Safari Tours

 

If you are looking for a holiday with a difference…
One that would take you away from the rush and noise of the city…
Into the cool, green silence of the primitive jungle…
The ELEPHANT BACK SAFARI is just what you would enjoy!


For the first time in Sri Lanka … you can experience the thrill of the unknown….the call of the wild ….as you climb into a Howda and are lifted high on the back of a giant elephant.

Feel the gentle sway become a steady rhythm as you leave the beaten track and venture deep into the heart of the Habarana jungle. As the heat of the overhead sun decreases – blocked out by the spreading arms of the giant trees and jungle vines…As you see the soothing wall of green close in and around you…Feel the primeval heat and strange silence broken only perhaps by the crowing of a jungle fowl – or the mysterious rustling of shrubs nearby – you experience a shiver of anticipantion and know that you are going to have an Unforgettable Adventure!

From Ceylon to Paradise , according to native tradition, is forty miles, there may be heard the “Fountains of Paradise!”

A tribute paid to this Island six centuries ago by a papal legate- one of the many tributes received over the ages, for the Island of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) is a small universe of its' own, containing as many variations of culture, scenery and climate as some countries a dozen times its' size.

And now, for the very first time, you can experience a part of it in a way never before thought of!

The ELEPHANT BACK SAFARI gives you the opportunity of venturing into the unknown and promises you excitement! Four person in a Howda atop a huge Asian elephant(elephas Maximus) accompanied by a trainer or mahout-deep into the jungle upto a water tank, where you might see a varied selection of wildlife such as Deer , Sambhur , Crocodile and the occasional herd of wild elephants coming for a drink or frolicking in the water.

The tank is a nesting ground for migratory water birds and the surrounding jungle abounds with rare species of Butterflies, Fauna and Flora.

A choice of comfortable accommodation in star- class Hotels could be arranged at the Habarana Village, Habarana Lodge, Sigiriya village, Sigiriya Hotel and the Sigiriya Rest-house which lies in the shadow of the famous rock fortress of SIGIRIYA, in close proximity to the starting point of the safari.

Transport from your Hotel to Habarana and return to your hotel could be arranged by us