The 15 Best Hambantota Tours & Shore Trips

Yala National Park Safari Tours - Half Day & Full Day - The five-hour half-day safari

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 161 reviews · 6 - 12 hours · from $25Our pick

Review of Yala National Park half-day and full-day safaris, with leopard sightings, expert guides, meals, transfers, costs, and practical tips.

“Absolutely fantastic day! Our guide was fabulous and so knowledgeable. He showed us all the animals possible to see within yala with a very close sighting of a leopard (Lucas king of yala). We could not ask for a better person to take us around yala. The breakfast and lunch provided was excellent too! Would not hesitate to recommend the full day tour to anyone...if you get our guide you will be very pleased I'm sure! Thank you so much for a truly memorable experience”

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Yala National Park Safari Tour From Hambantota port

2.Yala National Park Safari Tour From Hambantota port

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 102 reviews · from $57

Review of the Yala safari from Hambantota, covering wildlife, timing, costs, jeep comfort, port pickup, guides, and practical booking tips.

“A great way to see wildlife in Sri Lanka!! The open safari buses bring the outside closer. A very interesting rude from Hambantotan port to the park seeing paddy fields & rural life.Geeta? The driver was great & understood that we wanted to see as much wildlife as possible going out of his way to find a herd of elephants and many other different animals stopping so that we could take photos. He helped us with the park entry fee . Afterwards he was happy to take us to Hambantota town. A very memorable day and just glad the jeep survived back to our ship”

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Udawalawe Safari Adventure

3.Udawalawe Safari Adventure

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 76 reviews · from $18Top rated

See elephants, crocodiles, monkeys, buffalo, and birds on a three-hour Udawalawe jeep safari with an experienced local guide.

“This safari experience was amazing! I will highly recommend the guide Lahiru Prasad, he answered all our questions and also was very informative about all the animals and creatures living in the national park. He has work as a guide in 8 yearRead more”

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Yala Safari Tour from Hambantota Port by Ajith Safaris

4.Yala Safari Tour from Hambantota Port by Ajith Safaris

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 67 reviews · from $50

Review of Ajith Safaris’ Yala tour from Hambantota Port, with leopard hopes, elephant sightings, costs, timing, comfort, and cruise-day tips.

“Enjoyable tour with lots of elephants up close. The driver did very well but a separate guide wood have been better.”

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Udawalawa Safari & Elephants Orphanage Tour from Hambantota port

5.Udawalawa Safari & Elephants Orphanage Tour from Hambantota port

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 63 reviews · from $57

Review of the Udawalawe safari and elephant transit home from Hambantota, with costs, timing, wildlife, comfort tips, and cruise-port advice.

“Great trip! Got picked up from cruise ship and driver was very good with giving information about different things! A must trip to see the Elephants!”

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Yala National Park Safari |From Hambantota Port (Shore Excursion)

6.Yala National Park Safari |From Hambantota Port (Shore Excursion)

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 61 reviews · from $75

Review of Yala National Park Safari from Hambantota Port, with wildlife tips, guide details, jeep comfort, timing, price, and practical advice.

“A trip to Yala is definitely worth it as a shore excursion. Our guide didn’t do much for us, however. When we got to the park, he didn’t point out wildlife, but stopped when we asked him to so we could take pictures of what we spotted. He wRead more”

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Yala National Park: 7 hour & 12 hour Leopard Safari Tours

7.7 hour & 12 hour Leopard Safari Tours

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 46 reviews · 7 - 13 hours · from $18

Spot leopards, elephants, sloth bears, crocodiles, and birds on a guided Yala safari with hotel pickup, meals, and 4x4 transport.

“Great day trip! Picked up promptly and taken to Yala, saw lots of animals but sadly did not see a leopard (you can never guarantee with wild animals!) but saw bears,birds and lots of crocs so was still an incredible day. Breakfast was sensational with an incredible view! Our guide when above and beyond to try find us all the animals and spot them for us! Note the cost does not include park entrance fee which is 22000 rupees- pay in cash at the entrance so make sure you have this!”

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Yala Safari from Hambantota Port by BTM – Private & All Inclusive

8.Yala Safari from Hambantota Port by BTM – Private & All Inclusive

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 43 reviews · from $135

Review of a private Yala safari from Hambantota Port, with cruise pickup, park fees, private transfers, wildlife tips, and honest advice.

“Great full day tour of Yala, unfortunately no sighting of leopard but lots of other animals to see!! Our guide was waiting for us as agreed in a private car at the meeting point at the cruise terminal to whisk us off to meeting point for the off roRead more”

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Udawalawe National Park 6-Hour Private Safari Tour

9.Udawalawe National Park 6-Hour Private Safari Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 41 reviews · from $55

A private six-hour Udawalawe safari with elephant sightings, a local jeep guide, hotel pickup, snacks, and flexible timing.

“We had a great private safari experience at the Udawalawe national park. Our driver Naveen was very helpful and showed us all the animals we wanted to see. The tour operator was flexible when we wanted to come in early for the safari.”

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Yala National Park Tour From Hambantota Port

10.Yala National Park Tour From Hambantota Port

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 39 reviews · from $47

Review of the Yala National Park safari from Hambantota Port, with leopard spotting, jeep comfort, costs, guides, timing, and practical tips.

“An excellent trip to explore the National Park and hunt for the leopards. Sandhul proved an excellent driver, safety and comfort conscious while searching for the best wildlife experiences. Pick up from the ship was easy, based on good communication by the company.”

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Udawalawe Safari Day Trip with Return Transport – All Inclusive

11.Udawalawe Safari Day Trip with Return Transport – All Inclusive

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 32 reviews · from $180

Review of Udawalawe safari with private transport, jeep drive, elephant transit home, lunch, park fees, and hotel pickup.

“It was really a very nice experience. All the transfer was very good organized, no problem at all. Lunch was nice. The tour was very interesting, guide showed us a lot of things. Because of the dry season and the noon sun a lot of animals have hidden themselves in the trees. But overall was very nice.”

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Udawalawe Private Safari frm Hambantota Port by BTM-All Inclusive

12.Udawalawe Private Safari frm Hambantota Port by BTM-All Inclusive

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 31 reviews · from $135

Review of the private Udawalawe safari from Hambantota Port, with elephants, private transfers, park fees, lunch, and cruise-friendly timing.

“We had an excellent experience doing this excursion . The driver met us at the port in a very clean, newer car and whisked us off to the park in 45 minutes. We were quickly loaded into a safari vehicle with our driver/ guide and off we wRead more”

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YALA BLOCK 5 & 6 (Weheragala & Lunugamwehera) Safari Tours

13.YALA BLOCK 5 & 6 (Weheragala & Lunugamwehera) Safari Tours

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 31 reviews · 5 - 12 hours · from $36

A quieter Yala safari through Blocks 5 and 6, with expert guides, fewer jeeps, elephants, birds, crocodiles, and possible leopards.

“Our guide was super good! We saw so many animals! And he did everything to show us around and show us very special animals!”

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Bundala National Park Safari (PRIVATE TOURS)

14.Bundala National Park Safari (PRIVATE TOURS)

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 26 reviews · 5 hours · from $36

A quiet five-hour private safari in Bundala National Park, with expert bird spotting, elephants, lagoons, crocodiles, and coastal views.

“This was a great tour of the Bundala National Park. Lots of birds, crocodiles, monkeys, lizards and several elephants up very close to the safari jeep. Ishan was an excellent guide and was very knowledgeable and gave us lots of information on all the birds and animals. Highly recommend this tour company and this tour.”

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Yala National Park Safari from Hambantota port (Shore Excursion)

15.Yala National Park Safari from Hambantota port (Shore Excursion)

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 25 reviews · from $45

Review of Yala Safari from Hambantota Port: wildlife, costs, timing, port pickup, jeep comfort, and practical booking advice.

“Most friendly and fun tour. Just be aware if you’re on a cruise ship, the port is so large that you will may need a ride to the port exit gate to meet the guide. The tour met a bit earlier that the port shuttles were running but we were lucky somRead more”

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