Minneriya National Park Safari from Kandy

This safari takes you on an exclusive ride through the Minneriya National Park which is highly famed for its elephants and wildlife. The three-tour options allow you to select whether you wish to watch wildlife during their morning activities, evening activities or even throughout the day.

During this tour, you will visit the following points of interest in the specified order.

• Kandy
• Minneriya National Park
• Kandy

Includes

• Park entrance tickets are included when "Jeep Tickets" selected.
• Transport throughout the tour in an air-conditioned vehicle.
• Service of an English-speaking chauffeur.
• 3-Hour Safari with the service of a driver-tracker.
• Hotel pickup & drop-off from/to Kandy.
• 1 Liter of bottled mineral water per person.
• All taxes & service charges.

Excludes

• Park entrance tickets are excluded when "Jeep without Tickets" selected.
• Food or drinks.
• Gratuities (Optional).
• Expenses of personal nature.

What to Expect

You will be starting your safari from your hotel in Kandy at 11.00 am. Your chauffeur will be picking you up from your hotel and driving you to Minneriya National Park.

The park has many land types and growth. Wetlands mix in with agricultural land and rocky outcrops, and forests walk hand in hand with scrublands. This also means that the types of wildlife and birds that live in the park or visit it are quite varied. You may get to see a crocodile or even an extremely rare grey slender loris if you’re lucky. A little herd of deer may visit the Minneriya reservoir as you watch early in the morning. If you plan your safari to the months of August, September or October you might get a chance to see the elephant congregation named the ‘Elephant Gathering’ with its collective number of over 150 elephants in one place. It’s said that the elephants arrive from all surrounding areas for this gathering annually.

If you opt for the evening safari, which is the best time to see this park, you can also see the elephants taking their daily bath and watch the many different kinds of birds heading off to their nests at the end of the day.

After the safari, you will get back to the hotel by 07:30 pm, completing your tour.