Sri lanka wildlife Expeditions

Welcome to Wildlife Expeditions



Welcome to Wildlife Expeditions, one of Sri Lanka's most successful birdwatching holiday companies: run by birders for birders. The goal of every group at Wildlife Expeditions is to see, hear and enjoy your target birds. You can expect to spend some time listening to their vocalizations and watching their behavior. When you sign up for a trip with us, you’re sure to get a quality, safe guided tour that is affordable and fun. By choosing Wildlife Expeditions you can be assured that our experience and organizational skills leave you with nothing to worry about when booking with us.

Of all the world's birding tour destinations, Sri Lanka consistently ranks as one of the most exotic and fascinating.

The geological evolution of the Sri Lanka continent has shaped the extraordinary variety of birds, estimated at 455 species (34 of which are endemic) at present. Birdwatchers across the world are continually captivated by the sights, stories and sounds of Sri Lankan species along with the opportunity to photograph them in their natural habitats. There is no doubt that Sri Lanka is one of the iconic destinations when it comes to bird watching experiences.

With so many species spread across stunning and diverse habitats including tropical rainforests, wetlands and swamps, grasslands, dry zone forests, it is little wonder why Sri Lanka is recognized across the globe as a birdwatchers paradise.

Our range of experienced guides accommodate many of the most popular Sri Lankan birdwatching areas and wildlife sites throughout the country. Fully customizable privately guided tours of any duration are led by our passionate and experienced professional guides. Whether a beginner or expert we cater for all levels of experience and our high levels of repeat custom show we must be doing something right.

The majority of our bird tours have a relaxed, flexible approach which allows more time for photography, detailed wildlife exploration, leisure time and the region’s people, culture, history and architecture, while allowing the group to see a wide range of bird species.

We choose our tour accommodation carefully, making sure it is to a high standard.



With Wildlife Expeditions you get:

At Wildlife Expeditions we cater to all levels of ability and enthusiasm is more important than knowledge as our experienced leaders are always on hand to assist. Although all of our birdwatching holidays and birdwatching tours are designed specifically for finding birds, we stop wherever possible for other forms of wildlife and previous tour participants have been able to combine birds with their interests in mammals, butterflies, plants, insects etc. Furthermore, whilst the very nature of birdwatching dictates some early-morning starts to ensure that we see as many species as possible, we can frequently arrange for participants to take time off to relax or sightsee, providing that does not conflict with the itinerary of the tour.

We can also arrange customized tours as per customer’s requirement.

We look forward to welcoming you on one of our tours in the near future.

SRI LANKA ITINERARIES

Wildlife Expeditions provides a wide array of tour packages in Sri Lanka. Travel in luxury with your own private vehicle, trek by foot or even fly around our fascinating island. The itineraries below are tailored to give the maximum chances to see all important species of birds and all other wildlife, making use of our many years of experience in leading bird and wildlife tours in Sri Lanka. We can customize these birding tours in Sri Lanka to suit your requirements. You can extend this tour with visit to cultural, and World Heritage Archeological Sites. Whale and dolphin watching is good extension to the tour. And you can be a relaxing in a tropical sandy beach as per your wish.

We can also arrange customized tours as per customer’s requirement.

Recommended group size: 1 to 14
Most productive time to visit: From mid-October to end March, but endemic bird tours can be operating throughout the year.

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  • Birding and Wildlife tour in Sri Lanka - 07 Days 06 Nights
  • Cultural tour in Sri Lanka - 09 Days 08 Nights
  • Birding and Wildlife tour in Sri Lanka - 10 Days 09 Nights
  • Birding and Wildlife tour in Sri Lanka - 11 Days 10 Nights
  • Birding, wildlife and Cultural tour in Sri Lanka - 11 Days 10 Nights
  • Birding and Wildlife tour with a Whale watching extension, in Sri Lanka - 12 Days 11 Nights
  • Birding, Mammals and other wildlife tour in Sri Lanka - 14 Days 13 Nights
  • Birding, Mammals and other wildlife tour with Whale watching in Sri Lanka - 14 Days 13 Nights
  • Birding, Mammals and other Wildlife tour in Sri Lanka - 15 Days 14 Nights
  • Birding, Mammals and other Wildlife tour in Sri Lanka - 18 Days 17 Nights
  • Birding, Mammals and other Wildlife tour in Sri Lanka - 21 Days 20 Nights
  • Birding, Mammals, Whale watching, other wildlife and cultural tour in Sri Lanka - 21 Days 20 Nights
  • Beach Holiday in Sri Lanka - 6 Days 5 Nights
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    Facts at a Glance

    Time: Sri Lanka’s time is GMT +5hrs 30mins.

    Communication: Most Sri Lankans could speak English in most parts of the country. Signboards and names would be mostly in Sinhala the national language but many would be in English as well.  Signboards in shops even in remote areas would have the name of the town at the bottom in English most often, this helps you, when using a map while travelling instead of stopping and asking.

    Currency: Sri Lankan Rupee. One Sri Lanka Rupee (LKR) is divided into 100 Sri Lanka cents. Currency notes are in the denominations of Rs.10/-, Rs.20/-, Rs.50, Rs.100/-, Rs.500/-, Rs.1000/-, Rs.2000/- and Rs.5000/-. Coins commonly in use are the following denominations: 5 cents, 10 cents, 25 cents, 50 cents, 01 rupees, 02 rupees, 05 rupees and 10 rupees.

    Credit Cards: Most of the hotels and shops accept reputed Credit Cards. Cash advances are possible against credit cards in certain banks and island wide network of ATM’s enable you to withdraw cash when required.

    Mobile Phone services: Many popular mobile telephone services operating in Sri Lanka. But most popular networks are Dialog and Mobitel, which serve Colombo and the suburbs. A wide range of services and packages are offered by both. The Katunayeke International Airport has desks of most networks. Mobile phone call rates are relatively cheap, both for local and international calls. You could purchase scratch cards at any small stalls or corner shop in order to update the value.

    WI-FI and Internet: All the hotels offer free Wi-Fi facility except lodges in remote areas. Most hotels would have a desk providing your internet facilities.

    Electricity: 230-240 VOLTS 50 CYCLES A.C. (most hotels would provide you with adaptors when required bringing a three pin round adapter is generally used in all hotels square pin may be of no use).

    Tourist Police: A fully fledged tourist police force has been established throughout the island.

    Holidays: Sri Lanka has a five working day week. In addition to Saturdays, Sundays and special Public Holidays, the full moon day (Poya day) of each month is a public holiday.

    Alcohol consumption: Alcoholic drinks are freely available at hotels, public bars, restaurants, wine shops, stores & super markets. However, sale of liquor is prohibited on Poya days (Full moon days). All the hotel bars and restaurants also observe this rule.

    Useful Addresses: Sri Lanka Tourism- Kandy, Travel information center, Cultural triangle office, 16 Deva veediya, kandy . Tel: 081-2222661 – Sri Lanka Tourism also maintains an information center at the Bandaranaike international Airport, Katunayake- Tel: 011-2252411. Sri Lanka Tourism- Colombo, Travel information center, 80, Galle road, Colombo 3. Tel: 011- 2437059, 011-2437060, 011-2437055.

    Duty free shops: The duty free shop and several other shops at the Transit and Departure Lounge sell an extensive range of well Known brands of liquor, Chocolates, hi-fi equipment,

    cameras, cosmetics, perfumes, electrical appliances, gems, souvenirs, ceramics, handicrafts, batiks, books, and picture postcards of Sri Lanka. Payment is accepted only in foreign currency.

    Airport: Bandaranaike International Airport, Tel: 011-2252861/7 and 011-2255555. Flight Information Tel: 011-2263047

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    Television: Other than two state owned TV channels Rupavahini and the ITN, there are several private channels – MTV, Sirasa TV, TNL, ETV, Swarnavahini, Derana and Shakthi TV (Tamil) ART TV carries CNN news bulletins. Most hotels have satellite TV where one has access to most foreign channels CNN, BBC, Aljazeera etc.

    Newspapers: English - Daily: The Island, Daily Mirror, Ceylon Daily News, On Sundays: Sunday Observer, Sunday Island the Sunday Times, the Sunday Leader.

    Land area: 65,610 Sq. km

    Maximum breadth: 224 Km

    Maximum length: 432 Km

    Capital City: Colombo

    Administrative units: 9 provinces, 25 Districts, 256 Divisions and 160 electorates.

    Highest peak: Pidurutalagala 2,524 m

    Longest River: Mahaweli 335 km

    Highest waterfall: Bambarakanda 241m.

    Mean annual temperature: 27 centigrade in the lowlands, 15 centigrade in the highlands.

    Annual rainfall: 2,500 mm to over 5,000 mm in the wet zone (Southwest) Less than 1,250 mm in the dry zone

    Rainy Seasons: Southwest Monsoon from May to August (rain to wet zone) – Northeast Monsoon from November to February (rain to dry zone)

    Population: 21 million

    Literacy by %: Male-91%, Female-83%

    Ethnicity by %: Sinhala-74%, Tamil-18%, Moor-7%, Other-1%

    Religions by %: Buddhism-69%, Hinduism-15%, Christianity-8%, Islam-7%.