24 Feb 2022
Excellent service, picked up directly from hotel by professional driver and taken from Anuradhapura to Wilpattu. Met at Wilpattu by jeep driver and naturalist/ guide. Could have been slightly better coordinated between the two drivers but no issues and transferred into jeep. Wonderful 4 hours in the national park, saw loads of animals of all shapes and sizes. Lots of bird life which was great. And the park itself it very beautiful with lakes, forest and all trees, and sand dunes. Scenery in itself is worth seeing. Park is very big so lots of driving around but you won’t be disappointed. Our naturalist/guide was brilliant at spotting all kinds of wildlife in the trees and could tell us all about it. Very knowledgeable. Didn’t see any elephants but we got lucky and saw a leopard! Absolutely amazing. Of course it is wild so never guarantee what you will see. Saw some other jeeps around the park but for the most part on our own and it seemed so quiet and uninterrupted just us as nature. If you like birds this will definitely be a good trip for you. Naturalist/guide gave us plenty of time to take photos and let us choose how long we stopped and looked in each place, really meeting our expectations.