The highest concentration of Asian Elephants occur during ‘The Gathering’ a seasonal event which takes place at Minneriya National Park during August and September. In other parks, elephant watching is good throughout the year. In Uda Walawe, elephants are guaranteed, a promise which no other park in Asia can make.
Day 01 - Air-Port / Thalangama / Colombo
Visit the Talangama Wetlands for the common water birds that include Black and Yellow Bitterns.
Day 02 - Colombo / Habarana / Sigiriya
Habarana or Sigiriya for one night. Visit to Minneriya National Park, where elephants gather on the receding shores of the Minneriya Tank. ‘The Gathering’ of Elephants at Minneriya is one of those awesome spectacles which should rank alongside better-known wildlife spectacles such as the migration of wildebeest in Africa.
Days 03-04 - Habarana / Sigiriya / Wasgamuwa / Polonnaruwa
Visit Wasgamuwa National Park, where more than twenty-three species of mammals have been recorded in the park. The most important is the Asian Elephant.
Day 05 - Polonnaruwa / Hakgala / Nuwara Eliya
Afternoon, visit Hakgala Botanical Garden for the bear monkeys.
Day 06-07- Nuwara Eliya / Yala
Safaris at Yala National Park. Yala is the best place to see both leopards and tuskers
Day 08 - Yala / Udawalawe
Visit Udawalawe National Park. On a visit to Udawalawe National Park around 50-60 Elephants can be seen.
Day 09 - Udawalawe
More time in Udawalawe National Park to observe elephant behaviour. The basic elephant family unit is a mother and calf, accompanied by aunts, sisters and sub-adult brothers, who make a clan.
Day 10 - Udawalawe / Negombo
Overnight at Negombo.
Day 11 - Negombo / Air-Port
Transfer to Airport for departure.
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