As the location in the park was temporarily changed away from the river due to the previous floods the camp didn't have the view I understood the normal camp has but it was set up nicely in the woods. The tents were not luxurious but of good quality and very nicely set up. The food in the camp was great, all required kits available, the jeeps of high quality giving us the possibility to drive into adventurous muddy area's where others couldnt go, and from what we could see later in the park by far the best compared to other organizations, the involvement and service of all the staff excellent, make sure when you go on your safari you have the ranger with you as well, or one of the others of the team next to the driver as you will see many unexpected details with someone sitting in the back and giving you those details. You will just see a small lake he will see many animals you haven't even started spotting. We had 7 children with us so for them that aspect was great as well. We preferred the morning safaris as then you have more the feeling you are alone in the park and we spotted the most then. In the afternoon you run the risk to be confronted with many day tourists. We have seen all animals and several times including a recently died elephant being eaten by many crocodiles, a young small elephant drinking from his mother, several leopards, on different trips and in very different settings, etc the only one we missed was the bear. So overall a fantastic experience I would certainly recommend to be included in your visit to Sri Lanka !

My wife and I visited Sri Lanka for the first time in order to attend a friend's wedding and while we were there we decided it would be good to spend a couple of days on safari. So, based on reviews here and personal recomendations from friends in Sri Lanka, we chose to spend a couple of days in the fine company of Kulu Safaris at Yala and can say that it was one of the best decisions we have made. The location is breathtaking, the sightings were excellent (helped in no small part by clearly one of the best trackers available) but more than this it was the service and hospitality of Javana Fernando and his team that made this visit truly something special. What splendid people! I have read elsewhere that Kulu provide a luxury experience but this is misleading; this is a camp after all and although the equipment is of the highest quality, you wouldn't go here for pampering. What you do get is something far more worthwhile - a beautiful unspoilt habitat, great company (we met some really lovely people while we were there), astoundingly good food (we like traditional Sri Lankan food served nice and spicy and they obliged 100%, not to mention the provision of chilled gin and tonics after each day's second safari which went down oh so well) and the peace of being well away from the pace of "normal" life. I really cannot recommend it highly enough - whatever you do when you visit Sri Lanka do not miss this.

We recently booked to go on a two day camping safari with Kulu Safari's in Yala Game Park in Sri Lanka. Sadly Mother Nature intervened and sent totally unexpected torrential rain which washed away the camp site we would of stayed in. Despite this Kulu Safari's did everything they could to make our holiday as good as it could be in the circumstances They immediately booked us into the best hotel they could find in the area and left their major clearing up procedures to insure that all of our safari trips went ahead as planned. The driver and the guide were both excellent and, although not the holiday we had planned, we had great fun charging through the flooded rivers and being taken to the most secluded spots to see the wildlife. We were delighted that despite the weather amongst other sitings we managed to see an elusive leopard as well as many elephant, crocodiles,wild boar, water buffalo mongeese & huge monitor lizards. The bird life is spectacular. The driver managed to take us to see the spot where the camp would normally sit and it is stunning sitting on the bank of a river surrounded by beautiful lush vegetation. They are a very professional company and we certainly plan if at all possible to return for the full camping experience with them.

We spend 3 nights with Kulu Safaris in Yala National Park Sri Lanka to photograph wildlife especially the Sri Lankan leopard. We had excellent sightings, great company, great food and first class service to top up our total experience You can view photographs of leopards, birds and our activities on blog : http://www.phototravelasia.com