Yala West (Sri Lanka) > Reviews

Advantages: The Past and Future
Disadvantages: The Present

...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 ... Read review

Advantages: a decent safari
Disadvantages: long time in a jeep on bumpy roads!!

...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 ... Read review

Advantages: Too many to list
Disadvantages: You can't stay forever

...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 ... Read review