Bird Watching Tours

I am being met at the airport and throughout the trip, the guys have been amazing. Thillie and Indo are both very patient – especially with one non-birder – and have successfully shown us all the endemic birds as well as several mammals such as sloth bears and leopards. 

We cannot recommend Walk With Jith highly enough. 

The trip has been fantastic and there has been an easy travel around the South of the island, with everything organized for us.

Thank you for making some amazing memories!

13 – 28 March 2023

Abbiamo scelto questo tour operator per la seconda volta consecutiva. In generale è stato un buon viaggio che ha accontentato quasi tutte le vostre richieste. Dovendo rifarlo eviterei di visitare Anavilundawa e Talai-Mannar, in quanto offrono poche opportunità gratificanti anche se sono siti eccellenti per il birdwatcher.

Ottimi i parchi di Wilpattu e Kumana, molto (anche se non operati). Nucca è scontato in natura alberghi

Wilpattu Tree House - ottimo cibo / ottima camera.

Agape Hotel - Mannar: Da evitare.

Lavendish Wild Safari / Wasgamuwa: Eccellente!

Bay Vista Hotel / Arugambay: Ottima camera / buon cibo.

Euro Star Hotel / Minuwangoda: Ottima camera / cibo discreto.

Il nostro autista Dammika si è rivelato una ottima guida pronta ad accontentare tutte le richieste, oltre che essere una persona amabile, generosa e affidabile.

Grazie Dammika!!

Tour dates: 06th March to 19th March 

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Choosing walk with Jith tour turned out to be a most rewarding birding adventure for us in Sri Lanka. From start to finish, our guide, Uddika, pulled out all the stops to introduce us to Sri Lankan culture while setting up a pace that our age and physical limitation could handle.

Because birds were our primary interest as well as photographing as many as possible, it was obvious that Uddika’s experience and expertise in spotting birds was exceptional. He went above and beyond meeting our interests and needs. He connects well with everyone we met along the way.

When drivers with jeeps were needed, the company provided good spotters as drivers as well. They brought additional birding eyes for optimal sightings. Special effort was made to get endemic and shy species like the whistling and scaly thrushes.

Solo teníamos io días disponibles, y WWJ (Walk With Jith) prepare un viaje concentrado papa ver aves. Gracias a su guía Susantha el viaje ha sido un éxito ornitológico. 215 especies de aves y todos los endémicos, incluidos los mas difíciles.

El país nos ha enamorado, y sus parques de lo mejor del planeta, eran país. Para repetir con esta compañía.

Tour dates: 26th February to 06th March  

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Google translation:

We only had 10 days available, and WWJ (Walk With Jith) prepared a focused birding trip. Thanks to her guide Susantha the trip has been an ornithological success. 215 species of birds and all the endemic ones, including the most difficult ones.

The country has made us fall in love, and its parks, the best on the planet, were country. To repeat with this company.

This is awesome! We would happily bird with hey anytime, and he was worth traveling to Sri Lanka from around the world to bird with. He quickly reviewed our target list, remembered it and focused like a laser on these birds. We saw 236 species in 10 days, including 114 life birds and all 34 endemics.

Indunil is also great. He drove carefully and safely and we always felt secure. He's also good birder and helped us find many birds and then get satisfying views.

Both Thilly and Indunil are also very friendly and we enjoyed spending time with them.

Thanks, two, to Jith for the friendly and efficient correspondence as we set up the trip.
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15th February / 26th February

The trip was fabulous.  

Thilina and Indi our guide and driver were excellent. Hotels we stayed in all were excellent – very comfortable and accommodating.  

The people we met at all the stops and sites were friendly and make us feel comfortable and safer & felt at home. There was never any concern for personnel safety. 

The birding was super. Saw all the endemics + others, Total 188 seen + heard and not migration season and we never went to the north of the island due to time of our trip. 

Archeology sites were fascinating. Walking on there with Jith was easy.  Highly recommended.

Ira Kupferberg
Alabama, USA
15th August to 28th August 2022

Thank you so much for organizing my short 2 days trip to Sinharaja. It was all last minute but it has worked out better than I would have ever thought. 
In two days finding so many endemics. I didn’t think was possible but having Thili as a guide with his incredible knowledge and spotting skills has enabled me to see all but 2 of the endemics possible here even with the bonus of the Sri Lankan White-eye. Nothing tops the excitement of crawling through the undergrowth to see the Serendib Scopes Owl !

I did a short 3-day private tour to the wetlands south of Colombo and Sinharaja rain forest. 
It was a very pleasant trip, the guide Upali was very helpful and friendly.  
The hotel, Rock View Motel was perfect with stunning views and a lot of birds around. 

Dates: 03rd to 05th April 2022

The tour was excellent. The itinerary was exactly as it heeded to be, within the decided time span.

The guide (Thilina) was excellent in every respect

1. Very safe driving.
2. Superior knowledge of bird calls and identification.
3. Long established knowledge of previous trips was extremely useful.

The accommodations were all very clean and comfortable. Food provided was varied, well prepared and delicious. It is not often that I can attend a private tour. So, this was a special holiday – delayed due to the pandemic. I’m also very happy to be a part of the essential tourism “restart”. I was very well taken care of by the guide. Thank you so much

NAIM HARIS

22 – 29 November 2021