Wilpattu Safari Camp

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C/O Wimal Stores, Hunuwilagamuwa, Wilpattu Road, Horuwila 20850
Added by Jopie, at 11 October 2017

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• Priyath Salgado

  14 January 2022

  Excellent personal service. Nothing to complain. Will be going back soon.

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• Henry Throop

  03 January 2022

  Review Wilpattu
  
  We've been on a lot of safaris in Africa, India, and Sri Lanka. Wilpattu Safari Camp really stands out.
  
  WSC is a small camp, with ~10 guests max. The owners and guides are all expert photographers and wildlife enthusiasts, and it really shows. The focus here is all about the wildlife. Our guide was the camp manager, who is a widely published photographer. In four drives, we saw sloth bears, leopards, elephants, jackal, a mouse deer, monitors, barking deer, sambar, crocs, and many many birds. The camp had been visited by a pangolin a few months earlier, though they are super-elusive and we did not see it.
  
  The camp is simple. The semi-permanent tents have lights, beds, 220V, washrooms w/ toilets + shower. There are fans but no AC (which was fine in December). Food is served communal Sri Lankan-style. Nothing fancy but it's sufficient. If you want a spa, a nightclub, or safe playrooms for a young kid, this would not be the right place.
  
  Regards Wilpattu vs. Yala: Wilpattu is a much denser forest. It's wetter and more vegetated, so it doesn't have the larger open areas that Yala does. The animal density that you see is a little less than at Yala. However, there are also far fewer trucks in the park every day. It's quiet, there aren't many trucks, and it will often seem like you hav the entire park to yourself. (At Yala, with hundreds of trucks, every leopard sighting is instantly WhatsApp'd between the drivers, and you'll find yourself in a massive pileup of diesel trucks all chasing the same animal. It's horrible.)

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• Vajira Kumarihamy

  31 December 2021

  We stayed two days at the camp while going on safaris. Superb atmosphere and gives the feeling that you are in a jungle. Hospitality at it maximum as they look into our needs so closely and help us in everyway they can. Tent is spacious, bathroom is clean. Can enjoy the evening with a camp fire and good tasty food. Very close to the Park and in the morning the walk towards the lake is an extra experience.

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• Kelly Booboo

  10 September 2021

  Very nice safari with great tour guides. A little hard to understand the tour guide but worth the trip.

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• Swan J

  14 December 2020

  Perfectly located right by the park and enmeshed with the local community, the Camp is luxury with a warm and welcoming feel that immediately embraces you and makes you feel like you are exactly where you belong.
  
  The Safaris are expertly conducted with respect, passion and an intensive knowledge of the wildlife in a way that will light an enduring passion for the subject in all.
  
  It only gets better when you return to the camp to relax in absolute comfort and indulge in the most delicious meals. The staff will always go above and beyond to cater to all your needs.
  
  An experience not to be missed, and one that is certainly to be returned to!

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• Nishantha Katugaha

  02 March 2018

  Woow

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• Varuna Dayaratne

  21 January 2018

  Excellent national park and sanctuary to visit for wildlife lovers and birdwatchers. Make sure you go during times where it's dry season where the animals have to come out of the forest areas to drink water. If not you won't get to see much animal activity. There are four hour Jeep Safari tours you can take for very reasonable rates. It's best if you take the early morning tour or evening tour to get the best of seeing birds and animals. Luckily we got to see the leopard and the bear as well.

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• Nathan Pillai

  21 October 2017

  The owners do a great job. Western style standards and service. Highly recommended.

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• Nathan Pillai

  18 October 2017

  Namal is a great host n a passionate environmentalist. Staff are attentive and the food is great.

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