Yala West (Sri Lanka)

...eastwards along the beach from Yala Safari Lodge. The breakers of the Indian Ocean pounded the sand to our right, then scoured back out again with a raucous undertow. Even at the best of times this is not a beach for bathing and there was no one else out in the mid-morning heat. The sand scorched our bare feet. Sunlight seethed on the surface of the ocean; somewhere out there, a thousand miles or so beyond the horizon, lay the Sumatran coast. Most ...
...the people I met at Yala will have been among the victims, even if I cannot put a name to them, whereas there is no way of knowing who may or may not have been lost in the more populous places. Perhaps that’s why it is Yala that has brought home to me the reality of the disaster. Like everyone else I have seen the heart-wrenching newsreel footage of Galle and other coastal places, with the wreckage and the rubble and the frantic efforts of the survivors ...

torr 05.01.2005 (06.01.2005) · Read full review
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...did all the touristy things,and yala west was one of them. we stayed in a cheap hotel in one of the towns that organised their own jeep safari to yala west. it really doesnt matter where you stay because if you stay in one of the towns near yala west almost every hotel runs their own safari package (and the prices are very competitive). We did the safari between 4 of us so it worked out quite cheap, plus we had resident visas which means when you ...
...of the tourist price (there is a big difference). we set of a 5am and prepared our selves for a 12 hour jeep ride. it gets hot throughout the day, you feeluncomfortable and tired because it is so long but it is one of those things you could quite happily do opver and over again. Its a good idea to take some binoculars because some of the animals dont get to close to the road, so you need these if you want a good look. we were really lucky when we ...

kezabella 11.03.2005 · Read full review
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...spending three nights in the Yala Safari Beach Hotel within Yala National Park. It was simply amazing. How can you describe the experience of seeing an elephant walking through the hotel grounds or squirrels sneaking into the dining area to beg for bananas? It's incredible. My boyfriend is a birdwatcher and for this alone Yala is seventh heaven - there are so many species and so much colour. During our trips into the park we saw elephants, spotted ...
...the time we spent in Yala was without doubt the best part. When we go back to Sri Lanka this will be top of our list to return to. A must for nature lovers visiting the country. On the practical side I can't vouch for the room costs as we booked as package through Kuoni (about £1000 per person for the 12 day holiday) but the bar is a little overpriced compared to the rest of the country. However, it's probably still cheap in comparison to most UK ...

donnahaw 05.12.2004 · Read full review
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