I would highly recommend this company. Our booking was confirmed in several hours, then we were able to arrange being picked up from Weligama instead of Galle. The car driver was friendly. We then went to the elephant orphanage, very cheap for the lovely experience it was, then got taken to the Udawalawa park entrance where we ended up being the only people on our jeep. We were there late morning so I believe saw less active wildlife but still saw lots of elephants, monkeys, birds, a monitor lizzard and a cameleon. Were then taken by the same driver on to the mountains and Ella. This was a wonderful day and helped us to move from 1 place to another. We were very well looked after the whole day. Thank you!
My friend and I booked this through La Vacanza Travel.com 3 days before the trip because we wanted to go to Udawalawe National park before Ella from galle and only had one day to fit it in! La Vacanza Travel responded rapidly and gave us all the details. They suggested the 3:30 departure would be the best time to see the most animals. Our driver Abeysekra was very prompt to arrive at our hostel and drove us in comfort the 3 hours to Udawalawe from Galle. We got in the jeep on arrival at 6:30am and toured the park for nearly 4 hours. Both the driver and the guide we paid LKR1500 for were excellent. They gave us snacks part way through. We saw many elephants even with the hour of rain! The 2 hour drive from Udawalawe to Ella was smooth, Abeysekra stopped at the Ravana falls on the way for us to take photos. We arrived by 1pm. Overall the experience was seamless and I can’t credit our driver and national park team enough! Worth the money for the ease of and comfort of the journey, especially if short on time and don’t want to try to navigate the Sri Lankan bus system!