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Udawalawe Safari: Skip Lines with Prepaid Entry
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113 Ratings
Udawalawe National Park
Skip the lines and buy your entrance ticket to Udawalawe National Park in advance for a smooth start to your safari. Getting your park entrance ticket has never been simpler.
Skip the lines and buy your entrance ticket to Udawalawe National Park in advance for a smooth start to your safari. Getting your park entrance ticket has never been simpler.
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Udawalawe National Park - The Udawalawe National Park is a wildlife reserve covering nearly 120 square miles of land with a number of geological formations. Established on the 30th of June 1972, the park lies on the boundary of the Sabaragamuwa and Uva Provinces of Sri Lanka. As such, it majorly consists of plains, grasslands, forests, and marshes…
- Udawalawe National Park - The Udawalawe National Park is a wildlife reserve covering nearly 120 square miles of land with a number of geological formations. Established on the 30th of June 1972, the park lies on the boundary of the Sabaragamuwa and Uva Provinces of Sri Lanka. As such, it majorly consists of plains, grasslands, forests, and marshes - while being bounded by soaring mountains along the northern border. A major river, the Walawe, and many of its tributaries run pass through the park, providing ample water for the wildlife. The annual rainfall in the Udawalawe National Park is around 1500 millimeters, and the average temperature stays at a comfortable 27° - 28° Centigrade (81°-82°F). The park has over 94 species of plants, 21 species of fish, 12 species of amphibians, over 30 species of reptiles, over 180 species of birds (33 of which are migratory), 43 species of mammals, and 135 species of butterflies.
What's Included
- 4x4 Safari Jeep (up to 6 passengers)
- Water bottle for each person
- Experienced driver and tracker
- Free pickup/drop-off within 5 KM of park gate
- 4x4 Safari Jeep (up to 6 passengers)
- Water bottle for each person
- Experienced driver and tracker
- Free pickup/drop-off within 5 KM of park gate
What's Not Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off if outside of 5km of park entrance gate
- Food and drinks.
- Gratuities.
- Entrance fees for Jeep-only bookings (entrance fees to be paid in cash)
- Hotel pickup and drop-off if outside of 5km of park entrance gate
- Food and drinks.
- Gratuities.
- Entrance fees for Jeep-only bookings (entrance fees to be paid in cash)
Additional Information
- Viator/TripAdvisor voucher needs to be exchanged at starting point with our staff.
- A Viator/TripAdvisor booking confirmation sent at the time of confirmation is not the official ticket.
- Viator/TripAdvisor voucher needs to be exchanged at starting point with our staff.
- A Viator/TripAdvisor booking confirmation sent at the time of confirmation is not the official ticket.
Location
Udawalawe National Park
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(113 Ratings)
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Chrissydane
Sep 12, 2025
Safari - Not many elephants in Sept and August they are up north in Aug and Sept. Better other times of year. Enjoyed our time with two very friendly baby elephants.
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Ijordar
May 17, 2025
BRILLIANT - BRILLIANT. If you love elephants and you want to see LOTS of animals and birds l, this is the one for you. You’re guaranteed to see lots and lots of wildlife. I can’t recommend this enough.
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Laurabi7341zq
May 4, 2025
Perfect safari - The safari was perfect. We saw lots of elephants up close, lots of birds, monkeys, buffalo, and crocodiles. Shameera was very friendly and made it very enjoyable. I recommend it.
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Gemmajamieson
Feb 21, 2025
Lovely driver and fabulous experience - The safari was amazing and though at times it felt busy with jeeps it wasn’t uncomfortable. Our guide on safari was Max, and he was super knowledgeable and was such a calm presence. It felt like we were being really respectful of the animals. We mostly had our engine off just admiring everything from elephants to little green bee eaters. I thought there would be a cash line somewhere on the way so I could get a tip for max but had to go away and get one and come back. Be warned!
Kani our transfer driver was the ultimate professional from start to finish. We were so happy with the service. He was really lovely and chatty and gave us lots of interesting facts and history on Sri Lanka and the areas he took us to. He also was a very good driver, the journeys were really smooth which allowed us to sleep on the early morning pickups. We would give Kani 5 stars and would count ourselves very lucky if we were ever to have him as our driver again.
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Trail16156936242
Sep 13, 2023
Great adventure and memories! - Great experience a lot of elephant families!
Lahiru helped us also to arrang the cheaper and good transportation to the Safari Park and found lot of elephants and other animals too. The safari trip took 4 hours so we had enough time to admire the animals. No rush. You can observe animals as long as you want.
Thank you Lahiru Prasad for the the great memories you gave us.
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Emilylg177px
Aug 30, 2023
Great place make sure you get a good guide - We chose to go with Lahiru after all his great reviews and we’re not disappointed. Great guide sorted is out short notice an also arranged transform Colombo the safari was informative of all of the species in the park along with the elephants. You have the whole afternoon we were one of the last to leave the park! We arranged very easily on his what’s app +94 76 272 6799
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900lillie
Aug 25, 2023
Highly recommend - A wonderful exsperience of seeing the elephants, buffaloes, salamanders, crocodiles , deer and various birds, in a natural habitats. Highly recommend no touching or feeding.
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Q2285nkstephaniec
Aug 24, 2023
See Elephants very close! - We went to the safari in the afternoon
(2:45 - 6pm) in a jeep organised by our driver. Entrance fee was 22,500 rupees + the cost of our jeep and guide which was 9000 (about £75 in total). We saw so many elephants and they came very very close! The elephants seemed happy and calm, even when jeeps were near. They are obviously used to them and do not see us as a threat. We also saw a number of different birds, our favourite being the peacocks, a toucan and the little green bee-eater. As we went in August, which is their dry season, the lakes were almost all dried up but we were still lucky enough to see two small crocodiles. We would definitely recommend a safari at Udawalawe.
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Gingem2022
Apr 3, 2024
Wild Elephants :) - Our guide was fantastic, very observant and we were lucky to see crocodiles, elephants :) and lots of birds. On arrival it was very busy and lots of 4x4s crowded together, mostly empty which was sad as we could have shared vehicles and reduced the traffic. However, once we got properly into the park it was much quieter and barely saw anyone else. Lovely picnic spot by the river and the baby elephant made me happy
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Megz84
Sep 9, 2023
Average - We want in the afternoon and saw maybe 4 elephants, some deer and some monkeys. The park is mostly filled with birds and peacocks which isn't that interesting for us. The price was pretty expensive for not seeing much over 3hrs. A lot of aimless driving. 8000lkr to hire a Jeep and 23000lkr 2ppl entrance fee. We also did Kaudulla NP (in the north), which we enjoyed a lot more.
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