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!

Oh wow! I am amazed by this place, the people, the surrounding, the vibe, everything. I don't know where to start but if you have any doubts, let's not! You should definitely come to this clamping, and ever get the dinner in the bonfire, because is amazing and only a couple of times in life you will be able to see the stars, and have a romantic dinner in a place like this. Another thing, you do the safari with them, they are the best. They know a lot, the communicate between their jeeps and if one sees an animal, they take you there, this is an advantage. We were extremely lucky and where able to see a leopard, a dream come true. Besides that, you will see most of the animals in this reserve, and they are all majestic.

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.

Wow! What a wonderful stay. The tent was amazing and the staff were wonderful! The food was delicious. We had a great full day safari! Special mention to Joseph who was amazing and to our driver Samantha who made our trip extra special. And thank you to Manjula for taking great care of us!

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!

Great locarion close to the Yala national park. The tents are very comfortable and generous, staff is very friendly, barbecue in the evening basic (don't forget, they do everything in the camp kitchen) but very nice and tasty. We had great safarais with the very friendly and knowledgbale guide Vimansha, who knew each bird species and lots of other intersting stuff about species in the park, and the excellent driver Kasun. Great experience!