02 Jan 2025
Since the weather wasn't the best to go to Minneriya we went to Hurulu Eco Park instead. The tour guide, Kasun, was very knowledgeable and took us to many great places in the park. He taught us so much about wild elephants, it was great! We saw a lot of elephants too, so close to the vehicle. It was such an amazing experience. I would highly recommend it. Kasun was a great tour guide as well.
The only thing to be aware of would be the price to enter the park. We found out after the tour that we were over charged by appx 2000LKR. We also didn't get a receipt after and was told we would get one. The booking also had snacks after the tour (we booked the 1.30 pm tour) but because there was potential rain the manager asked if we would like to go early, and we did. But then we lost the snack after the tour, which should have been communicated at the time when they requested us to do the tour sooner.
All in all the tour was so memorable and was an amazing experience. The tour guide Kasun was so good as well! Just be aware of potential scams that could happen. I am a local and I'm surprised that this happened to us!