Tour reviews from 2014

Bird watching and photographing in Sinharaja Sri Lanka Sri Lanka - Sheau Torng Lim and Carine Nah with

Lim Sheau Torng
19 12 2014

Sabine Schmitt, John Middleton with Hetti

Sabine Schmitt, John Middleton
20.11. – 4.12.2014

We have spent an amazing two weeks in Sri Lanka, a birding, wildlife and cultural tour expertly organized by Jith with patience to changing requests and very helpful suggestions to adapt the itinerary to our wishes and needs. Our guide / driver, He brought Sri Lankan history and culture to life and tried very successfully (in – times difficult weather conditions) to find and show us all the birds and wildlife we wanted to see.

05 11 2014 to 19 11 2014
Birds & Wildlife of Sri Lanka

Jith – Thank you so much for organizing and leading a superb trip to your wonderfully interesting and beautiful island.
Thank you also for ensuring that all 12 of us enjoyed our varied interests in the wildlife; cultural sites and of course, the amazing birds.
Each of us have many memories which will last a lifetime and your commentary on the culture, history and peoples of Sri Lanka was delightful.
From the mountains of Nuwara Eliya to the rainforest at Kitulgala; from the leopards of Yala to the bird wave of Sinharaja.
Thank you,
Tony O’Neill
Wakefield – U.K.
-    Comments from and list of other trip participants on facing page. 
Birds blip total – 225 (including 32 of 33 endemics)

Prasanjith briefing on the food at the dinner table to Isabelle and Bert

20 September 2014

To Jith,

Thank you for organizing the most wonderful tour of Sri Lanka for us. We loved every minute. It is such a beautiful country. We thank you to Upali also – a wonderful driver, guide, naturalist and friend. Finally thank you for letting us stay at your amazing house and sharing special family time with Nirosha and Dinitha and us. Such an honour to meet you all. It felt like we had known each other for years! And the Sri Lanka feast on our final night was delicious – we will be dreaming of the food when we are back in Australia!

Love from Isabelle & Bert :)

中国大陆十人观鸟摄影团

15th to 26th August 2014

A birdwatching and photography team of 10 from mainland China, toured with us in August 2014. They visited Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Yala National Park, Bundala National Park, Sinharaja Rainforest and Kitulgala Forest Reserve and finally Talangama wetland.

2014年8月15日至26日

中国大陆第十观鸟摄影团于2014年8月与我们一起观鸟。他们前往了康堤、努沃勒埃利耶、亚拉国家公园、邦达拉国家公园、辛哈拉加雨林、基图尔格勒森林保护区、塔朗伽马湿地。

Birding Group from China, Jerry Liu is missing in the photo - Photo by Jerry Liu

中国观鸟团，JerryLiu摄，Jerry Liu不在照片中

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Laurence, Manju(guide), Jeremy, Gaspard, Josephine, Penelope in Sri Lanka

31 July 2014

Dear Jith,

Just a few words to say what a wonderful 10 day trip you organized for us in Sri Lanka. We adored every day of the trip, each day better in reality than on paper!

Manju is a jewel and drove us safely and with great connivance everywhere—he never got lost which we found amazing! He also is a jack of local knowledge and was never short of an explanation for the many questions we posed.

Dave and Maureen Nelson at Polonnaruwa Watadage

26th April – 9th May 2014
Dave and Maureen Nelson

Dear Jith,

Thank you again for a wonderful holiday! My wife and I first came to Sri Lanka in 1983 on a cultural tour and the amazing sights we saw have stayed in our hearts and minds to this day. I am an avid bird watcher and Jith was recommended by a friend from our local Bird Club. So in Feb 2009 I traveled with Bob a birdwatching mate to Sri Lanka for two weeks intensive birdwatching with Jith and Mr. Silva. We were not disappointed! Not only was it a memorable trip we made a lifelong friend w Jith.

Rob and Alice at Kitulgala village

See Rob's fantastic 400+ photos here >>

Rob's bird checklist PDF is here >>

27 February – 10 March 2014

Rob and Alice

Tour party of 2 with the first 2 days Jith as a guide, and the remainder with Upali as a guide

Dear Jith and Upali,

Thank you very much for a birding trip which surpassed our expectations.

Mike, Jill, John and Helen at Trincomalee

5 – 9 February 2014.
Lewis / Franklin
Tour Party # 2

Dear Jith & Manjou,

Thank you very much for such an enjoyable trip. We have been delighted to return for the 2nd time and add yet more animals & birds to our lists of the fantastic fauna of Sri Lanka!.

Although this wasn’t solely a birding holiday we still managed to see 190+ species; 20 mammals inc stunning views of a leopard & up close-and-personal with at least one blue whale. A pod of 60 spinning dolphins was a bonus.

We thoroughly enjoyed our cultural tours in Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa & Trinco. Jith has proved once again his knowledge of all things historical and Sinhalese.

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1 - 21 February 2014

Hi Jith

We had a great time in Sri Lanka. We will definitely come again.

Sandun and Silva were excellent. They looked after us all the way. Apart from making sure that we saw all the birds, 215 species, Sandun made us understand your country by showing us the ancient sites, explaining about Buddhism, getting us to try the local fruits. He really made our holiday.

The hotels and food were all very good. 

So thank you for arranging the itinerary, thanks to Silva for his excellent driving and a specially big thank you to Sandun for looking after us and introducing us to your country.

The only problem was, that at Sinharaja, we should have been staying at the Blue Magpie which was nearer to the forest and where we had arranged to meet friends, unfortunately we didn't realise until the last minute that we'd been moved to a different hotel, which was disappointing.

美丽难忘的斯里兰卡

China - Photography Group 2014

中国摄影团2014

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This group of 8 from China toured with Walk With Jith in January 2014. These Chinese wildlife photographers toured in Anavilundawa Wetland, Kitulgala Rainforest, Udawalawa National Park, Yala National Park, Bundala Wetland and Thalangama Wetland.

2014年1月，来自中国的八人团与Walk with Jith一同观鸟。这些中国的野外摄影师前往了Anavilundawa湿地、基图尔格勒雨林、乌达瓦拉瓦国家公园、亚拉国家公园 邦达拉湿地、塔朗伽马湿地。

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美丽而难忘的斯里兰卡，我会再来！感谢杰特！

环球野鸟摄影俱乐部（深圳）

刘立峰

微信号：worldbird

Beautiful & Unforgettable Sri Lanka! I’ll be back! Thanks Jith!

Jerry Liu

Jan 15, 2014