Wildlife Tours

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.

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.

Senerath, Gabriel and Anne from France

Anne and Gabriel Leboff
August 11th to 21st 2014

We recommend WWJ for birdwatching in Sri Lanka. All the tour was prepared and our guide Senerath did a great job!

We could exchange and by this way, we got a better knowledge of the country and for sure about the endemic (and non endemic!) birds.

Just some highlights: Yellow eared bulbul, chestnut back owlet, oriental blue magpie and by overall, even if it’s not an endemic bird; Malabar Trogon male and female. Thanks to WWJ and Serenath for the extraordinary vacation trip. We will come back home with great remembers and some nice photos!

Anne & Gabriel

Chuca, Supurna and Eduaro De Juana

Eduardo De Juana
29/08/2014

This tour has fulfilled our expectations. It was intended to combine birdwatching with visits to historical / cultural sites such as Sigiriya, Polonnaruwa and Kandy and in bothe areas we got really satisfied. Taking into account the season (August) and the amount of time employed in non-birding activities, the final score of 181 bird species seen, including almost every Sir Lankan endemic, is most satisfactory. The skills and hard work of our guide explain much of it. We also managed to see and photograph many reptiles and mammals including two leopards, one of them at a very close range.

Chinese Bird Group 2014 at a central hill country tea plantation

2014年中国观鸟团于中部山区茶叶种植区

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A bird watching group of 11 from China toured with us from 30 September to 6 October and the below is their tour comment.

9月30日至10月6日来自中国的十一人观鸟团与我们一同观鸟，以下是他们对行程的评论

Chinese Bird Group 2014 in Kingsbury Hotel, Galle Face, Colombo

2014年中国观鸟团的行程评论

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Chinese Bird Group 2014 - tour comment

珠水鸟人来斯国

江海相连意相通

旅程处处欢乐多

鸟儿精灵连友谊

珠江旅鸟全体成员

欢迎Jith到广州来观鸟

欢迎来广州！

梁敏玲、龙役宇、黄惠萍、慧茵、何秀晨、林劭晖、张姗、卜标、游月殷

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)

November 15, 2014.

Walk With Jith lived fully up to what I wanted and hoped for when Hiring the services of a local agency instead of a group tour by a big international company. It's very adopted to personal needs, great flexibility and a very nice, competed and hum ---th guide. Walk With Jith also was very helpful in organizing just tour --ti miles with other operators which is very important for an individual traveler as me. Thanks for very good memories and my ---- recommendations to other potential travelers.

Carsten Enevoldsen

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.

Walk With Jith bird watching tour of CHRIS and DIANNE RAIEDY with Senerath - in wet zone Sri Lanka

25 November - 15 December 2014

Feb 15, 2015

Hello Jith,

Thank you again for providing such a well-prepared & well-run tour for us and also the excellent service provided by Saman's team. I'll not hesitate to recommend your company to my friends if they want to travel to Sri Lanka.

For your information, I've posted a picture of Sri Lanka Blue Magpie taken at Sinharaja Rainforest the night before to the Bird Photography community of G+; the response was out of my expectation. The no.of views, +1s & reshares all far exceeding my previous record ! Here is the link to my photo : 
https://plus.google.com/u/0/+PaulTsui/posts/QoiLVRDrTUq?pid=6117131305350777906&oid=117308476279705538850