🏞️ A 7-Day Journey Through the Island’s Rare Birds and Remarkable Wildlife.

Embark on a thrilling 8-day adventure across Sri Lanka’s richest wild habitats from Sinharaja’s endemic bird paradise to Yala’s leopards, Horton Plains’ highland species, and the vibrant wetlands of Udawalawa and Bundala.

Perfect for birders, wildlife photographers, and explorers, this expedition offers rare encounters with Sri Lanka’s endemic and iconic wildlife in its natural habitat.

🌿 Discover the unseen. Capture the endemic. Live the wild adventure!

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🛑 Tour Highlights

📅 Duration: 08 Days / 07 Nights
🏞️ Destinations: Sinharaja | Horton Plains | Udawalava | Yala | Bundala | Kithulgala
👥 Group Size: 8–12 people
🏨 Accommodation: Standard to Luxury Options
📸 Focus: Endemic Bird Photography & Wildlife
🌍 When: 10 January 2026
🎒 Activities: Jeep Safaris, Bird Photography, Jungle Walks, High-land hikes 

🌿 Adventures Include:

• 🌲 Rainforest Trekking in Sinharaja – Explore Sri Lanka’s rare endemics
• 🏔️ Highland Hike in Horton Plains – Spot Highland Leopards, Birds & view 
• 🐘 Safaris in Yala – Track elephants, leopards & other wildlife
• 🦜 Birding – Bundala: Witness migratory and resident birdlife in scenic wetlands.

🇱🇰 Why Wings & Wilds?

Sri Lanka is a true biodiversity gem. A land where misty rainforests, lush highlands, and golden plains shelter some of the world’s most extraordinary endemic birds and unique wildlife. From the melodious calls of the Sri Lanka Blue Magpie in Sinharaja to the stealthy movements of leopards in Yala and the soaring eagles over Horton Plains, every moment is a celebration of life found nowhere else on Earth. Whether you’re a passionate bird photographer, wildlife photographer, or simply a nature enthusiast, this expedition promises rare sightings, expert-led exploration, and meaningful conservation insights — a journey to truly see, learn, and live in the wild. 🦜📸🐘

Why AWPC Wild Travel?

AWPC Wild Travel is your gateway to Asia’s wildest frontiers. We design eco-conscious expeditions across 16+ countries, where sustainability meets adventure. From tracking snow leopards in the Himalayas to photographing elephants in Sri Lanka or rare birds in Papua New Guinea, our expert-led journeys connect you deeply with nature. 🌿 Travel with a purpose. Explore with AWPC Wild Travel.

Tour Info

This 8-day journey across Sri Lanka’s wild heart, from the bird-rich rainforests of Sinharaja to Yala’s leopard lands and the misty peaks of the Horton Plains. Guided by expert naturalists, discover rare-endemic birds, highland leopards, and majestic elephants while capturing nature’s most vivid moments. A once-in-a-lifetime adventure for true wildlife and photography enthusiasts.

🛑 Why Book Wings & Wilds Sri Lanka?

✔ Unmatched Biodiversity – From misty rainforests to golden savannas and serene coasts, discover habitats bursting with life.
📸 For Birders & Photographers – Capture endemic birds, leopards, elephants, and vibrant wildlife in breathtaking landscapes.
🐘 Rare Encounters – Witness Sri Lanka’s unique species found nowhere else on Earth.
🔥 Adventure Meets Learning – Experience rainforest treks, highland hikes, and guided birding expeditions.
🌍 Expert-Led & Responsible – Travel with top naturalists, support conservation, and make every click count for nature.

💚 Join Wings & Wild Sri Lanka and experience the heart of Asia’s ultimate birding and wildlife adventure!

Your Investment

💰 WILDHUB Premium Members: $1,490

All-inclusive, shared accommodation. A special rate designed exclusively for AWPC Wild Hub Premium Members.

💲 Standard Rate: $1,690
For non-members who wish to join this expedition.

🛏️ Single Room Supplement: $590
Upgrade to a private room for added comfort.

💎 Upgrade to Luxury Stay: $699
Enhance your journey with added comfort and premium accommodations, now available on this tour.

✨ Upgrade to a Luxury Tour $899
Take your journey to the next level with our luxury upgrade, featuring private transport, exclusive safari Jeeps, premium accommodation, and other high-end facilities. (After completing your booking, simply let us know. We’ll handle the arrangements and provide you with the best quote.)

🌿 Exclusive Advantage
AWPC WILDHUB Premium Members enjoy priority access, exclusive savings, and recognition as part of our conservation-driven community.

📱 Registration Fee: $99
Required via Nas I.O Membership: a non-refundable $99 deposit secures your place on the expedition/tour and is fully applied to your tour price.

OFFER: For Platinum members, you just need to pay only $79 to book your seat!

What’s Included

🏕️ TOUR INCLUDES: Full-board accommodation, ground transport, national park entry permits, jeep safaris, and guided activities.

🏕️ NOT INCLUDED: International airfare, visa fees, insurance, tips, personal expenses, and any items not specified by the organizer.

🔎 Expert’s Final Overview

Country & Duration: Sri Lanka – 8 Days / 7 Nights
Season: Jan/Feb 2026 – Best time for endemic bird sightings and active wildlife
Group Size: Limited to 8–12 participants for a personalized experience

Perfect For:
Bird photographers, wildlife enthusiasts, nature explorers, and eco-travelers seeking authentic field learning and photographic excellence.

Key Highlights:
🦜 Endemic Bird Focus – Spot Sri Lanka’s rarest species found nowhere else on Earth.
🐆 Diverse Habitats – Explore 5 unique ecosystems from Sinharaja’s rainforest to Yala’s wild plains and Horton Plains’ misty highlands.
📸 Field-Guided Mastery – Led by professional birding guides and naturalists with hands-on photography mentoring.
🌍 Conservation-Focused Travel – Learn about Sri Lanka’s biodiversity and the ongoing efforts to protect it.
🌿 Balanced Adventure – A seamless mix of birding, big game, and immersive rainforest exploration.

✨ Wings & Wild Sri Lanka – Where every step reveals a new feathered wonder and every moment connects you deeper with the wild.

📌 Tour investment

The full tour price is USD 1,690 (standard package).
As a special launch offer, an early-bird rate of USD 1,490 is extended exclusively to WILDHUB Premium Members who confirm their booking by 31 December 2025.

Why Awpc Wild Travel? 

✔ We are Asia’s leading wildlife community, connecting the best in the field.

✔ Our expeditions are led by expert wildlife experts, trackers and local naturalists.
✔ Small groups (8–12) with personalized attention.
✔ Unique, field-tested itineraries designed for serious birders and photographers
✔ Seamless logistics with comfort options — backed by eco-conscious values.
✔ Every journey supports conservation and local communities.

✈️ How To Book This Tour

1. Reserve your spot by paying the $99 booking fee (For all members). $79 for Platinum Members
2. Download your tour guide PDF for detailed information.
3. Join your one-on-one session where we’ll contact you directly to discuss the tour and next steps.

Contact Us

📱 Hotline (WhatsApp): +65 9148 7504

📧 Email: team@joinawpcwildhub.com

Itinerary

8 Days / 7 Nights | Guided by Expert Naturalists | January 2026

🗓️ Day 01 – Arrival & Transfer to Sinharaja Rainforest

Arrive in Colombo and drive to Sinharaja, Sri Lanka’s last remaining lowland rainforest and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
🌿 Afternoon walk in the rainforest exploring endemic birds, butterflies, and rainforest mammals.
🏨 Overnight stay at a forest lodge near Sinharaja.

🌲 Day 02 – Full-Day Exploration in Sinharaja

Full-day guided exploration through rainforest trails.
🦜 Spot Sri Lanka’s rare endemics and learn rainforest photography techniques from field experts.
💡 Educational sessions on bird behavior, calls, and rainforest ecology.
🏨 Overnight stay at a forest lodge near Sinharaja.

🐘 Day 03 – Sinharaja → Udawalawe

🌅 Early morning rainforest walk before departure.
🚐 Transfer to Udawalawe National Park, famous for its elephant herds and raptors.
📸 Evening safari to photograph elephants and open-country wildlife.
🏨 Overnight stay at a safari lodge in Udawalawe.

🐆 Day 04 – Udawalawe → Yala National Park

🐘 Morning safari at Udawalawe.
Later, transfer to Yala, Sri Lanka’s most iconic park, known for leopards, elephants, and sloth bears.
🌇 Evening safari through Yala’s dry forests and grasslands.
🏨 Overnight stay in Tissamaharama.

🐦 Day 05 – Yala & Bundala Wetlands

🌄 Morning safari in Yala National Park.
🌊 Afternoon birding at Bundala Wetlands, a Ramsar site rich in migratory and resident waterbirds.
🏨 Overnight stay in Tissamaharama.

🏔️ Day 06 – Tissamaharama → Nuwara Eliya (Highlands)

🚐 Travel to Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka’s scenic hill country.
🌼 Evening birding in Victoria Park for highland endemics like the Kashmir Flycatcher and Yellow-eared Bulbul.
🏨 Overnight stay at a high-land hotel in Nuwara Eliya.

🌫️ Day 07 – Horton Plains National Park → Kitulgala

🌅 Early morning visit Horton Plains National Park for highland birds, leopards, and panoramic landscapes.
🚗 After lunch, transfer to Kitulgala, a lush rainforest region and lowland birding paradise.
🏨 Overnight stay in a rest house in Kitulgala.

🕊️ Day 08 – Kitulgala Birding & Departure

🌄 Early morning birding walk in Kitulgala Forest, home to rare rainforest and riverine species.
✈️ Transfer to Colombo Airport for your departure flight.

🌿 Trip Highlights

✅ Explore 5 diverse ecosystems – rainforest, grasslands, wetlands, and dry zone forests.
📸 Capture endemic birds, leopards, elephants, and butterflies in their natural habitats.
🎓 Learn field techniques from professional naturalists and birding guides.
💚 Designed for birders, photographers, and wildlife enthusiasts seeking meaningful adventure.

🦜 WHAT YOU CAN SEE

Sri Lanka is a biodiversity hotspot where 35 endemic bird species and countless mammals, reptiles, and amphibians coexist in breathtaking landscapes.
Throughout this 8-day expedition, you’ll witness the island’s most iconic wildlife from vibrant rainforest birds in Sinharaja to majestic elephants in Udawalawe, leopards and sloth bears in Yala, wetland flocks in Bundala, and rare highland endemics in Horton Plains. Every day offers something extraordinary — a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to observe, photograph, and understand Sri Lanka’s wild treasures in their natural homes.
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🦜 Sinharaja Rainforest (Lowland Wet Zone)

Key Highlights:

• Endemic Birds: Sri Lanka Blue Magpie, Red-faced Malkoha, Green-billed Coucal, Layard’s Parakeet, Ceylon Hanging Parrot, Ceylon Spurfowl, Ashy-headed Laughingthrush, Legge’s Flowerpecker, Spot-winged Thrush, White-faced Starling.
• Mammals & Others: Purple-faced Leaf Monkey, Toque Macaque, Giant Squirrel, Red Slender Loris, Chevrotain (Mouse Deer), rare amphibians, endemic butterflies.

Best For: Rainforest photography, endemic bird sightings, and macro wildlife.

🦅 Udawalawe National Park (Dry Zone)

Key Highlights:

• Birds: Crested Hawk-Eagle, Indian Peafowl, Malabar Pied Hornbill, Ashy Prinia, Yellow-eyed Babbler.
• Mammals: Asian Elephant (large herds), Golden Jackal, Jungle Cat, Mongoose, Sambar Deer.

Best For: Elephant herds, open-country birds, and wildlife photography.

🐆 Yala National Park (Dry Zone Forest & Grassland)

Key Highlights:

• Birds: Indian Roller, Great Thick-knee, Blue-faced Malkoha, Brown Fish Owl, Black-headed Ibis.
• Mammals: Sri Lankan Leopard, Sloth Bear, Elephant, Spotted Deer, Wild Boar, Langurs.

Best For: Big cat photography and dry zone birdlife.

🐦 Bundala National Park (Wetlands & Lagoons)

Key Highlights:

• Birds: Painted Stork, Black-winged Stilt, Small Pratincole, Pheasant-tailed Jacana, Spot-billed Pelican, Marsh Harrier.
• Other Wildlife: Water monitors, mugger crocodiles, wetland butterflies.

Best For: Migratory and resident waterbirds, wetland landscapes.

🏔️ Horton Plains & Nuwara Eliya (Highlands)

Key Highlights:

• Endemic Birds: Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush, Sri Lanka Bush Warbler, Yellow-eared Bulbul, Sri Lanka Wood Pigeon, Dull-blue Flycatcher, Ceylon Hill White-eye.
• Mammals: Highland Leopard, Sambar Deer, Dusky-striped Jungle Squirrel.

Best For: High-altitude endemics, scenic photography, and cool-climate species.

🌳 Kitulgala Forest (Wet Lowlands)

Key Highlights:

• Birds: Serendib Scops Owl, Ceylon Frogmouth, Chestnut-backed Owlet, Ceylon Crested Drongo, Sri Lanka Junglefowl, Crimson-backed Flameback.
• Mammals: Leaf Monkeys, Flying Squirrels, Loris.

Best For: Birding in lush lowland forests with rainforest species diversity.

🐾 Summary Highlights

✅ 5 national parks & protected reserves
✅ 30+ endemic bird species
✅ 20+ mammal species
✅ 10+ reptile & amphibian sightings
✅ Rainforest, wetland, and highland ecosystems
✅ Guided by Sri Lanka’s top naturalists & birding leaders.

Tour Leader

Chinthaka De Silva (Bird & Wildlife Tour Expert)

Chinthaka is one of Sri Lanka’s most respected wildlife and bird tour leaders, storytellers, and educators, with more than 30 years' guiding experience.

• Licensed National Guide — legally qualified to lead tours across Sri Lanka
• Leading international birding expeditions for travelers from Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, the USA, Singapore, Europe & more.
• Conduct workshops, training programs, and educational expeditions that bring Sri Lanka’s wildlife and heritage to life
• Expertise spans: birds, butterflies, dragonflies, leopards, elephants, marine life, archaeology, and cultural heritage
• Academic credentials: Postgraduate Diploma in Heritage + Diploma in Heritage & Cultural Tourism (University of Kelaniya)

What makes him unique is his storytelling ability to connect wildlife, culture, and conservation in ways that are educational and inspiring. With Chinthaka, you don’t just see wildlife, you understand it.

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Sri Lanka is one of the world’s most remarkable biodiversity hotspots. A land where rainforests echo with the calls of endemic birds, misty highlands hide rare leopards, and golden plains teem with elephants and vibrant wildlife. The “Wings & Wilds: The Sri Lankan Endemic Expedition” offers an unmatched opportunity to witness this natural richness up close. From the birding paradise of Sinharaja to the open plains of Yala and the mist-draped Horton Plains, every moment reveals a new wonder. Whether you’re a passionate birder, photographer, or wildlife enthusiast, this journey goes beyond exploration. It’s an immersive learning experience that connects you deeply to Sri Lanka’s living wilderness.

AWPC Wild Travel Note

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