Day Tour Sinharaja Rain Forest

Spend the day exploring the Sinharaja Rainforest with a guide on this private or group tour from Bentota or requested Location in Sri Lanka. You’ll enjoy personalized attention and the ability to focus on aspects of the area that interest you. After your day’s tour, return to Bentota or requested Location in Sri Lanka by way of a local rubber plantation and a stop in a typical rural Sri Lankan village. Private or Group tour for you and your party Round-trip private or Group transportation Guided commentary on the local flora and fauna Personalized attention and tailored itinerary

What to Expect Sinharaja Forest Reserve is a national park and a biodiversity hotspot in Sri Lanka. It is of international significance and has been designated a Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The hilly virgin rainforest, part of the Sri Lanka lowland rain forests ecoregion, was saved from the worst of commercial logging by its inaccessibility and was designated a World Biosphere Reserve in 1978 and a World Heritage Site in 1988. The reserve’s name translates as Lion Kingdom. The reserve is only 21 km (13 mi) from east to west, and a maximum of 7 km (4.3 mi) from north to south, but it is a treasure trove of endemic species, including trees, insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. Because of the dense vegetation, wildlife is not as easily seen as at dry-zone national parks such as Yala. There are about 3 elephants and the 15 or so leopards are rarely seen. The most common larger mammal is the endemic purple-faced langur. An interesting phenomenon is that birds tend to move in mixed feeding flocks, invariably led by the fearless greater racket-tailed drongo and the noisy orange-billed babbler. Of Sri Lanka’s 26 endemic birds, the 20 rain-forest species all occur here, including the elusive red-faced malkoha, green-billed conical and Sri Lanka blue magpie.