Tangalle Trip Overview
This is the classical wildlife excursion from Tangalle to Udawalawe National Park. But apart from the jeep safari in the park famous for wild elephant, you will also see the nursing and transit home for orphaned elephant babies and one of the ancient sites of southern Sri Lanka.
Our experienced drivers are known for careful driving. They have been doing these tours for 5 years. Their cultural & historical expertise well-founded.
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Duration: 8 to 10 hours
Starts: Tangalle, Sri Lanka
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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What to Expect When Visiting Tangalle, Southern Province, Sri Lanka
This is the classical wildlife excursion from Tangalle to Udawalawe National Park. But apart from the jeep safari in the park famous for wild elephant, you will also see the nursing and transit home for orphaned elephant babies and one of the ancient sites of southern Sri Lanka.
Our experienced drivers are known for careful driving. They have been doing these tours for 5 years. Their cultural & historical expertise well-founded.
Stop At: Ramba Viharaya, Hambantota, Tangalle Sri Lanka
The Ramba Vihara is a rarely visited archaeological site, though it’s one of the historically most significant excavation in the southern part of Sri Lanka. The small monastic buildings, ruins of which can still be studied, are from the late Anuradhapura period. In the Polonnaruwa period, this area became the capital of southern Sri Lanka then known as Rohana.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Elephant Transit Home (ETH), 5km west of the Uda Walawe National Park entrance, Udawalawe National Park Sri Lanka
Before entering the national park, you will be visiting the Udawalawe Elephant Transit Home, where orphaned elephant babies are nursed and made fit for later rehabilitation and release back to the wild.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Udawalawe National Park Sri Lanka
First and foremost, Udawalawe National Park is famous for wild elephants. Small groups of cow elephants with babies and juveniles can be seen throughout the year in this wildlife area. Bull elephants, some of them tuskers, can be seen as loners or in very small groups of juveniles at the shores of the large lake.
Duration: 3 hours
