You will first meet up with the Sri Lanka Day Tours Represenatative and your birding safari guide at Deniyaya Town from where we will arrange the transportation from Deniyaya Town to Kurulugala Entrance Gate which is 40 minutes drive.
The morning tour is the best for bird watching, ideally to start between 6.00 a.m. to 6.30 a.m. and the evenig walk is from 3.00pm to 6.00pm
While bird watching in Sinharaja, you will have opportunities to relax and indulge in once-in-a-lifetime photography.
Your guide will take you through man-made trails as well.
After bird watching and walking for two hours, you will head for the waterfalls, elusively hidden in the Sinharaja Rainforest.
You can decide on how far you are going to walk inside the jungle depending on your capacity. You can have your lunch once you come out of jungle or ask us to organise you a picnic meal so you can enjoy the meals during the picnic. 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 rainforest species all occur here, including the elusive Red-faced Malkoha, Green-billed Coucal and Sri Lanka Blue Magpie. Reptiles include the endemic Green pit viper and Hump-nosed vipers, and there are a large variety of amphibians, especially tree frogs. Invertebrates include the endemic Common Birdwing butterfly and the inevitable leeches.
After 3 hours trekking, you will be back at the entrance finishing the tour.
