Guides & Safari Jeep Drivers

.There are a number of excellent guides attached to the Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC)at Wilpattu National Park. If you have booked a DWC bungalow located inside the park one of these guides will accompany you during your stay. It is always better to contact a guide at least a few days before you arrive at the park to ensure the availability of one of them to accompany you into the park. It is customary for you to give them a “tip” at the end of your game drive/ stay.

You should enter the park in a four-wheel drive vehicle with high clearance. There are many safari jeep drivers who are excellent guides. If you are planning to leave your vehicle at the park entrance and hire a safari jeep it is better to contact a safari jeep driver prior to your arrival. All the Safari jeeps at Wilpattu are owned and operated by people from the villages bordering the park. Thus, you will be helping the village community and create an incentive for them to protect the fauna and flora of the park when you hire a safari jeep or stay in one of the guest houses operated by the village community.

Given below are the contact numbers of some of the guides as well as Safari Jeep Drivers at Wilpattu National Park.

Hunuwilagama entrance

DWC Guides

  • Tissa Ratnayake – 0763850068
  • Lahiru Dissanayake – 0717617106
  • Sajith Pushpa Kumara – 0765687911

Safari Jeep Driver Guides

  1. Jagath Wimalasena – 0253253143, 0724925002
  2. Hemantha Wimalasena – 0253253143, 0773024071
  3. Suranga Priyadharshana – 0773430476
  4. Susil Kumara – 0772060008, 0713903504
  5. Sandun Semasinghe - 0761748911
  6. Abeyratne – 0710608307
  7. Asinka Semasinghe- 0776720162
  8. Bobby – 0774059971, 0756254141
  9. Jeevan Nshantha – 0724125078
  10. Supun Jayatilake - 0778661488
  11. Nuwan Devinda – 0771313079
  12. Pathum Neeliya – 0772953449, 0776081823
  13. Amila – 0774693265
  14. Rasika - 0779050703
  15. Somapala – 0717087269
  16. Asoka - 0772201482
  17. Senavi – 0725562117, 0757468960

Eluwankulama Entrance

DWC Guides

  1. Aslam – 0777235923

Safari Jeep Driver Guides

  • Amith Wirasinghe – 0705382655, 0762862464
  • Kanchana – 0765890063
  • Sanoose – 0775811344
  • Akalanka - 0779462628

 
   

Tips on Fuel, Food & Accommodation at Wilpattu National Park

There are a few small shops which offer a variety of dry rations as well as frozen meats, bottled water and chilled soft drinks along the Wilpattu road.

Nochciyagama town, which is about 20-minute drive from the Wilpattu turn off towards Anuradapura, is the largest town close to the park where Hospitals, Pharmacies, Commercial Banks, Grocery shops, Fuel stations etc. are all available. The closest fuel station is at Saliya Wewa, between Puttalam and Wilpattu turn off which is open around the clock. Well-stocked supermarkets are found at Chilaw and Puttalam. Regional hospitals are located at Puttalam as well as Nochchiyagama but in case of an emergency such as a poisonous snakebite or cardiac arrest one should rush the patient to the main government Hospital at Anuradapura, which is about a 45-minute drive from the park.  

Park Bungalows / Camping Sites

The holiday bungalows and camp sites located inside the park are owned and operated by the Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC). On the first Monday of each month bookings are accepted for the following month at the head quarters of the DWC located at 811A, Jayanthipura Road, Battaramulla. Bungalows also can be booked on line by accessing the DWC web site www.dwc.gov.lk You may contact the DWC on 0112888585 or 0112868323 for further details.

These bungalows and camp sites are located at picturesque locations and can accommodate a maximum of 10 adults.  The bungalows operate on electricity generated by solar power and will offer you basic facilities. Each bungalow is provided with a cook and a caretaker who should be provided with the provisions/dry rations for cooking. Camping sites will have a toilet and the rest is up to you. you are required to remove all your garbage out of the park upon your return.

Hunuwilagama entrance

Hotels & Guest Houses out side the Park

  1. Turtle Pond Resort – turtlepondwilpattu.com, 0777326382
  2. Thimbiri Wewa Resort – 0777123456, thimbiriwewaresort@gmail.com
  3. Dolosmahe Guest House - 0772060265, 0713903504
  4. Wilpattu Tree House – 0773767113
  5. Wanamalgama Guest House – 0773061878, 0713441778
  6. Claughton Wild – 0777720520, 0712725470
  7. Leopard Den Hotel – 0253259128, 0772465959
  8. Wilpattu Neembuva Resort – 0766882074
  9. Visit Wilpattu Guest House – www.visitwilpattu.com, 0778661488
  10. Safaria Lodge Wilpattu – 0778243161, 0724141772

Bungalows / Safari Camps out side the Park

  1. Wilpattu Safari Camp – www.wilpattusafaricamp.com, 0777672503, 0777155020
  2. Anuhas Holiday Home - 0773064398
  3. Wilpattu Bungalow – 0773739057
  4. Park View Bungalow – 0774809113
  5. Willys Safari Bungalow – 0112806311, 0112805313

Eluwankulama entrance

Hotels & Guest Houses out side the Park

  1. Wild Wadi www.wildwadiwilpattu.com - 0770097888, 0771661818
  2. Back Waters - 0763313119
  3. Leopard Lakes – 0777767777
  4. Wilpattu House – 0770682743, 0778584009

Bungalows / Safari Camps out side the Park

  1. Wilpattu Tree House – 0773767113
  2. Hotel Gangewadiya – 0772381215
  3. Governers Camp - 0777568280