Minneriya Jeep Safari: South Asia's Largest Elephant Gathering

Experience the Minneriya National Park Jeep Safari, renowned for hosting South Asia’s largest elephant gathering. Choose between a morning or evening safari and enjoy the convenience of hotel pickup and drop-off from selected areas.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Minneriya National Park - Unforgettable half-day safari in Minneriya National Park, renowned for hosting South Asia’s largest elephant gathering. Choose between a morning or evening safari and enjoy the convenience of hotel pickup and drop-off. Your adventure begins with a comfortable pickup from your hotel, where our friendly driver ensures a…
What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Bottled water
  • Private 4x4 Jeep
  • King Coconut Water
  • Free Hotel Pickup and Drop-off Habarana area
What's Not Included
  • Park Entrance Fees 45USD (for 1 Person)
Location
Minneriya National Park
Maradankadawala-Habarana-Thirukkondaiadimadu Highway
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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(28 Ratings)
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Thomas
Mar 19, 2025
Amazing Safari - Fantastic Morning. My driver advised a different park due to there being a better chance of seeing Elephants but let me choose whether I wanted to change the park. This was a fantastic choice as we saw so many elephants as well as, Buffalo, Eagle, Iguana and mongoose. The driver always seemed to be one step ahead of all the other jeeps and got the best spots every time. Would highly recommend!
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Sreelatac
Mar 15, 2025
Good sighting of elephants in Ecopark - Asela is a good guide and took us to some great spots where we saw many elephants. As it rained a few days before, he knew that minneriya did not have elephants and took us instead to ecopark where we had perfect sightings Will recommend Asela!!
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Desmond
Mar 11, 2025
Great experience - Personal approach and genuine interest in my interests. There was also a lot of good information. Very beautiful nature but especially the guidance was top I can recommend this to anyone who loves nature and can appreciate a good guide, who knows a lot about the environment and history
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Explore01196787260
Mar 10, 2025
Fantastic day experienced! - We were first reserved, because we went to a different park than reserved. The driver explained that all the elephants went to the other park because Minneriya park was mostly flooded. All the elephants would be here, and the park was even cheaper than Minneriya (we paid 2500 rupee pp. this is not included in the price, so this was a surprise) Despite this surprise, the park and our driver have not disappointed us. Everywhere he took us to elephants, and we've seen a lot of them. It was really nice to see those animals in the wild. Besides many elephants we also saw a cockatoo, many birds and a peacock.
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Austin
Mar 5, 2025
Great elephant safari tour! - Had a great day! My guide was wonderful, taking his time to hit any place in the area that there might be elephants to see. The guides all work hard to communicate with each other to alert when elephants are spotted. We saw two male elephants early on (which are rare to see compared to the females and their children) and were the only ones around. We ultimately saw around 20 elephants, a couple close up to our jeep. If I ever get a chance to return here I would definitely book again!
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Zoƫ
Feb 18, 2025
Elephant safari - Super nice experience. We have seen a lot of elephants and that is entirely thanks to our driver. He always knew how to stand in exactly the right place and respected the elephants. Definitely recommended!
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Lisa
Feb 2, 2025
Highly recommend this Asela! FIVE STARS ā­ļøā­ļøā­ļøā­ļøā­ļø - Our tour guide Asela was excellent! I cannot say enough nice things about him. He was easy to communicate with and was able to customize our trip. I would highly recommend him to other tourist and would easily choose him again.
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Gabrielleg872
Jan 29, 2025
VERY BEAUTIFUL SAFARI - We had a very nice experience. Our guide was punctual, careful and responsive to our messages. The car was comfortable. He was warning us about branches during the safari. He was attentive, we even got a fruit snack at first. We were fortunate to see elephants up close. Thank you very much, we recommend without hesitation!
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P692drdebbiet
Apr 23, 2025
Don’t waste your time or money - Saw a handful of elephants but put off by the Carpark full of other jeeps full of tourists . Just crazy . Driving over terrible tracks and not clear visibility
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Cthanika
Apr 6, 2025
He is cheated and very disappointed - Asked extra 2000 rupees for going different location plus tips I just came to know that everyone going on this location due to flooding Not picked from hotel and said it will be extra charge Finally given 2000 rupees
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From $20
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).