Guides & Safari Jeep Drivers
There are a number of excellent guides attached to the Department of Wildlife Conservation at Wilpattu National Park. 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 in to the park. It is customary for you to give them a “tip” at the end of your game drive.
You should enter the park in a four-wheel drive vehicle with high clearance. 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 operator prior to your arrival. All the Safari jeeps at Wilpattu are owned and operated by people from the villages bordering the park.
Given below are the contact numbers of some of the guides as well as Safari Jeep Drivers at Wilpattu National Park.
DWC Guides - Hunuwilagama 1. Tissa Ratnayake – 0763850068 DWC Guides - Eluwankulama 1. Aslam – 0777235923 |
Safari Jeep Driver Guides - Hunuwilagama 1. Jagath Wimalasena – 0253253143, 0724925002 Safari Jeep Driver Guides - Eluwankulama |
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. A reasonably well-stocked supermarkets are found at 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.lkYou 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.
Rooms & Guest Houses out side the Park
Hunuwilagama entrance
- Thimbiri Wewa Resort – 0777123456, thimbiriwewaresort@gmail.com
- Dolosmahe Guest House – 0772060265, 0713903504
- Wilpattu Tree House – 0773767113
- Wanamalgama Guest House – 0773061878, 0713441778
- Claughton Wild – 0777720520, 0712725470
- Leopard Den Hotel – 0253259128, 0772465959
- Wilpattu Neembuva Resort – 0766882074
Eluwankulama entrance
- Wild Wadi – 0770097888, 0771661818
- Back Waters – 0763313119
- Leopard Lakes – 0777767777
- Wilpattu House – 0770682743, 0778584009
Bungalows / Safari Camps out side the Park
Hunuwilagama entrance
- Wilpattu Safari Camp – 0777155020
- Aanawila Bungalow – 0777718045
- Anuhas Holiday Home – 0773064398
- Wilpattu Bungalow – 0773739057
- Park View Bungalow – 0774809113
- Willys Safari Bungalow – 0112806311, 0112805313
- Wilpattu Tree House – 0773767113
Eluwankulama entrance
- Wilpattu Tree House – 0773767113
- Hotel Gangewadiya – 0772381215
- Governers Camp – 0777568280