Private Safari Tour: Udawalawe National Park and Elephant Transit Home Visit

Embark on a private safari tour of Udawalawe National Park and visit the Elephant Transit Home. Explore Sri Lanka’s largest animal sanctuary, spot elephants, leopards, and more from a 4x4 vehicle.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Udawalawe National Park - Enclosed by the towering highlands on its northern frontier, Uda Walawe National Park ranks among the finest locations globally to observe wild elephants in their natural habitat. Predominantly covered with savannahs and thicket woodlands, it stands out as one of the premier wildlife sanctuaries in Sri Lanka for spotting…
What's Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Driver/guide
  • Transportation in a Safari Jeep (maximum of 6 passengers per jeep)
What's Not Included
  • Entrance Fees
Additional Information

Take a tour of Udawalawe National Park with Elephant transit home visit, one of Sri Lanka’s largest animal sanctuaries. Because this is a private tour, you’ll have plenty of time to hear commentary about the wildlife you’ll see and ask questions. Keep an eye out for elephants, water buffalo, fox, leopards, and other animals from the comfort of a rugged…

Location
Hotel Niwahana
We will pick you up from your hotel in Udawalawa or you can come to Hotel Niwahana Udawalawa to start the tour.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Janine
Apr 21, 2025
Transit home was so cute! - We visited the elephant transit home before taking the Safari. It was feeding time and the baby elephants were so happy to receive their milk. They were delightful to watch and seeing the babies interact with each other was cute and fascinating. Really enjoyed the visit. Our safari was also a great experience and we managed to see a one month old baby elephant with their family as well as many other elephants. The jeep driver was respectful of the animals. We also saw peacocks, crocs, spotted deers, water buffalo and a variety of birds.
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Tabatha
Apr 3, 2025
Have to visit! - Amazing experience! So so many baby elephants of all sizes, they definitely knew when feeding time was and some were very persistent they had seconds. Amazing experience and all will go on to be wild elephants which was very Important to us. Have to visit!
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Sveino762
Jan 9, 2025
Safari in Sri Lanka - Many impressions, and got a lot of good pictures. Nice guide who spoke English ok. Guide knew lot about birds and elephants. It was a good experience, and worth the money😊
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Sallymq3983tw
Nov 19, 2024
Brilliant guide Pathum - Pathum was a brilliant guide. We were picked up on time . He took us to all the busy spots then took us further into the park . We saw 15 different elephants 3 crocodiles monkeys and loads of birds .
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Sjphros
Aug 1, 2024
Great safari - We loved this park which respects elephants and feeds abandoned elephants to restore their freedom. 4x4 drivers are very careful and turn off their engines so as not to disturb the animals.
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Y383kqjulias
May 30, 2024
Good time - Beautiful national part with many elephants, peacocks and lizards. It was amazing time being in the natural animals environment
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Harith_k
Apr 10, 2024
Baby elephant - Baby elephant running for milk , must see place in srilanka, better if you go on November-December..
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Andrew_r
Feb 22, 2024
Superb Tour - Great safari!! We saw many Elephants so close! Our guide was super nice and did a great job spotting the animals. He also took brilliant photos!
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E821hesabineb
Jan 5, 2025
Not worthwhile - The jeep driver was half an hour late. We had to call the given number 6 times. We stood at the homemade meeting point at 6.00am. We found it inappropriate for the elephants that 50 jeeps with running engines stood at 3 elephants. we therefore stopped the safari.
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69grzegorzd
Oct 15, 2024
WARNING!!! SCAM!!!!! - This is scam! We paid for 4 hours safari. They gave us 2 hours and asked to get out of the car. When we asked driver to continue safari he literally laughed at our faces and told us safari started from the moment when he picked us up from the House. Altough IT remained still 1 hour safari. He refused to continue his service. FRAUDELNT people!!!! SCAM!!!!!
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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).