Mar 6, 2025
Safari with Su! - We went on the safari with Su and it was a great time. We were able to see the big three.
Like everyone else, we went on this safari because he wanted to see the leopards and we can tell that Su tried his best to give us that experience. When we missed a leopard, Su really hard on himself because we missed that opportunity but he continued to try throughout the whole day. He kept giving us his thoughts on how the leopards were moving and what he thought the best course of action was. He was relentless in the pursuit of the leopard, making sure he got our jeep there before anyone else… it was a thrill racing through the safari.
**But most importantly of all, he respected the animals. While other jeeps inched closer so they can get a better view, he maintained his distance stating that this is not our home. If birds or lizards were in the way, he made sure they were safely out of the way before continuing. It was other jeeps that would scare the big three away while Su was adamant on keeping us safe while also respecting animals. Even when we were outside the park, an elephant came close to our jeep and another. While the other jeep came close to the elephant, he told us to maintain our distance, stay close to the jeep, and respect the animal. We happily listened.
We are very happy with our experience with Su.
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Mar 5, 2025
The big 5 in one day! - Darshana was an excellent driver and spotter. He helped us to see elephants, crocodiles, water buffalo, sloth bear and, best of all, a leopard. He made our trip to Yala thoroughly enjoyable, found a great picnic spot for a lovely rice and curry lunch and was still smiling after 12 hours behind the wheel on some very demanding roads. Total star🌟. Thanks!
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Mar 2, 2025
Amazing experience - We went on a safari with high expectations. Lucky for us Su came to the rescue. He is in our opinion the best guide you can imagine. He is ready to go the extra mile for you. His passion and eager to give his customers the best experience is so easy to feel. He is very experienced and know exactly how to find the animals. Best of all it feels like he has the most respect for the animals of all guides we met along the way. He doesn’t bother them at all and takes all precautions necessary.
If we ever come back Su is the one we want again.
Thank you Su for giving us an experience we will always remember. And thanks for showing us three leopards!
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Mar 1, 2025
Yala National Park- full day Safari - Darshana took us on a full day safari in the Yala National Park. During the day, Darshana kept looking for animals and his determination and his connection to other drivers helped to find all kind of animals. He is very experienced and his knowledge about the animals is incredible. He made sure we weren’t always following the other Jeeps, therefore we often were the only ones at the lookout point. Sri Lankan breakfast and lunch were included and were very delicious. Darshana made it great and fun experience. Thank you so much!
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Mar 1, 2025
Great day at Yala National Park - Our driver Darshana went above and beyond to show us as many animals as he possibly could! We saw elephants, crocodiles, bears, deer, monkeys, ... and had a great time! Recommended!
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Feb 28, 2025
Most responsible company for Yala Safari! - I really can recommend this tour! Other company's are rushing in huge groups to every possible animal. It doesen't feels right.
With them we had a feeling we're more on our own and I'm sure we had one of the best experiences on this day. The drivers were very experienced and could tell us everything about the animals.
Thank you SU :)
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Feb 27, 2025
Darshana was a great... - Darshana was a great driver! He was very passionate and knowledgeable. Although luck was not on our side with the leopards, we managed to see 3 bears! Well organised with good breakfast and lunch.
Highly recommend :)
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Feb 26, 2025
best expirience mit leopards, crodiles and elephants (and Ish haha) - Ish was a great guide. We saw two leopards and many other animals (elefants, crocodiles, buffalo, rabbits, dears…).
We are really happy and would recommend the tour. The food was really tasty and fresh.
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Feb 26, 2025
Great day animal spotting - We had a great day on the full day safari! Unfortunately no leopards for us but plenty of elephants, buffalo, deer, eagles, mongoose, beautiful butterflies and other birds and even a sloth bear!
I was worried the park was going to be packed with cars and there were quite a few around some of the significant animals but our guide for the most part took us away from it all and it didn't feel too busy. I have to add that I do not feel that the animals were harassed and they could all get away from the tourists if they so choose.
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Mar 5, 2025
I didn’t have the best experience - It was a good safari, but the guide/driver didn’t explain much about the animals—there were two hours where he didn’t say anything. He would only talk if we asked specific questions, but if I’m paying that amount of money, I would expect the guide to show some interest in telling us about the animals we see on his own.
Then, the guides started racing the cars, seemingly just to joke around with other guides and distract them from a main attraction, which felt a bit strange.
However, what we really didn’t like was that there seemed to be some kind of conflict between our driver and someone else. Our driver would speed up, overtake the other vehicle, and then cut in front of it before slamming on the brakes, forcing the other car to brake suddenly. This made us feel very uncomfortable and unsafe. We would prefer if the driver handled any conflicts before or after the safari, not while customers are in the car.
We would not go again and cannot recommend this experience.
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