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Camping Amidst Wildlife

Sinharaja Rainforest is a UN World Heritage Site featuring natural jungle landscapes supporting huge bio-diversity, which includes endemic wildlife species found nowhere else in the world.

Home to 95% of the birds of Sri Lanka, the forest provides ‘twitchers’ with a rich environment in which to observe and study our many and varied species.Designated a World Biosphere Reserve in 1978 and a World Heritage Site in 1988, this hilly virgin rainforest is only 21km from east to west, and 7km from north to south.Dense vegetation makes it less accessible than dry-zone sanctuaries such as Yala, and wildlife is not as easily seen. There are no elephants, and the 15 or so leopards are rarely seen.

Reptiles include the green-pit and hump-nosed vipers, and there is a large variety of amphibians, especially tree frogs. Invertebrates include the common birdwing butterfly.

No of Nights - 9

Meal Plan - Half Board

Day 1

Arrival-Pick up | Sinharaja Forest

You will be met by your driver guide on arrival at the airport and transfer to Sinharaja. (Approx 4.5 hours).

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Day 2

Sinharaja Forest

Clients will either have an early sit-down breakfast or take packed breakfast and lunch for an all-day Singharaja Forest exploration.

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Day 3

Sinharaja Forest | Udawalawe

After breakfast, proceed to Udawalawa National Park.

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Day 4

Udawalawe | Bundala

After an early breakfast, leave for a morning safari in Udawalawa National Park.

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Day 5

Udawalawe | Yala

After breakfast, transfer to the Yala National Park.

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Day 6

Yala | Nuwara Eliya

After breakfast, leave for Nuwara Eliya after a morning safari in Yala National Park.

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Day 7

Nuwara Eliya | Kandy

After breakfast, proceed to Kandy from Nuwara Eliya.

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Day 8

Kandy | Wasgamuwa

After breakfast, leave for Wasgamuwa

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Day 9

Wasgamuwa | Negombo

After breakfast, a morning safari and later departure for Negombo.

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Day 10

Negombo | Departure

After breakfast, proceed to the airport for your flight home.

Includes & Highlights

Nature trek at Sinharaja rain forest
2 game drives at Udawalawe national park.
Visit to the elephant transit home.
2 game drive at Bundala national park.
Campfire Dinner.
1 game drive at Yala national park.
Visit to a gem museum and Arts and craft center.
1 game drive at Wasgamuwa national park

Iternery

Day 1

Arrival-Pick up | Sinharaja Forest

You will be met by your driver guide on arrival at the airport and transfer to Sinharaja. (Approx 4.5 hours). Arrival at Singharaja gate office. Clients can walk to the Kudawa camp (10mins walk) or travel in the vehicles 200m closer to the camp. Kudawa is flanked by two rivers suitable for swimming, and is an ideal location for early-morning bird watching or venturing down one of the many nature trails through the forest. The camp is set up before your arrive, and includes a fully equipped kitchen, chairs and tables, hammocks, flushable toilets, showers and even cold beers available for purchase. And on your return from your afternoon activities, you will be welcomed back with a barbecue in a atmospheric forest-clearing setting complete with flame torches and campfire. Back to the campsite for dinner and overnight stay.

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Day 2

Sinharaja Forest

Clients will either have an early sit-down breakfast or take packed breakfast and lunch for an all-day Singharaja Forest exploration. Back to the camp in the evening.

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Activities

Day 3

Sinharaja Forest | Udawalawe

After breakfast, proceed to Udawalawa National Park. Udawalawe, 200km south-east of Colombo, is best known for the 400 elephants that live there, and whole herds are often seen bathing and playing in the water. The park is also home to water buffalos, water monitor lizards, sambar deer, monkeys, the occasional leopard, and congregations of our many bird species. This protected reserve has much to offer, and 4WD open-top jeeps complete with park guides ensure that you can make the most of the experience. After the jeep safari, return for an around-the-campfire dinner. Visit the Udawalawa Elephant Transit Home en route to the park. There are up to 40 orphaned baby elephants being taken care of at any one time at Udawalawe Transit Home, which provides food, medical care, and everything else a baby elephant needs. They are released into wilderness when they are big and strong enough. Visitors can help feed the babies their daily rations of milk, and enjoy watching them mix and play with their friends. Like youngsters everywhere, they enjoy company and the chance to show off! Arrive at the park entrance around 12 noon (or evening). Board the 4WD jeep at the park entrance to be driven to your campsite.

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Activities

Jeep Safari

Day 4

Udawalawe | Bundala

After an early breakfast, leave for a morning safari in Udawalawa National Park, which will also be a great opportunity for birdwatcher to see the park’s host of species, including red faced malkoha, serpent eagles, hawk eagles, white bellied sea eagles, black eagles, black capped bulbuls, racket tailed drongos, malabar pied horn bills, white necked storks, open bills, ibis, shama, the forest nightingale, kingfishers and peacocks. Leave for Bundala after the morning safari. Enjoy the lunch at the campsite. Evening safari in Bundala National Park. Bundala National Park lies 250km southeast of Colombo in Sri Lanka’s arid zone, which features thorny scrublands and lagoons among the sand dunes along the coast. Over 380 plant species have been recorded here, as well as 32 different species of mammals, five of them classified as threatened. The complex wetland system rewards keen twitchers with a rich variety of bird life—approximately 197 varieties. And as Sri Lanka’s first Ramsar wetland, the park has international standing for its migratory waterfowls. Back to campsite for a torch-lit dinner round the campfire.

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Activities

Jeep Safari

Day 5

Udawalawe | Yala

After breakfast, transfer to the Yala National Park. The 97,878 hectares Yala National Park, 290km from Colombo on the southeast coast of Sri Lanka, is predominantly semi-arid thorny scrub, with pockets of secondary forest. Renowned for its wildlife and bio-diversity, a number of significant cultural ruins also testify to the parks earlier civilizations, showing that much of the area might once have been populated and well developed. Magnificent Sri Lankan leopards are often seen walking the tracks during the day, the young males in particular showing little or no fear of people or jeeps, which can result excellent opportunities for once-in-a-lifetime photographs. Large numbers of elephants also live here, and can be seen bathing and socializing in the park’s many lakes. Spotted deer, sambar, wild boar, wild buffaloes, sloth bear, jackal and mongoose are in abundance. It is also something of a birdwatchers paradise, with rosy starlings, paradise flycatchers, crested hawk eagles, blue-tailed bee-eaters and common ioras among the many species. rest of the day at leisure. at Yala camping site

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Day 6

Yala | Nuwara Eliya

After breakfast, leave for Nuwara Eliya after a morning safari in Yala National Park. Nuwara Eliya, known locally as ‘Little England’ because of its strong associations with our former British colonial rulers, is arguable Sri Lanka's most popular inland holiday resort. Lying high in our renowned Hill Country, the town also enjoys a ‘British-style’ temperate climate, with mists often cloaking the landscape temperatures falling to as low as 12C. The surrounding panorama of verdant green tea plantations, beautiful gardens and striking colonial architecture add to the ambience. Stop off at The Hill Club for lunch. One of Nuwara Eliya’s monuments to the languid behavioral correctitude of British colonial lifestyles, The Hill Club was founded in 1876 by British coffee planters, the ethos of whom is still much in evidence. Check in, Overnight stay at the hotel.

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Day 7

Nuwara Eliya | Kandy

Kandy was the final redoubt of Sri Lanka’s last Sinhala king, and is famed for its lake and the Temple of the Tooth, a sacred Buddhist relic. An optional excursion is to the Udawattakelle Sanctuary with its forest birds and monkeys, while the Peradeniya Botanical Gardens, 30 minutes of Kandy and home to colonies of fruit bats, is well worth a visit. Also on the itinerary are a traditional arts-and-crafts center and gem museum. Overnight stay at Hunasfalls by Amaya.

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Day 8

Kandy | Wasgamuwa

Wasgamuwa National Park features many small ancient tanks (reservoirs) and waterworks, as well as ruins and ancient religious sites that add an important historical dimension to a national park already renowned for its wide bio-diversity. The famous Yudanganapitiya, where the armies of the Kings Dutugemunu and Elara camped during 2nd century BC battles for supremacy, is just one of these important sites. Arrive at the park entrance around 12 noon. Board a 4WD jeep at the park entrance to be driven to your campsite. The Mahoora Safari Camp in Wasgamuwa National Park occupies a shady area in the trees on the bank of the Mahaweli River, a perfect place for swimming. Like Kudawa, the camp is well equipped with comfortable tents, a complete kitchen, chairs and tables, hammocks, flushable toilets and showers, and a torchlit barbecue dinner to end the day. In the evening we will be starting the safari in Wasgamuwa National Park. overnight stay at the campsite.

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Day 9

Wasgamuwa | Negombo

After breakfast, a morning safari and later departure for Negombo. The west-coast beach resort of Negombo, known locally as ‘little Rome’ because of its many Catholic church’s, was founded as a fishing village on the banks of the spectacular Negombo Lagoon. The lagoon was a way station on the Dutch (Hamilton) Canal, built by our former colonial rulers primarily to transport highly-prized cinnamon from the northern plantations to the port at Colombo. In the afternoon take in Negombo’s most famous fish market and visit the ruins of the Dutch fort near the lagoon; the Esplanade, where cricket matches are a big attraction; and St Mary’s Church in the town center. Overnight stay at Pledge 3

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Day 10

Negombo | Departure

After breakfast, proceed to the airport for your flight home.

Includes & Excludes

Inclusions

Transfer in an A/C car with an English speaking chauffeur guide.(Including pick up and drop off at the air port)
Mineral water throughout the tour
Free mobile sim card
Warm welcome by Pledge Holidays representative at the airport.
Vehicle fuel and insurance.
Upon arrival fresh towels and a complimentary snack box will be provided.

Exclusions

International flights and Domestic flights.
On arrival visa fee ( check our section Travel guide for the related country fee)
Tips and personal expenses
Peak Period & Special Supplements

Condititions

- All reservations subject to availability at time of booking
- Quote is subject to availability of rooms, tax increases, price fluctuations and any peak season supplements.
- The cost is based on cash basis. For any other method of settlement whether it be cheques, drafts, credit cards or debit cards we will entail a service charge.
- For cancellations within 30 days before the date of arrival 100% of the holiday program will be charged.
- The standard check in time in Sri Lanka is 14:00 hours and standard check out time is 11:00 hours
- All drive times are approximate and are subject to change

Hotels

Sinharaja Forest

Luxury camping - Sinharaja

Mobile Tented Camps offer you the chance to experience an adventure which will dazzle, inspire and astonish. Choose from many locations and enjoy them with a team of individuals who set the benchmark for camping in Sri Lanka.

Udawalawe

Luxury camping - Udawalawe

Located at the eastern border of Udawalwe National Park in Sri Lanka, Luxury Camps provides tents with modern and private bathroom facilities, a bed and private patio. Guests can enjoy a private jungle dining experience and barbecue dishes served by nightly camp fires

Yala

Luxury camping - Yala

Mobile Tented Safari Camps offer you the chance to experience an adventure which will dazzle, inspire and astonish. Choose from many locations and enjoy them with a team of individuals who set the benchmark for safari camping in Sri Lanka.

Nuwara Eliya

Jetwing St Andrew' s

Amidst mountains swathed in mist and dotted with tea plantations, stands the quaint old mansion of Jetwing St. Andrews. A former country house converted into a Jetwing Hotel, life at Jetwing St. Andrews is reminiscent of the days of the British Rulers.

Kandy

Hunas Falls By Amaya

A score of spectacular waterfalls tumble down over rocks and precipices throughout the cool high country of Sri Lanka. Among them is Hunas Falls, which derives its name from Hunasgiriya Peak, the forest covered mountain which overlooks this tranquil landscape.

Wasgamuwa

luxury camping - Wasgamuwa

Negombo

Hotel Pledge3

The perfect moment begins with the perfect setting. It's more than a holiday, more than a resort. It's simply a collage of perfect, timeless moments in Negombo, Sri Lanka. Pledge3 the perfect romantic getaway you've ever imagined. The unique and elegant exterior at Pledge3 has created a world of

Optional Excursions

Sinharaja Forest

Bird Watching in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka 's abundant bird-life makes the island a true Ornithologist's paradise. Of the 427 recorded species, 250 are resident and 23 are endemic to the country. With such a variety of environments ranging from wet to dry zone, forest to jungle, and hill country to low lands, there's no e

Price Guide

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Kandy

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