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Wildlife · 5N / 6D
Wildlife — 5N / 6D
Three parks, one island — leopards, elephants and blue whales.
Why choose this journey
- ▸Two nights at the leopard parks for both dawn & dusk safaris
- ▸Mirissa add-on for blue whale season (Nov–Apr)
- ▸Park-edge eco lodges for shortest game-drive starts
Route & travel times
- Stop 1 Wilpattu — 1 night↓ Drive 2.1h to Sigiriya
- Stop 2 Sigiriya — 1 night↓ Drive 3.7h to Udawalawe
- Stop 3 Udawalawe — 1 night↓ Drive 1.5h to Yala
- Stop 4 Yala — 1 night↓ Drive 2h to Mirissa
- Stop 5 Mirissa — 1 night
Total driving: 9.3 hours across the trip.
Attractions included (8)
Wilpattu National Park Safari
Sri Lanka's largest national park — natural sand-rimmed lakes (villus), elusive leopards, sloth bears and almost no other jeeps.
5h on-site · Easy
Minneriya National Park Safari
The legendary Elephant Gathering — up to 300 wild elephants congregate at the receding tank from Jul to Sep.
4h on-site · Easy
Sigiriya Rock Fortress
5th-century palace-fortress atop a 200m monolith with mirror wall and frescoes.
3h on-site · Challenging
Udawalawe National Park Safari
Sri Lanka's most reliable park for wild-elephant encounters — open grasslands, water buffalo, eagles and the famed Elephant Transit Home next door.
5h on-site · Easy
Yala National Park Safari
Sri Lanka's flagship park — highest leopard density in Asia, sloth bears, elephants and a coastline of jungle lagoons.
5h on-site · Easy
Yala Leopard Safari
Block 1 jeep safari — world's densest leopard population.
4h on-site · Easy
Mirissa Blue Whale Watching
The world's largest animal off Dondra Head — the deep-water trench brings blue whales within 3 hours of Mirissa harbour.
5h on-site · Easy
Mirissa Sperm Whale Watching
Resident super-pods of sperm whales hunt the continental shelf — one of only a handful of places on Earth they can be seen reliably.
5h on-site · Easy
Hotels included — ⭐ Best Seller Mid-Range default
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Wilpattu
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Sigiriya
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Udawalawe
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Yala
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Mirissa
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Not sure? Ask Nelum.
Things to do
Wilpattu
Leopard & sloth bear safari
Wilpattu
Villu lake landscapes
Sigiriya
Sigiriya Rock Fortress climb
Sigiriya
Dambulla Cave Temples
Sigiriya
Minneriya elephant safari
Udawalawe
Udawalawe National Park safari (elephants)
Udawalawe
Elephant Transit Home feeding
Yala
Leopard safari (dawn or dusk)
Yala
Bird watching
Yala
Sithulpawwa rock temple
Mirissa
Blue whale watching (Nov–Apr)
Mirissa
Coconut Tree Hill sunset
Mirissa
Secret Beach