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Un safari en jeep de quatre heures a travers Wilpattu, le plus grand et le plus calme parc national du Sri Lanka, avec prise en charge disponible depuis Colombo ou cinq points plus proches du parc.
Safari aux leopards au parc national de Wilpattu avec prise en charge depuis Colombo: En bref
| Price | From $103 per person |
|---|---|
| Duration | Full day |
| Group size | Up to 6 people |
| Languages | English |
| Tour type | Guided Tour |
| Booking | Direct with the local operator — no OTA markup |
Choose from 4 available options
Meet at the Wilpattu National Park Entrance
Pickup and Drop-Off: Negombo City Area
Pickup and Drop-Off: Colombo City Area
Pickup and Drop-Off: Bentota, Kalutara, and Ahungalla City Area
Description complète
Wilpattu est le plus grand parc national du Sri Lanka et, pour la plupart des visiteurs, le moins familier. Son nom signifie pays des lacs, et le parc est construit autour des villus, des bassins pluviaux naturels bordes de sable qui attirent les animaux hors de la foret seche pour boire. Plutot que de parcourir un circuit de prairie ouverte, vous vous deplacez entre des points d'eau et vous attendez.
Le parc est surtout connu pour ses leopards, et Wilpattu abrite une population saine, mais personne d'honnete ne vous en promettra un. Les observations d'ours paresseux culminent en juin et juillet quand le fruit palu murit. Au-dela de ces deux-la, attendez-vous a des cerfs tachetes, des sambars, des sangliers, des buffles, des crocodiles aux marges des villus et une longue liste d'oiseaux, des cigognes peintes aux serpentaires.
Vous voyagez dans un 4x4 ouvert avec un chauffeur-traqueur qui lit ces pistes quotidiennement par radio et par des empreintes fraiches dans le sable. Environ quatre heures sont passees a l'interieur du parc. Prenez la sortie du matin, qui commence a la premiere lumiere quand le mouvement des animaux est le plus eleve, ou la sortie de l'apres-midi, qui se deroule pendant les heures doreees jusqu'a la fermeture.
Soyez clair sur le trajet si vous reservez cela depuis Colombo. Wilpattu se trouve a environ 180 kilometres au nord de la ville, et la route passe par Puttalam plutot que le long d'une autoroute tout du long. Avec un depart avant l'aube et un retour apres la sortie, cela devient une longue journee de dix a douze heures, dont la plupart dans un vehicule. Les voyageurs deja a Anuradhapura, Negombo ou pres de l'entree du parc ont une version bien plus facile de la meme experience, et la prise en charge depuis ces points est disponible.
Apportez un chapeau, des lunettes de soleil et quelque chose pour amortir les secousses, les pistes internes sont du sable rugueux et de la roche. Des vetements neutres aident, tout comme un objectif zoom. Les sorties fonctionnent toute l'annee, bien que le parc puisse fermer brievement lors des fortes pluies de mousson d'octobre a decembre.
Programme
The schedule below is a suggested plan and can be adjusted to suit your preferences.
Pickup
Collection from Colombo or one of the northern pickup points.
Wilpattu National Park
Four-hour game drive by open 4x4 through the villu network.
Return transfer
Drop-off at Colombo, Negombo, Anuradhapura, Nochchiyagama, Sinharagama or Galkadawala.
Programme détaillé
Departure from Colombo
A long transfer north through Puttalam towards the Hunuwilagama park entrance.
Entry and paperwork
Tickets and tracker allocation at the entrance gate before transferring to the safari jeep.
Game drive
Slow circuits between villus, stopping at water where leopard, bear and deer activity is highest.
Rest stop
A short break at a designated spot inside the park; there are no facilities on the tracks themselves.
Leaving the park
Out through the gate and back to the road.
Drop-off
Return to your chosen drop-off point. Colombo returns land late.
Inclus
- Jeep de safari 4x4 ouvert avec chauffeur-traqueur
- transfert aller-retour depuis votre point de prise en charge choisi
- eau potable
Non inclus
- Les frais d’entree du parc national et du traqueur payables a l’arrivee
- repas
- pourboires
- depenses personnelles
- frais d’appareil photo le cas echeant
Informations importantes
Point de rendez-vous
Hotel pickup in Colombo, or at one of the northern pickup points (Anuradhapura, Nochchiyagama, Sinharagama, Galkadawala or Negombo) if you are already up-country.
Météo
This runs outdoors, so the operator can call it off for rain, wind or sea conditions, and that decision is usually made on the day. If they cancel, you choose: another date, or your money back in full. We do not keep a booking fee on a tour that did not run.
À savoir avant de partir
- Annulation gratuite jusqu'à 24 heures avant le début de l'activité
À propos de cette activité
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Avis des voyageurs
We saw almost every kind of species in the park. Our driver Yala and the guide Avishka were amazing! Really Nice people, who love their job, kind and very helpfull. We spent one of the best days in lifes... thank you both ❤️
The whole safari was so exciting! Very good communication, great transport and guide was also very great. I recommend this!
Today I had a wonderful experience at Will Pau National Park. The guide and his driver were truly attentive to my every need and answered all my questions. We toured the entire morning in the Jeep and were lucky enough to see several animals, including a leopard and an elephant. I highly recommend this experience.
Absolutely top-notch and highly recommended We spontaneously decided to do this for our Sri Lanka road trip, because Wilpattu is less known to tourists than other national parks. Our driver was on time at the pick-up spot and dropped us off on time too The tour was really awesome, and we were lucky enough to see a leopard too. The guide was friendly and gave us a lot of great info and background knowledge about the animals and the park. All in all, absolutely top-notch 😊
Well-organized service, we really enjoyed the experience! The tour guides were very knowledgeable, and you could tell they cared about giving customers a great day trip! Thanks to their attention and professionalism, we even got to see a leopard! 😍
Excellent safari with very good support and an excellent guide! Many thanks to Anupa for her explanations and for allowing us to see the leopards, bears and other animals in the park!
Great driver and guide. Sat in the back, gave lots of info about birds, plants. Saw a leopard and felt they really wanted to find one. Would recommend
An incredible experience. Our guide, Nadhun, is a very nice person and very respectful, and even though he didn't know much English, he showed us everything we saw during the safari. He is also a great expert on the park, he took us through many areas, cutting corners where he thought best. We were very lucky because in addition to seeing a great variety of fauna, we were able to see four leopards. It was incredible, highly recommended, an unforgettable experience. The only thing I can say against it is that everything they offer you for food is very spicy, including breakfast, but that is secondary. A unique experience!
What a wonderful experience!! Our driver was great, reliable and the car was very comfortable for the 3.5hr journey each way. The system at the park was very smooth, as soon as we arrived our guide and driver were ready to welcome us and set off on safari. We were so lucky to see ALL the animals within the afternoon and our guide was very knowledgeable, sharing information throughout the trip. Our 7 year old was awestruck, a trip we will all remember and highly recommend.
Incredible! We saw the leopard!! I recommend doing it in the morning. When we returned around 10am it was full of wasps and if you are afraid of them it is a bad time.
Responsive guides, beautiful environment. No elephants for us, but the guide seemed to say it was better to come in the morning. Very satisfied nonetheless.
We had a missunderstanding when booking and the people were really nice amd helped us all the way through, the safari guy went through all kinds of roads to find all kind of animals and was great at spotting animals
It was really great. We were picked up at the pickup point as agreed and had the jeep to ourselves, which was of course a stroke of luck for us. We were even allowed to take our large luggage with us. Our driver wasn't fluent in English, but he was really friendly and had very trained eyes. He saw animals that we would never have seen. We saw everything from elephants, leopards, buffalo, monkeys, deer, various types of birds, rabbits and crocodiles. And all of that in "only" 5 hours... So our day was absolutely positive. I can only recommend it for the price.