Sri Lanka · BENTOTA TOURS
An island this dense eats a fortnight without trying. These 15 bentota tours are the ones that repay a whole day rather than half a morning, priced and timed so the choice takes minutes.
Review of Bentota River Safari, a two-hour private boat trip through mangroves with crocodiles, monkeys, birds, hotel pickup, and fresh fruit.
“Our guide was incredible spotted crocodile komodo dragons monkeys.”
Review of Bentota River Safari, with crocodiles, monkeys, mangroves, birdlife, guide tips, price, timing, and booking advice.
“A fantastic private boat tour with an excellent guide who helped spot monkeys, crocodiles, snakes, and diverse birdlife. Enjoyed the refreshing coconut water along the way—highly recommended!”
Review of Bentota’s Ayurveda Day Package, with tailored massages, doctor consultation, shirodhara, food plan, transport, price, and practical tips.
“Aufpassen! Über Viator ist die Buchung viel zu teuer! Bucht man die selbe Sache vor Ort, zahlt man die Hälfte!!! Die Behandlungen sind hervorragend. Insgesamt war ich 5 Stunden vor Ort! Sehr authentisch und gut!”
Review of Bentota Ayurveda Center’s two-hour massage, shirodhara or steam bath, herbal tea, price, treatments, and booking tips.
“Absolutely the best Ayurvedic massage experience I’ve ever had! I initially visited with my family and was so impressed that I immediately booked a two-hour session just for myself. The treatments are authentically rejuvenating and transformative.”
Review of the Udawalawe safari from Sri Lanka’s south coast, with elephants, a private jeep, Elephant Transit Home, lunch, and practical tips.
“Once in a lifetime experience, could not believe how close we came to the animals in their natural environment, a day full of wonderful memories, not everything needs to be photographed, the sounds and smells are also amazing. All drivers, gRead more”
Review of Bentota Travel Mart’s Galle day trip, with river safari, turtles, stilt fishermen, lunch, private transport, and practical value advice.
“A lovely trip for the whole day and Lahir from Bentota travel what a lovely guy. Temple; boat trip fishing from stilts good company to book through.”
Review of Ella’s private day trip from Bentota, with train ride, tea factory, waterfalls, mountain views, lunch, and practical booking advice.
“A wonderful day trip exploring the sights around Ella. This let us experience the beauty of Sri Lanka away from the coast. Pradeep was our driver and guide for the day and was superb at his job. He was friendly and made sure everything was jRead more”
Review of the Yala safari from Bentota, Kalutara, and Hikkaduwa, with leopard sightings, transport, meals, timing, price, and booking advice.
“Excellent. We managed to see 2 leopards as well as elephants and other wildlife. The meal was very good. The driver was very pleasant, on time and clean vehicle. Thank you for a wonderful experience”
Cruise Bentota River’s mangroves for two hours, spotting crocodiles, monkeys, birds, and lizards with hotel pickup for $20.
“The tour was very relaxing and enjoyable. The guide was very knowledgeable and patient.”
Review of the Madu River Boat Safari near Bentota, with mangroves, wildlife, temple, cinnamon island, fish spa, price, and tips.
Review of Yala’s private all-inclusive safari, with leopard and elephant sightings, hotel transfers, costs, timing, guides, and practical tips.
“Semila, our tour guide was amazing! Very helpfull and very kind!”
Review of a 4-day Sri Lanka tour covering Sigiriya, Dambulla, Polonnaruwa, Kandy, village trekking, cycling, and local transport.
“I had great time. The tour is perfect choice if you want to really visit the most essential places while on the holidays in Sri Lanka in a very comfortable way. My driver was extremely friendly and told a lot about the country during travel. Also choice of the hotels to stay overniRead more”
Review of a one-day Yala and Udawalawe safari from Bentota, with wildlife drives, picnic lunch, elephant transit home, costs, and practical tips.
“Absolutely amazing experience and certainly worth the money. The private transfer was comfortable and had air conditioning which was nice. The driver was very polite. The tours were exceptional with our tour guide/ jeep driver being Read more”
Review of the Sinharaja Rain Forest Tour from Bentota, with private transport, a forest guide, waterfalls, birds, and practical booking advice.
“Virgin forest, amazing waterfalls... Beautiful flora and fauna. Worth visiting. Borders paradise. Enjoyed every bit of it.”
Cruise Sri Lanka’s Madu River through mangroves, spot crocodiles, visit a cinnamon island, and weigh the extras before booking.
“The pickup was really chaotic, but we got there and it was really worth it! Don’t expect some great info from the guide - only some basic sentences and descriptions. Still it was quite nice!”
Every kind of day out on the island, and the best of each.
