The moment we hear the word “jungle safari”, the first thing that pops up into our mind is the National parks of East Africa but one thing we just don’t realize that Sri Lanka has many safari parks and wildlife things to explore. When it comes to exploring the exotic wildlife, Sri Lanka can easily give a tight competition to the African wildlife.

The very popular safaris of Sri Lanka are Yala safari in the south-east, Minnerya safari in the north-west and Udawalawe in the south.

If you want to go for the best jungle safari experience in this country, you must go for Yala Udawalawe and Minneriya safari.

Yala National Park Safari:

It is one of the oldest national parks of Sri Lanka, opened IN 1938 and considered to be most popular safari park.

The total area covered by this safari park is 938 square kilometres. Yala National Park boats a huge variety of birds and lots of mammals. If you are looking for the best place to find leopards, Yalaa park could be the best destination.

The only downside of the safari tour in Yala park is that it is highly crowded. When you are in this place, it is really not that uncommon to see a lot of jeeps are already queuing in the park to see animals.

Small Udawalawe:

Udawalawe, on the other hand, is smaller, almost one-third of Yala National Park (covering 308 KM) and of course, a far less busy. Nonetheless, given to its smaller size, this national park has a great density of animals to the size ratio and Udawalawe safari is really well known for elephant siting.

Minneriya Safari:

It’s a national park in North Central Province of Sri Lanka. it was designated as a national park on 12 August 1997.Here have a one of historical importance  Minneriya tank.The park is a dry season feeding ground for the elephant population residence in forests of Matale, Polonnaruwa, and Trincomalee districts. If you are interested in natural historical place it’s your best choice.

Now you should really know about the cost of Yala safari, Udawalawe safari and Minneriya safari

Before starting the safari plan, you need to pay entry fees and hire a jeep for the jungle safari and the fees also include the tracker guide which is particularly assigned to you.

The park entry fee of the Yala safari is $15 for one day and $30 for two days. Hiring a jeep for the half day of jungle safari will cost you 4000-4500 Sri Lankan rupees.

In Udawalawe safari, the entry fees is same like Yala-$15 for one day but the cost of jeep hiring is here is less expensive than Yala. Here you can hire a jeep at the cost of 3500 Sri Lankan rupees.

The Sigiriya and Minneriya National Park  Low Price fees vehicle only private day trip from Colombo from LKR 6,822.80 and the Great Elephant Gathering Safari in Minneriya From LKR 5,117.10 Now it’s time to pack your backpack for an amazing wildlife tour in Sri Lanka.