About Leopard Yala Safari, Tissamaharama: A family business at the edge of the park.
We are based in Tissamaharama, twenty minutes from the Yala gates, and run by Mr. Hishan Didulanga, owner & lead guide. Our drivers grew up beside these blocks and track for a living.
- Tissamaharama, Southern Province
- Six, never more
- Monday – Sunday, 4:30 AM – 7:00 PM
- 4.9/5 · 43 reviews
Private
The jeep is yours, even if there are two of you.
Private means private. Nobody else is put in the vehicle, you set the start time, and you decide how long to stay with a sighting instead of being driven on to keep somebody else's schedule.
From three travellers up it is also the cheaper choice - US$60 for the whole jeep against US$78 for three people sharing on a 4-hour safari.
Shared
For two, sharing still makes sense.
On a shared safari you join other travellers in the jeep, at US$26 per person for four hours, US$40 for seven and US$65 for a full day.
You still get the same drivers, the same jeeps and the same gate time. What you give up is control of the morning.
Money
Pay now, or after we confirm.
Pay the package fee online by PayPal or card when you book, or by bank transfer once we have confirmed. If we cannot run your date, a payment is refunded in full. Park entrance is separate and paid at the park, unless your tour states that tickets are included.
Full refund if cancelled 24 hours or more before the start time. No refund within 24 hours. If we cancel for bad weather you get a new date or a full refund.
Who you deal with
Mr. Hishan Didulanga
Owner & Lead Guide. Hishan answers the WhatsApp messages, confirms the jeeps and, more often than not, drives one of them.
All of our drivers speak English and work the radio network that follows leopard movement across Block 1 through the morning. None of them will promise you a leopard — and all of them will give you the best chance of one.
Where we collect you
Free pickup, and then some.
Hotel pickup and drop-off from Tissamaharama, Kataragama, Kirinda, Weerawila, Mahasenpura, Debarawewa, Pannegamuwa Junction, Yoda Kandiya, Sella Kataragama, Palatupana. Shore excursions start and end at Hambantota Port or Shangri-La Hambantota.
