Endemic bird watching tour
Overview
The mother of all bird watching tours in Sri Lanka. This one weeks of bird watching tour in Sri Lanka includes almost major bird watching sites in Sri Lanka with a greater degree of sightings of Endemic Birds in Sri Lanka, the main focus of this bird watching tour of Sri Lanka. Anawilundawa Bird Sanctuary,Muthurajawela Wetlands, Wilpattu National Park, Sigiriya Bird Sanctuary, Udawatta Kele Sanctuary,Hakgala Botanical Garden, Horton Plains National Park, Sinharaja rain forest, Bundala National Park and some of the highly kept secret bird watching sites for endemic birds of Sri Lanka of our bird watching guides which are not in your regular bird watching guide books.
Itinerary
Day 01
- Arrival in Colombo International Airport and meet with our representative
- Transfer to Negombo – 20 minutes drive approximately
- Overnight stay in Negombo
Day 02
- Breakfast at the hotel
- Morning bird watching in Muthurajawela Wetlands
- Transfer to Anawilundawa Wetlands – 2 hours drive approximately
- Afternoon bird watching in Anawilundawa Wetlands which is one of the two most important birding sites in Sri Lanka named by RAMSAR. In Anawilunda Wetlands you would be able to see birds types such as Cormorants, ducks, egrets, herons, storks, eagles, terns, swallows, swifts, kingfishers and other resident birds
- Transfer to Wilpattu – 2 hours drive approximately
- Overnight stay in Wilpattu
Day 03
- Full day safari in Wilpattu National Park from 6 AM to 6 PM to see 8 endemic birds, eagles, water birds and other resident birds (Picnic meals will be served during the safari)
- Transfer to Habarana – 2 hours drive approximately
- Overnight stay in Habarana
Day 04
- Breakfast at the hotel
- In the Morning see some birds near lakes of Kekirawa (Water birds and resident birds)
- After that bird watching in Sigiriya Sanctuary to see Endemic birds, migratory and resident birds, eagles, water birds, swifts, swallows and Falcons
- Transfer to Kandy – 2 ½ hours drive approximately
- In Kandy walk in Udawattakale Sanctuary in Kandy for bird watching. You can see birds such as Parrots, Pigeons, Woodpeckers, barbets, Bul buls, Warblers, sunbirds, flower peckers and fly catchers
- Transfer to Nuwara Eliya – 2 ½ hours drive approximately
- Overnight stay in Nuwara Eliya
Day 05
- Transfer to Horton Plains National Park at 5 AM – 1 ½ hours drive approximately
- Early morning bird watching walk in Horton Plains National Park to see bird such as Pigeons, Parrots, Barbets, Minivets, Cisticolas, Priniyas, Green Wabblers, Thrushes, Chats, Flycatchers, sunbirds, flower peckers, bul buls and White Eyes (Picnic breakfast will be provided during the walk)
- Transfer back to Nuwara Eliya – 1 ½ hours drive approximately
- Afternoon bird watching walk in Hakgala Botanical Garden to see birds such as Mainas, Bul buls, Pigeons, Parrots, Woodpeckers, Shrikes, Blue Magpie, Drongos, Prinias, Warblers, Mynas, Thrushes and flycatchers
- Transfer to Tissamaharama – 4 hours drive approximately
- Overnight stay in Tissamaharama/Yala
Day 06
- Morning safari in Bundala National Park from 6 to 10 AM to see birds such as Terns, Gulls, Ducks, Snipers, Cormorants, Egrets, Quails, Flamingos in the season, Storks, Ibises, Bitterns, Herrons, Pelicans, Eagles, Kites, Ausprey, Eagles, Crakes, Rails, Water cocks, Plovers, Lapwings, Snipers, Godwits, Curlews, Sand pipers, Stints, Pigeons, Cuckoos, Malkohas, Cuckoos, Swifts, Swallows, Bee Eaters, King fishers, Shrikes, Pipits, Larks, Prinias, Tailorbirds, Fantail, Starlings, Weavers and Munias (A picnic breakfast will be served during the safari)
- Afternoon bird watching walk near Tissa Lake and Debarawewa Lake to see birds such as Terns, Ducks, Cormorants, Egrets, Storks, Ibises, Bitterns, Herrons, Pelicans, Eagles, Kites, Lapwings, Sand pipers, Pigeons, Cuckoos, Malkohas, Swifts, Swallows, Bee Eaters, King fishers, Shrikes, Pipits, Larks, Prinias, Tailorbirds, Fantail, Starlings, Munias, Jacana and Owls
- Transfer to Sinharaja Rain Forest near Kudawa entrance – 3 to 3.5 hours drive approximately
- Overnight stay in Sinharaja
Day 07
- Early breakfast at the hotel
- Full day bird watching in Sinharaja Rain Forest in search for birds such as Munias, Flower peckkers, sunbirds, fly catchers, Mynas, Babblers, Monarchs, Wabblers, Prinias, Bul Buls, Wagtails, Drongos, Orioles, Leafbirds, Woodpeckers, barbets, Pigeons, Nuthatchs, Trogans, Hornbills, Blue Magpie, Frogmouths, and Coucals
- Walk for bird watching in a bordering village of Sinharaja Rain Forest to see birds such as Munias, Flower peckkers, sunbirds, fly catchers, Mynas, Babblers, Monarchs, Wabblers, Prinias, Bul Buls, Wagtails, Drongos, Orioles, Leafbirds, Woodpeckers, barbets, Pigeons, Nuthatchs, Hornbills, Blue Magpie, Owls and Coucals
- Overnight in Sinharaja
Day 08
- Breakfast at the hotel
- Transfer to Airport – 3 hour drive approximately
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