Shehan Safari Private Jeep Tours

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Sri Deepankara Mawatha, Debarawewa
Added by Jopie, at 25 September 2014

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• Anonymous

  14 March 2018

  Wonderful service, very good accommodation, excellent welcome from Durham Safaris. excellent and friendly drivers. I would highly recommend to book your Yala Safari Tour with them.

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• Anonymous

  08 March 2018

  We were travelling to Sri Lanka in a group of four. I had organised our Yala Park jeep safari prior to our arrival via e-mail. So we arrived at the office just at the agreed time of 2 p.m. Everything was fine. We paid the agreed amount and hopped on the jeep in front of the office. After a 30 minutes drive we reached the park entrance and we had to wait another 15-20 minutes to enter the park among the other 50-100 jeeps. The time passed soon and we had to leave the park by 6 p.m. It was dark when we reached the headquarters of the safari company where our private minibus was waiting for us.
  The jeep stoped on the side of the road and all climbed down from the seats on the back of the vehicle. The driver jumped onto the back of the car and asked if we took everything. We thought we took all our belongings so we answered yes. We also gave him som tips. Than we said goodbye and we left with our minibus to a nearby local restaurant. After a few minutes the driver surprisingly showed up at the restaurant and asked where we were heading. Our next accommodation was in Galle so we told him. He said goodbye and left.
  When we arrived at the accommodation I realised that I had left my 200 USD tripod on the floor next to the seat on the jeep. Because it was late I did not want to call the company immediately so we called them next morning. The owner told me that he will look for the tripod and call back. To my biggest surprise he called back and told me that there was nothing on the jeep. I mentioned that the driver came to the restaurant and that he had asked us about our destination. So after 5 minutes the driver called us in a rather impolite tone, saying that we told him “we had everything” why would we complain now.I tried to tell him that we believed we had everything but this was not the case. He insisted that we had no right to complain, a.k.a. “No complains after leaving the counter”.
  
  Later the owner of the company sent me some cctv footage trying to prove that we had the tripod when we entered our bus but it turned out that it was the gimbal my friend Kornel was holding.
  
  In our final telephone conversation the owner told me he will be looking into more cctv footage from neighbouring shops to check wether the driver had taken anything from the jeep after we left. I have not heard from him since so I assume that I have to consider my new tripod as “lost”.
  
  I am traveling a lot and I have been to many parts of the world. I do my best no to forget anything anywhere but from time-to-time it happens. This is one of the few occasions if left something of considerable value that I did not get back. I consulted my travel buddies and we are commonly sure that the tripod remained on the jeep when we left. What happened to it after that is unknown.
  
  After this experience I started reading the other negative comments and I found quite some similarities to our experience. I cannot tell you if the service of other safari companies is better but please take extra care about your belongings if you decide to choose this particular company for your Yala Safari.

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• Anonymous

  03 March 2018

  Booked a full day trip. Excellent day out.

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• Anonymous

  06 June 2017

  Dilan (the driver) is the best leopard-finder. Despite the fact that it was not our goal to see the leopard - we saw it three times. Dilan was understanding, unobtrusive and tried to show as many animals as possible. We saw elephants, deers, wild boars, lizard, mongoose, hare, peacocks, various birds, monkeys, etc.
  We ordered a private tour for 2 persons from 5 till 10 am - that was more than enough.
  The only thing - we weren't provided with binoculars, but we had the one of our own.

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• Anonymous

  02 December 2016

  best safari jeep provider

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• Anonymous

  02 October 2014

  Impressed by the professional service offered by Shehan Safaris when they organized our trip to Yala & Bundala National Park last November.We checked several travel agencies and found here the most reasonable price, and ended up being the best choice. Our driver were wonderful, the guides was perfect, food was great, We saw lots and lots of animals, specially 2 Leopards.

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