I had a private jeep safari for a full day. I agreed it on phone with The Janaka Safari.
SPOILER WARNING - Do not read, if you want to be excited what you will see there!
Full day was a bit too much, as I didn't get to see Leopards, which I (and everybody else) were excited to see. But the trip with the Janaka Safari was well organized, car was a big maxitruck (Bolero?), with four seats. All communications were handled through phone and worked just as planned. Price I will not put here on internet, but you can contact me personally, if you want to hear details about the trip.
Seats were adjustable, but there were no safety belts, which a bit killer during the higher speeds while driving from Tissamaharama to Yala National Park. Actually, when we got back from safari, driver almost drive over cattle. Couple men were taking their pack of "meat sources" at the road and basically blocking everything on that side of the road. As it's already dark, when full day (or evening) safaris end, driver didn't see those animals in time at was quite a quick stop. I would have appreciated safety belts... but no harm was done. :)
I saw:
- About 7 different wild elephants (some I saw couple times)
- A lot of beautiful birds (Jungle cock is Sri Lanka's national bird and is endemic)
- A baby crocodiles and couple adult crocodiles
- land monitor lizard (have to say, that this was awesome spotting from the driver)
- Mangustis (name is not probably written like that, you now this species from animation videos?)
- Water buffalos (They are huge too)
- Wild boars (having their butts in the mud)
- Spotted deer
- Sambala deer (didn't get to see the small deer)
- Toads, but they were in the water, so it's questionable how much of them I really saw. ;)
Some highlights from my pictures:
Green bee-eater
Peacock in its colourfulness
Crocodile and egrets
Indian Cormorants and Eurasian Spoonbill (possibly)
Eagle
Mongooses playing
Crested Serpent Eagle
Yellow-Wattled Lapwing
Toads
Pelican drying its wings and Spotted Deer coming drinking
Spotted deer checking, if it is safe to come drinking
Yes, it was safe to drink here
White-throated Kingfisher
Male Elephant (being angry)
Wild Boar (notice Spotted Deer at the left)
I spotted this black bird flying to its nest to feed its baby (no idea what bird this is)
There is one really special looking place, where is a bigger amount of water, lot of flowers growing in it and a huge amount of pelicans flying over that area. They have nests there, in dead trees, so they protect the area all the time. It's really beautiful scene. Sadly I would have needed much better lens to camera, than 70 - 300.
One tip: if you go to safaris, always try to get the first seats. Going is rough on those roads, and even on second row seats, the going is much more harder, than on the first row. This is an advice I got from British couple, who said they were doing a longer trip in asia. I shared my lunch from them and expect that they had their trip organized by Janaka also. They had some good advices.
Second tip: Remember to add your moisturizer/sun block during the safari. ;)
Someone did forget and afternoon was burning my skin.
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