Gal Oya Boat Safari

We left the lodge at 5:45 am for a 40-minute scenic drive to Senanayake Samudraya, the biggest reservoir and man made lake in Sri Lanka. Laurie and Harry had already had an exciting start to their day by almost standing on a venomous pit viper..a snake
which they thought was a twig! 🙈
On arrival, we boarded a small boat and set off in to the beautiful lake in the early morning sunshine surrounded by wildlife..a perfect, peaceful way to explore the park.

In addition to hundreds of birds, we saw a couple of young bull elephants who had swum over to the surrounding islands to stay for a day to feed. Unfortunately as we approached one, it became aggressive so we quickly backed off. Apparently, it was because he was in musk.

A mugger crocodile was basking in the sunshine and also launched towards us as we passed which was quite scary..perhaps he was in musk too!

After a couple of hours, we landed on a small island to have lunch and then slowly made our way back to shore and travelled back to the lodge. What a perfect start to the day! 💚Read more