Arrive at Deniyaya and meet your Biriding guide and drive to Sinharaja Rest in Deniyaya and check in at your room. A short nap will releif your tiredness and around 2.30pm you will be taken to the Kurulugala Entrance Gate for the evening trail.
Sinharaja rainforest has been designated as a UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site, UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and also a Biodiversity Hotspot by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Before the declaration as a UNESCO world heritage site, Sinharaja Rain Forest Reserve was declared as a Forest Reserve in 1875, Man and Biosphere Reserve in 1978 and National heritage wilderness area in 1988. Portuguese, Dutch and English people also have included Sinharaja in their documents for various reasons such as collecting tax from villages who lived near the forest area, to spread their coffee and tea estates, researches which were done about animals and trees in Sinharaja etc…
Today, enjoy a birding trail in the beautiful Sinharaja rainforest that is home to wet lowland forest birds including many endemic species. A specialty of this forest are world’s largest mixed-species bird flocks, averaging up to 42 individual species. The endemic birds of this region include the Sri Lanka junglefowl, Sri Lanka spurfowl, Sri Lanka green-billed coucal, Sri Lanka hanging parakeet, Sri Lanka layard’s parakeet, Sri Lanka red-faced malkoha, Sri Lanka blue magpie, Sri Lanka white-faced starling, crested drongo, serendib scops owl, Sri Lanka spot winged thrush and Sri Lanka scaly thrush. Also, greater flameback woodpecker, Oriental dwarf kingfisher, plum-headed parakeet, Oriental scops owl, and emerald dove can be found in Sinharaja. During the migratory season, Indian pitta, Indian blue robin, brown-breasted flycatcher, brown flycatcher and large-billed leaf warbler join in the diverse avifauna of Sinharaja. Depending on your interest, our guide will help you to identify many butterflies, dragonflies, reptiles and forest mammals too.
After 3 hours trekking, you will be back at the entrance finishing the trail and drive back to your Rest House for enjoying the dinner and overnight stay.
