Tour reviews from 2012

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20 Dec 2013 – 2 Jan 2014
Hello Jith

I hope you are well?

Rachael and I wanted to send you an email to say Thank You for organising such a fantastic trip to Sri Lanka over Christmas. Upali was an excellent guide, his knowledge about the birds, plants, animals and other wildlife was great and made our experience even better. Despite not seeing all the endemic bird species, Upali tried his hardest to find them.

Seeing 3 leopards in Yala was the biggest highlight of the trip for me although the fruit bat roost was a very close second.

We ended up seeing 217 birds species including 31 of the 33 endemics with a top 3 of Indian pitta, pied thrush and Kashmir flycatcher.

Many thanks again for a wonderful trip

Best wishes
Paul and Rachael Eele​
Norfolk, UK

John and Dorothy Casey

DearJith, 

Below is some feedback. Let me know if you require something different. Thanks Again for organising our trip. Hope to see you a the Bird Fair in 2014. A couple of  pics also attached. Hope you can see them, but I 'm sure you already have much better ones. 
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Patty North, Robert Ahola and Kathy King
Nov 16-25, 2013

Jith and Mr. Silva – Thank you so much for an absolutely wonderful tour of southern Sri Lanka. From beginning (initial planning emails) to end (our farewells in Kandy), you have been patient, professional, knowledgeable, helpful etc etc, making your trip enjoyable. Jith, your knowledge of birds and ability to fin them is astounding! Add to that the plants, trees, lizards etc… how fun to learn all of this! Our drives, through sometimes long and bumpy, were always safe thanks to the excellent work of Silva.

Thank you both! – Kathy King
USA

Muhinder (Mark), Joseph, Prasanjith (Jith) Caldera, Angeline, Suhaimi Halim

Bird Photography tour 
2 – 9 November 2013 
to Kitulgala, Sinharaja Forest Reserve, Udawalawe National Park, Horton Plains National Park and Nuwara Eliya (Victoria Falls and Hakgala Gardens)

Dear Jith,

TERIMA KASIH for an unforgettable excursion. We truly enjoyed every moment of walking with you. Our insights are:

Patcharee and Kamol Komolphalin with Upali

​To Prasanjith,

It was a tense and exiting moment to see the leopard come out from the bush. He ignored those alarm calls of the deer and birds. And walked gracefully toward the pool and started to drink for 15 minutes.

Very impressive endemic birds. And the great efforts of the bird finders, and our knowledgeable guide, Upali. Well organized tour. It was one of our memorable birding trips.

Thank you very much

Ptcharee Kmolphalin 

Kamol Komolpahlin

From Bangkock 
Thailand 
23 Sept 2012

Patcharee and Kamol Komolphalin-Guest Book page

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Katrina and Ross Salman (Katrina Burton).

20th August 2013

We would like to thank Mr. Jith and Jaya for organizing such a fabulous cultural tour to Sri Lanka.

Jaya is a kind, considerate and extremely knowledgeable guide. Touring with him meant that we learnt a lot more about Sri Lanka history and tradition than we would have done from the guide book alone.

Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa were magnificent places which Uaha made come alive to us through his explanations of their historical importance. Learning the stories of the kings and the spread of Buddhism from 3rd century BC was fascinating.

The views from Sigiriya were breath taking and well worth the climb. Once again Jaya made the ancient fort come to life with his invaluable description of the historical context of the ruins.

Grand-Hotel-Nuwara-Eliya- Australian, Irish Group 2013

10-8-2013

To My Friend Jith,

Thanks again for another successful trip. I've had an absolute ball. As always your smile make SRI LANKA so so enjoyable.
Until next time Jith
Love Jenn xxxx

P.S LOVED the train trip :)

Dear Jith, once again thank you for a wonderful tour. Jith is the star of a life long friendship.

Your Burgher bother
Dave

Dear Jith

Well done for the superb trip you planned for us all.
Probably the best adventure in my life.
I hope we do this again one day.

Kind Regards
Stephen Wood

16 08 2013

Dear Jith,

Melvyn, Harry and King from Singapore at Weligama Beach

5th May 2013

King, Harry and Melvyn from Singapore

Jean, Steve, and Mandy from UK at Tissamaharama, Yala

See more photos of Mandy West here: http://mandywest.zenfolio.com/p849893888

23 March - 4 April 2013

Jean Mckell and Steve Harford, Rutland U.K

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BIRDING, WILDLIFE & CULTURE TOUR
14TH – 29TH MARCH 2013

Carole & Barry Eccles
United Kingdom

Organisation & Administration 
Overall, the standard was good but we felt that more information regarding the following would have helped:

Anne, Upali and Carsten Fog

11 - 25 February 2013

My wife and I have just been on an intensive 15-day bird watching in Sri Lanka by the company "WalkWithJith" (www.walkwithjith.com.) We had over birds peeping also 3 days with cultural insights, however, it was possible to have binoculars with all locations. The trip was very well organized and we were lucky with good weather and many birds. Thus it was possible to see all the endemic species. We were fortunate to have an excellent guide in addition to the birds could mammals, butterflies, dragonflies, botany and cultural history at your fingertips. We arranged themselves the trip and booked flights with Emirates. I highly recommend WalkWithJith for the well-developed program where all clapped to the smallest detail.

Jens Borner, Ruwan and Carola Seifert

Kitulgala, 8.2.13

Dear Jith,

Unsere Tour vom 31.1.13 – 08.2.13 war großartig!

Unser guide Rowan hat uns hervorragend geführt und an Plätze und Orte geführt, die wit allein nie gefunden hätten. Auch die lokalen guids waren seher freundlich und Kompetent.

Dadurch war es möglich, viele schöne Beobachtungen und Fotos zu machen. Wir haben ca. 190 Vogelarten gesehen! Dabei waren viele endemische Arten!

Rowan hat uns aber auch viele interessante Dinge und Orte gezeigt und interessantes erzählt, 2.B. von einer Dagoba und einem Tempel.

Auch unser Fahrer Danushka war sehr aufmerksam, hifsbereit und ist ein sehr gutes und sicherer Fahrer!
Besonders danken wir Ruwan, daß er seinen Urlaub für uns und unsere Tour verschoben hat!

Chris Hill, Upali and Dave Hill

25 January 2013 to 09 February 2013

Hi Jith

Thanks we are both back safely, Chris in Australia and I am back in the UK. Upali was excellent, we certainly saw a lot, some great times.

At the moment we compiling our trip list and report and will let you both have a copy of this when it is finished.

Kind regards

Dave
UK