Safari with John Keells Excursions

Where human adventure meeting with the beast of the wild becomes reality

Those who love nature, adventure and outdoor excitement can find a wide array of Sri Lanka adventure tours around the country sponsored and provided by the John Keells Group in liaison with their tour consultants Walkers Tours. Sri Lanka, a small island blessed with diverse climates with thick rain forests, vegetation, flora and fauna and dry land including deserts is ideal for breeding and living for a vast number of animals, reptiles, birds and fish especially rare and endangered species. The island is the breeding home for rare and endangered species such as the marvelous Whales including the Blue whales, Dolphins and Turtles besides being the bane for beautiful giant Elephants including tuskers, Leopards and reptiles and some of the migrant endangered species of birds.

Some of the famous wild life national parks found spread across the island for Safari holidays which are administered by the Department of Wildlife Conservation are Wilapattu, Wasgumuwa, Flood Plains and Somawathiya, Minneriya, Kaudulla and Angammedilla in the North Central Province, Yala, Bundala, Lunugamvehera and Hikkaduwa in the Southern Province, Gal Oya, Kumana, Lahugala Kitulana, Maduru Oya and Pigeon Island in the Eastern Province, Udawalawe in the Sabaragumuwa Province, Horton Plains and Galway’s Land in the Central Province, Horagolla in the Western Province and Mullativu in the Northern Province. Among these Wilpattu stands out as the largest and one of the oldest national parks in Sri Lanka besides being listed as one of the world renowned top national parks for its uncounted Leopard population while Yala comes next as the second largest and the most visited national park in the Island.

Inbound travelers have the option of pre-arranging their Safari tour excursions prior to their visit to the country or during their stay. The expeditions provide Safari jeep tours with experienced drivers for half day and full day safaris. Some of the facilities you may expect as part of the Safari excursion packages are free hotel pickups and drops based on each individual national park, three to four hours of game drive, inclusive of Jeep fees, park entrance fees and all taxes.

Chandrishan Williams is a travel writer who writes under the pen name, Caleb Falcon. He specializes in writing content based on the many exciting world adventures that await intrepid travellers.

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