A family of trackers,
guides & storytellers.
From our base at the edge of Yala National Park, we have spent the last twelve years building private, locally-guided journeys across the whole of Sri Lanka — from Jaffna in the north to Galle Fort in the south.
Started in 2012 —
one jeep,
one family.
Explore Lanka Wild Tours began as a single jeep and a pair of binoculars. We were birdwatchers before we were tour guides — spending mornings at the Tissa tank tracking pelicans and storks, afternoons in Yala learning leopard paths from the old trackers.
Word spread slowly. First came local families, then photographers from Colombo, then birders from Europe who wanted more than a standard safari circuit — dawn departures, hidden waterholes, and the quiet tracks where no other jeeps go. Soon they were asking us to plan the rest of their trip too.
Today we run seven private island-wide packages — Sigiriya and Kandy in the cultural triangle, Ella and Nuwara Eliya in the tea country, Jaffna and Trinco on the northern coast, plus the Yala, Wilpattu and Mirissa wildlife circuits we cut our teeth on. The ethos hasn't changed: small groups, local guides, fair prices, and the place itself always comes first.
Not a tour factory.
A family craft.
Born on the island
We grew up in Tissamaharama — between the paddy fields and Yala's park gates. Sri Lanka isn't a destination for us; it's home.
Locally guided, end to end
Every tour is led by chauffeur-guides we trained ourselves — leopard trackers, birding guides, hill-country drivers, fort historians. No outsourced operators.
Small & private
Maximum six guests per group. Private vehicle, private guide, your own pace. No convoys, no megaphones, no fixed shopping stops.
12+ years on the road
Over a decade of routes, monsoons and migration windows — we know when to chase the elephant gathering and when to skip the queue at Sigiriya.
Twelve years
of wild mornings.
Started with one jeep and a pair of binoculars in Tissamaharama
First international guests — birders, families, photographers
Expanded north — cultural triangle, hill country, Jaffna routes
Seven multi-day island packages, guests from 40+ countries
Guided by
locals, every mile.
We're based in Tissamaharama on the edge of Yala, but our routes cover the whole island — the cultural triangle, the hill-country train, the northern peninsula, the east-coast reefs and the south's wildlife parks. Same trusted guides with you from the first sunrise jeep to the last farewell wave.
Let's plan your trip
together.
Every journey is private and built around what you want to see. Send us a message and we'll design a day — or a week — you'll never forget.
