Guided Jeep Safaris, Glamping, and Camping in Yala, Kumana,
and Lunugamvehera National Parks.
Camp Leopard Sustainable Safari Tours in Yala and service excellence
has been recognized by many awards and has been listed on
Best Glamping Sites in Sri Lanka and Best Places to Stay in Yala.
We are a small Safari Camp renowned for our best practices in Sustainable Safari operations and service excellence, AC Glamping Tents with creature comforts, and experience-oriented exclusive tours. All our tours are carried our with a minium footprint on nature, sustainably, professionally and ethically.
Our tours are curated to cater any traveller’s budget and time frame from young backpackers to groups and families with children visiting Yala National Park, Sri Lanka.
We also happen to have an almost 99.9% success rate in leopard sighting on multi-day tours across different blocks (sectors) of Yala, off the beaten track, since 2016.
However, we CANNOT GUARANTEE any leopard sightings as these are wild animal tracking tours into national parks, not zoological gardens. If you want to see a leopard guaranteed, the best is to visit a Zoo.
It’s Rustic and Homely, yet Professional and Sustainable.
Truly an Authentic Sri Lankan Safari Glamping Experience with the Best Private Safari Rangers on the Island.
Guided Yala Jeep Safaris with the island’s top, professional, ethical/sustainable, and experienced safari guides (Private safari rangers)
Semi-permanent structures yet without compromising the guest creature comforts and safety
Tents are attached to permanent structured ensuite tiled bathrooms with running hot and cold water.
Access to off-the-beaten track, less crowded entrance gates of Yala for different blocks; Katagamuwa (B-1), Galge (B-3), Weheragala (B-5), and Dambakote (B-4).
Our Team speaks excellent English. Making it an exciting and effortless experience in planning and take part in tours. Get in touch with us on WhatsApp
Authentic Sri Lankan ambiance makes you feel homely and cozy in the jungle. We are small; operate only 3 tents to ensure personalized service for each guest.
Yala National park is the oldest and the second largest national park in the Country. It is a secondary growth of the forest where used to be an ancient kingdom over 2000 years ago.
Yala is home for an array of wildlife while the different blocks (sectors) of the park fall under multiple climate zones, changing landscape, vegetation and animal densities different between each block.
Yala is renowned for its highest density of leopards in the world making it the world’s best destination to see a leopard in the wild, even ousting Africa.
Collaborative research carried out by frequent visitors of Yala has identified and profiled over 100 individual leopards in Block 1 it self over 5 years time.
As in climate zones While block 2 of Yala falls under the arid zone, block 1 falls under semi arid and block 3-4-5 extends into intermediate and dryzone. Therefore vegetation in Yala extends from shrub jungles of thorny bushes to dual layered riparian gallery forest with a tree canopy.
When it comes to exciting big animals, all of the terrestrial Ceylon big five, elephants, leopards, bears, wild water buffalos, and wild bores can be encountered in Yala national park.
Also a lesser known top-fact of Yala is that it is also the highest density of mugger crocodiles in the world.
For birding in Yala national park, is like birders paradise! The great yala complex is home to over 200 species of resident birds with over another hundreds of migrant and vagrant species in winter months. There are several bird species endemic to the park itself.
Alone, Yala National Park area extends over 96,000 ha (hectares) among 5 blocks or sectors.
But the Great Yala complex is a bigger nature reserve in the country combining; Yala (Ruhunu), Lunugamvehera (Yala West or Block 6), Kumana (Yala East) National Parks, along with Kataragama, Katagamuwa, Panama-Kudumbigala wildlife sanctuaries and a a Tier 1 protected area called Yala strict nature reserve.
Their safari is a bit more expensive than the ones you will find elsewhere, but you pay for what you get. The safari guide did not get out of the park until i saw a leopard, and the driver was in contact with all other drivers to make sure we did not miss any sightings.
Camp Leopard’s staff will gladly talk to you of you feel like chatting, they will answer your questions about how life is in Sri Lanka, and let you into how it is like to live and grow up here.
Cherry on top was the evening Puja in Kataragama: the guys accompanied us to assist to the rituals and explained to us what was happening, making us feel not as outsiders disturbing, but rather like we were taking part in the ceremony.
To conclude, dear Ruwan, Nikeshal, Earl, Pasan and Wishwa, THANK YOU for your hospitality and kindness!
The safaris were... read more led by high quality guide and driver and we got to see multiple leopards!
Would recommend to anyone!