Special Elephant Safari Tent Adventure, Sri Lanka

Come experience a real jungle adventure and simple living in harmony with wild nature. The eco lodge situated 10 km southeast of Buttala is carefully fitted into impressive surroundings, with elephant tracks, bush-jungle, mature tall forest, rocky hills, and abundant wildlife. Completely off the beaten track, the lodge is a special and non-touristic place to stay and is about location and experience rather than just another accommodation option. Come to live and walk with nature in the Weliara jungles, an isolated wilderness in the remote southeastern region of Sri Lanka. The Weliara jungle is hidden between Yala National Park and the Rahat Kanda mountains – a 20 km steep ridge of rocky hills separating civilization from wilderness.

Most prominent amongst the wild visitors are the elephants; they can frequently be observed from the lodge itself. The bush and forest around the lodge is connected to a natural part of the Yala jungles in the southeast corner of Sri Lanka, a region probably accommodating more than 500 wild elephants. Mostly during the dry season, herds of elephants move around in the area, attracted by food and water holes. A few male elephants are resident in the Weliara jungle, and from time to time elephant herds are come into the area. Night in the jungle is an experience of darkness and hypnotizing sounds of wilderness. Elephants frequently visit the lodge premises at night and sometimes even before the daylight fades around 6 – 7 pm. They can be heard or seen near the lodge at night, and seen as dark shadows gliding over the landscape when the moon is full. When elephants pass by they are usually very silent but occasionally they are heard breaking branches or trumpeting. This is nightlife in Sri Lanka. An experience of a lifetime.