Udawalawe Safari Day Trip: Witness Elephants & Wildlife in Sri Lanka With Free Pick-Up & Drop-off

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Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia

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Embark on an unforgettable Udawalawe Safari Day Trip in Sri Lanka. Witness majestic elephants and diverse wildlife with free pick-up and drop-off included. Book now!

Duration: 12 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Udawalawe National Park - Framed by soaring highlands on its northern boundary, the Udawalawe National Park is one of the world’s best places to see wild elephants. Largely comprised of grasslands and bush forest, it’s also one of the best national parks in Sri Lanka for game spotting.

What's Included

Bottled water
All taxes, fees and handling charges included
Elephant Transit Home Entry Fees
Convenient pick-up & drop-off
Lunch provided
Private transportation with an English-speaking driver-guide
National Park entry fees covered
Exciting safari jeep adventure

What's Not Included

Gratuities
Drinks

Additional Information

The Udawalawe Safari Private Day Trip is offered by Bentota Travel Mart (BTM) for tourists staying in Wadduwa, Waskaduwa, Kalutara, Maggona, Beruwala, Aluthgama, Bentota, Kosgoda, Ahungalla, Balapitiya, Ambalangoda, Hikkaduwa, and Rathgama. Complimentary pick-up and drop-off services are provided from these locations.
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Location

Mount Lavinia

Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings

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Julie

Jul 24, 2025

Exceptional Safari Experience and Elephant Transition home trip - We had an unforgettable day trip safari with superb service from start to finish. Our guide was knowledgable and ensured we got the best spots to watch the amazing wild life. This included numerous encounters with elephants. Our chauffeur for the trip was excellent. The food for lunch was lovely too. Then we moved onto the baby elephant transition home for rescued elephants being raised to go back into the wild home, this was fantastic too. I would highly recommend this trip! Thanks

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D2758hdjaneo

Jun 6, 2025

Best day safari! - Absolutely fantastic a ten star review if I could. Best day safari ever! Our guide was so knowledgeable and could spot even the chameleons whilst we were moving. Defo recommend. It is our first trip to Sri Lanka and to see so many elephants in their natural habitat was amazing. Loved every moment.

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Paul_h

May 16, 2025

Excellent Safari Day - Really good experience excellent safari. No problems with this day out. Took early safari as more chance to see wildlife. Long day but so worth it. Really good service from start to finish.

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Trail97319

Apr 16, 2025

Bentota Travel Mart make trips stress free! - We arrived in Bentota for 10days with no tours booked. With 3 children 14,12 and 8years and our first time visiting Sri Lanka we wanted to arrive and get settled before making any arrangements. I found Bentota Travel Mart on Tripadvisor and emailed them to get an idea of tours available and prices. As well as the information requested Sam also kindly provided me with travel times for the tours and with three children this helped a great deal. We chose the Udawalawe Safari tour first which included a trip to the elephant transit home. It was an early start at 4am pick up, but this added to the excitement of the trip ( hotels normally provide breakfast boxes if you are leaving early so worth checking). Our driver and guide was Janith and he was great with the children as well as telling us lots about the trip and what to expect. We were lucky enough to see lots of elephants on the tour including baby elephants with their family, we also managed to see lots of varieties of eagles, peacocks, monkey, water buffalo, spotted deer and many beautiful birds. The whole family thoroughly enjoyed the trip and I would highly recommend it. We also booked through Bentota Travel Mart to visit a turtle hatchery and release baby turtles onto the beach. We thought after the safari that this would be an experience hard to beat but this short evening experience was magical and one that we are so privileged to have been able to do. Definitely a must on your trip to Sri Lanka! Out last trip of the holiday through Bentota travel mart was a trip to Galle and a local temple, Sam helped us tailor make the trip to suit our needs and the guide was so knowledgable that we learnt so much. I cannot rate Bentota Travel Mart highly enough they made every trip stress free!

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Veera

Apr 14, 2025

Amazing, would totally recommend for everyone! - Excellent experience! Totally worth it, great idea to use this company for safari trips to the national parks if your hotel is otherwise too far away. We were staying in Ahungalla, so about two hours drive away from the park. Journey to and back from the park went smoothly, our driver was great! We chose the mid-day safari, we still saw many animals so not a problem at all to go mid day instead of early morning. Amazing experince over all, Sam offered great customer service. Easy to communicate with him about the booking through whatsapp.

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Toby2565

Apr 11, 2025

Udawalawe Safari trip - This is a great trip and worth the 4am pick up time . Got to the park just as the sun was rising . We were surprised that our safari trip was also private and there were just two of us in the jeep . The driver was very knowledgeable and we saw lots of animals and birds apart from the elusive leopard . Highlight was seeing the elephants almost as soon as we entered the park . Had at least 3.5 hours in the park which was great . We didn’t enjoy the elephant orphanage as much as it was very busy with a school trip and it was hard to see . One of the keepers kept hitting the elephants with a stick which wasn’t nice to see . He was trying to stop a greedy elephant from taking more milk . Included hot buffet lunch only drinks were extra . Thoroughly recommend this trip and don’t be put out by the early start . Back at the hotel around 3.30 pm Our driver Dinesh was superb , so 5 stars to him . Transport comfortable and cold water available .

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Z4547auanthonys

Apr 9, 2025

Excellent trip - We had a really great trip and would recommend!! The park gets busy and so we took the early trip meaning that we left our hotel at 4am and our safari started a little after 6am. However, we think that this was the best time to see the park

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Ricky_d

Mar 13, 2025

A must do while in Sri Lanka - Fantastic day. We went for the 4am start which was worth it as it got very hot through the morning. Saw elephants, variety of birds and monkeys. Then visited the elephant sanctuary and saw the milking of baby elephants. Delicious lunch.

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Roving751604

Jan 29, 2025

Awesome - We had an incredible tour with an amazing guide who helped us explore the wildlife. We loved the elephants and saw so many of them, along with a variety of other animals and an abundance of birds. The experience was absolutely superb and truly unforgettable!

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105mohammeda

Jul 23, 2025

It was a scam. Very very very few animals. I saw ..3 elephants.. iguana.. water buffalo.. cows ... alligator from far - Scam I give it( - 10 )there was nothing to see . No animals. It was a scam. Very very very few animals. I saw ..3 elephants.. iguana.. water buffalo.. cows ... alligator from far

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From $155

up to 15 guests

1 - Adult