Shore Excursions · SRI LANKA SHORE EXCURSIONS
This is the shortlist you would send a friend with the same itinerary: 10 sri lanka shore excursions worth the money, each with its price, its traveller verdict and the one thing to check before you pay.
Review of Yala safari from Hambantota Port, with wildlife sightings, jeep comfort, guide quality, costs, timing, and practical cruise tips.
“Koshana was a great Hilux driver and guide. He kept us safe and shared plenty of useful information about Yala National Park and its wildlife. He was very friendly and professional. Thank you, Koshana!”
Yala safari from Hambantota Port with a private 4WD jeep, wildlife sightings, park fees, and practical advice for cruise passengers.
“The animals are more active in the early or later part of the day. The jeeps are required to stay on the path and when there is an sighting the road path gets very crowded and some jeeps do not move until the sighting is over.”
Review of the $67 Udawalawe safari from Hambantota Port, with wild elephants, an elephant transit home, transport tips, and honest value advice.
“Amazing and easy logistics. Met at port with very high quality transport. Friendly knowledgeable guide. Great trip and surpassed all expectations. One of the very best tours we have done. Highly recommended!”
Review of a Yala safari from Hambantota port, covering wildlife, cost, transport, timing, park fees, jeep comfort, and who should book.
“Booked for 11am, kept getting texts to say meet at 9am, then when we said we couldn't, constantly pestering us to come quick. Met by 5 men to rake us to car - quite scary. Drove to Yala with driver on phone most of the time - that cost £104 tRead more”
Review of Colombo’s private shore tour, with temples, museums, markets, port pickup, pricing, itinerary advice, and practical tips.
“pleasant guide and accommodating to our needs and interests. Nice tour of city and included visit to gem and teas store without any forcing to purchase”
Review of Colombo’s private port tour to Kelaniya Temple, Pettah, temples, landmarks, shopping, and safe ship return for $45.
“I booked the tour for my family of 6. I was able to communicate with tour company via WhatsApp as early as October. I find that really helpful. As soon as we got if the gangway, we could see the tour company booth already. Tour guide was friendly but spoke minimal English. I felt he was more of a chaperone than a tour guide. Couldn't answer some of the questions about history of some places. Conversation got a bit dry after a while so we requested to be dropped off at a shopping mall (One Galle Face Mall) for last part of the tour, arranged a time for them to…”
Review of the Yala safari from Hambantota Port, with jeep details, wildlife odds, costs, timing, and practical advice before booking.
“Worst shore excursion I have been on ever. 5 hours of rattling around on potholed roads to a “game park “ which consisted of a lot of foliage and a total dearth of animals. What a total waste of money. I don’t know how they can even term this a “safari””
Review of Yala safari from Hambantota Port, covering wildlife, costs, transport, guide quality, timing, and whether this shore excursion is worth booking.
“Provider did not show up. I was let down terribly absolutely devastated.”
Review of Colombo’s private shore excursion, covering temples, museums, markets, the Lotus Tower, transport, value, and practical tips.
“Our purpose for visiting Sri Lanka was to visit the Buddha temples and to pray. Our tour guide Mr. Kosala was an excellent and professional person. He constantly made efforts to explain Buddhism along the journey, and also diligently Read more”
Review of Colombo’s small-group cruise shore tour, covering Pettah, Seema Malakaya, Old Parliament, transport, value, and booking tips.
“The meet and greet part of this tour was awful. It was supposed that the pick up point would from inside the port as mentioned in the tour details, and I have paid additional money for that since there was another cheaper tour but pick up Read more”
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