Wilpatthu Nature Reserve Safari 2022 Updated 39USD | 6 Guests

Welcome to Dinesh Wilpattu Safari, here is what you can experienced

(Total Price for a group up to 6 Passengers is 39USD. You can get the discount at Checkout Page)

• Our Wilpattu Safari is designed to all ages in a safety first designed safari vehicle that can seat for upto 6 passenges. 
• We start 4 hours safari at 0600 in the morning and 1330 at the evening. We will pickup you from your hotel within 02KM to the gate.
• You need to buy entrance ticket in Sri Lankan Rupees around 30USD for the first persomn and 28USD from second person onwards.
• We start the safari of first 25km upto "Kumbuk Wila" where a natural lake full of natural bueaty. You can expect to watch many animals and and natural velvets within this first 25Kms.
• You can expect to watch famous Sri Lankan Leopad, Sri Lanka Bear, Dear, Eagal, Water Buffelows amung others.
• After the breaksfast around 0830, we will continue to safari into the nature reserve and continue to watch animals and flora and fauna. If you need in depth information abut flora and fauna, you can order a Naturalist who can explain you each detail of the things you find in Wilpattu nature reserve,
• We continue our safari upto 60km within 4 hours and return to the gate or your hotel within 10km to the gate.
• We finish at 1000 for safari started at 0600 and we finish safari at 1730 in the evening for the safari started at 1330.    

 About Wilpattu National Park

Wilpattu is among the top national parks world-renowned for its leopard population. A sample of forty-nine individual leopards were photo-captured in the surveyed area and the core area density was between that of Yala National Park's Block I and Horton Plains National Park. There are many types of vegetation to be found in Wilpattu, including littoral vegetation, such as salt grass and low scrub monsoon forest with tall emergents, such as palu (Manilkara hexandra), and satin (Chloroxylon swietenia), milla (Vitex altissima), weera (Drypetes sepiaria), ebony (Diospyros ebenum) and wewarna (Alseodaphne semecapriflolia). 

31 species of mammals have been identified within Wilpattu national park. Mammals that are identified as threatened species living within the Wilpattu National Park are the elephant, sloth bear, leopard and water buffalo. Sambhur, spotted deer, mongoose, mouse and shrew are more of Wilpattu's residents.

The painted stork, the open bill, little cormorant, Sri Lankan junglefowl (Gallus lafayetii) along with many species of owls, terns, gulls, eagles, kites buzzards are to be found at Wilpattu National Park. Wetland bird species that can be seen in Wilpattu are the garganey, pintail, whistling teal, spoonbill, white ibis, large white egret, cattle egret and purple heron.

The most common reptiles found in the park are the monitor lizard, mugger crocodile, common cobra, rat snake, Indian python, pond turtle and the soft-shelled turtle which are resident in the large permanent Villus.

The unique feature of Wilpattu National Park is the existence of "Willus" (Natural lakes) - Natural, sand-rimmed water basins or depressions that fill with rainwater. Nearly sixty lakes (Willu) and tanks are found spread throughout Wilpattu. Located in the Northwest coast lowland dry zone of Sri Lanka. 

The park is located 30 km west Anuradhapura and located 26 km north of Puttalam. The park is 1,317 square kilometers (131, 693 hectares). The best time to visit Wilpattu is during the months of February and October. There are a few private eco-tourism groups that show tourists around the park in Safari like trips. In 1905 the area was designated a sanctuary and in 1938 it was upgraded to the National Park status.