclusive safari adventure in Minneriya National Park, renowned for its elephants and diverse wildlife. Choose from morning, evening, or full-day tours and enjoy complimentary pickup and drop-off within 5km.

Duration: 3 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Minneriya National Park - This immersive safari adventure offers the opportunity to embark on a game drive through Minneriya National Park, renowned for its gatherings of elephants. Enthusiastic birdwatchers will also find this safari delightful.
Travel will be in a rugged terrain (4WD) game vehicle. The safari prioritizes your safety, especially…

What's Included

4x4 Safari Jeep (Maximum of 6 Passengers per jeep)
Water Bottle Per Person
Experienced Driver (Also your tracker)
Free Pickup/Drop off from/to any location within the radius of 5 KM from the Park Gate
Entrance fees

What's Not Included

Hotel pickup and drop-off if outside of 5km of park entrance gate
Food and drinks
Gratuities
Entrance fees

Additional Information

This safari offers an exclusive journey through Minneriya National Park, renowned for its elephants and diverse wildlife. Choose from three tour options to observe wildlife during their morning routines, evening activities, or throughout the entire day. Additionally, complimentary pickup and drop-off are provided for those staying within a 5km radius of…

Location

Minneriya National Park

Park Gate of Minneriya National Park

Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings

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Cruiser43365633335

Feb 15, 2026

Great trip - Great to be picked up from Our hotel. In the Eco park we say lots of elephants some with babies. Peacocks, fish eagles, water buffalo, water monitor. But lots and lots of elephants who were the star of the show. Our driver/guide was friendly and knowledgeable. And the king coconut once we were out of the park was very refreshing .

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Kooloval1

Feb 8, 2026

Excellent reserve get close to elephants & their young - Had an early morning jeep safari & was able to see over 20 elephants including very young ones & a big bull that didn't take kindly to our jeep & charged, but perfectly safe with these experienced drivers. Also seen were hawk eagles, parakeet, & peacock + a croc in the lake.

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Clozoerie

Aug 29, 2025

Very good organisation - Not the cheapest tour you can find but for us everything was included and very well organised. We could pay in USD with a credit card, which is really nice when in Sri Lanka everything needs to be paid in cash. The guide was really nice.

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Michaelam543

Jun 9, 2025

Excellent! - This safari is very well priced! The communication from the company in the lead up to the tour was excellent. We were asked which national park we wanted to go to based on the number of elephants that were there. It was a great experience and I highly recommend.

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Victor_p

Aug 18, 2024

Private safari w/o queues around elephants - Great experience, best safari in all Sri Lanka! The guide was very kind and explaining in every time many things about elephants and getting us close to them. Moreover, their recommendation to skip queues by starting 1h earlier was the best decision without any doubt.

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Trip50261778823

Aug 2, 2024

Excellent - Very good experience. The management of the reservation was excellent. And the safari very nice with a very professional driver who explained everything very well and took us through very good roads, much of the tour we went alone instead of with the jeep group.

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Hols969

Aug 8, 2023

Perfect if Elephants are your thing - If elephants are your thing then this is the place to go, so many to see, we were recommended the afternoon slot as more elephants around as they have come out of the forest to drink Fabulous guide supplied by the National Park as well who was very friendly and spoke excellent English (we booked via Navin Lanka Tours for a few days who was excellent as well but not on this safari) Make sure you have hats, sun cream etc as it is an open top jeep so you can stand up and admire them. Fabulous afternoon

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Irina

Jun 15, 2023

Marvelous - Beautiful nature! You can get so close to the elephants! Feel like being a part of they family 😀 The most precious moments when you see the baby elephants. Super cute 🥰

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P4954lejoanc

Aug 12, 2025

Experience with lakpura - The safari was very good, the driver was a 10. Very friendly and helpful, and he was very supportive. But we were very disappointed to see so many jeeps. It felt like a jeep war. Hahaha. Although I understand that's not your problem. The rest was perfect.

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Jimmyrajkot_india

Jul 24, 2023

Jumbos of Minneriya National Park, Sri Lanka - On the 3rd day our Exploration of Srilanka, from Anuradhapura to Pollonuruwa, on the way we undertook Wildlife Safari at Minneriya National Park by a private Bollero 4x4 Jeep. From Anuradhapura, it took nearly 01.30 hrs to reach Minneriya National park. We were met by our Jeep Driver who assisted us in procuring our Entrance Tickets costing USD 35 and Jeep cost was USD 40 for a Jeep of 06 pax. Minneriya is a National Park and thereason for declaring the area as protected is to protect the catchment of Minneriya tank and the wildlife of the surrounding area. The tank also is of historical importance, having been built by King Mahasen in third century AD. The park is a dry season feeding ground for large number of Asiatic Elephant population dwelling in forests of Matale, Polonnaruwa, and Trincomalee districts. Minneriya National Park is also famous site for Birding.

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From $11

up to 6 guests

1 - Adult