Mahoora - Yala by Eco Team

Lovely experience with our splendid guide Dilhara. We saw all the animals on our bucketlist: spotted deer, crocodiles, tarantula, elephants, water Buffalo, wild boar, python, mongoose, land monitor, many peacocks, colorful birds AND EVEN THE LEOPARD!

After an amazing experience at the camp which included, Vima a nice Safari guide who knew all about the wildlife we encountered and having a big nice camp with hot shower, BBQ dinner including a nice atmosphere with bonfire we had a big surprise. Arriving at our next destinations after leaving the camp in a rush I opened my luggage and found that valuable things and money were missing. This was to our surprise being in the wild with no-one around. Just you have to make sure to have a lockable luggage when staying at this place

Wonderful stay made comfortable and assuring by led by Mr Raj and the crew including Sagara & Manjula. Mr Raj was of great service and help by picking me at 4am in the morning from the gates in total darkness, he also assisted in checking me in early which allowed me to catch an early safari. He also arranged transport out of the camp by a local driver which was helpful. Much appreciated. Overall all the staff try their best to make guests comfortable. Safari was well guided and driven by driver Samantha and naturalist Dilhara, whom I spent most of my time with on private safari. Managed to spot leopards on some safaris but on others we couldn't spot any at all. Areas to improve: at Big Game Camp, it was communicated that amenties include shower gel and shampoo but only shampoo was provided. As a guy, thats ok as we are more flexible, but for ladies it will matter more and if communicated, it should be provided. Daily meals were randomly switched between locations within the campsite as well, which made guests like myself confused too.

Great Campsite, very good and helpful staff. Very friendly. Tents are clean and functional, communal area good and clean. Dilhara our guide was exceptional. He and the driver are brilliant. We found 2 x separate Leopards. Very knowledgeable.

The stay was wonderfull. We got an upgrade, candlelight dinner and were in very good care of the people there. We had such a great safari day together with Asanka and Dil! They make very good team and they such a good eye for spotting animals. Even from a very big distance, they can spot them. Dil knows a lot about animals and birds and can answer all your questions! Great experience!