Amazing Bentota River Safari Tour!  -  

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I've found Daytoursrilanka via TripAdvisor and I happy, that we found them. We ordered the boat trip to mangrove in the river Bentota Ganga.... read more Gayan wait and meet me and my wife, walk/drive us to boat and the captain. Everything was at time (frankly speaking, we even came late), but thx for waiting, the price was honest and as agreed before (about 20usd per one boat for us, 2 persons and 2 hour trip). The trip was amazing, we saw and sail throw the mangrove forest, we saw birds, varans, some small and medium crocodiles all of them in the wild nature. We've visited and took on hands one small crocodile for some tips. It was cool, but the crocodile looks like a bit "bombed", we gave some tips for so-called "farmer" and sailed away. So, my advise is - must see, must visit. Approach Gayan for the services. No fear.

  Our tour guide Tharaka was an expert from start to finish he knew all about the history from the Dutch to the British and more, he took us from Colombo... read more to Candy a two and a half our journey from 9am and we got back at 8pm we saw elephants in the wild , mommies above us on the telephone cables that cross the road , cows walking up the side of the main road , fruit bats , eagles and so much more

  First of all, I was in Sri Lanka during the April 2019 attacks. Gayan (Day Tour Sri Lanka Driver) had well-managed the situation until my return flight. During this kind... read more of situation, you can easily know if you can trust someone. No doubt, you can.

Gayan is a really nice driver. Always at time (rare thing in Sri Lanka ^^) , he helps me to discover this beautiful country with Safari river in Bentota (snakes, crocodile, mangrove, birds..), Safari in Udawalawa Park (elephants, eagles, wild bufalo..) and tours of Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Dambulla, Polonnaruwa and Sigiriya. Moreover, he always helped me to find the right place to eat or to buy some souvenirs (or beers :D). Thanks to him, I learned many things about the people, the culture, the wild life of Sri Lanka.
No fear, also fully recommended.

  Chef Kumudu is a gentle, kind woman who listen carefully to suit your needs. I came with my son who has Down syndrome and he loves cooking. She took us... read more in a private class though she had other group in quee. Chef Kumudu attentively teach him everything from scratch, grating coconut with her special machine and even show him how to eat with hands Sri Lankan ways!!! We really appreciate everything there. The cooking class, the open kitchen by the river(it's like a lagoon), the final results of what we cook together from rice to shrimp curry, vegetable curry, dahl, coconut roti, sambol etc the ambience you name it. One unforgettable experience for us. Thank you thank you!

  We had a great cooking experience. We cooked a number of dishes, everything was explained slowly and clearly and we were able to be involved in the processes. Most of... read more the spices are grown in their garden which was great too.
Once all the food was prepared we sat down and enjoyed our meal in a stunning setting overlooking the lake.
Everyone was so friendly and welcoming. Highly recommended experience.

  We traveled in Sri Lanka as a group of 3 friends in August 2019 and Gayan was our guide/driver during the tour. We had a great experience. Gayan is super... read more friendly, flexible and was always accomadating us during the trip. He has a lot of great ideas and recommandations. We had a

  Fishing on bentota river - Great day out on Benton’s river I could not have asked for two better guides, we seen monkeys crocodiles, water lizards, fruit bats, eagles. The guy really knew how to... read more handle the boat to manoeuvre into places and spot wild life that we would not have noticed.
We also took in a bit of fishing where we caught travelie, cat fish and a pufferfish all going to make a fantastic trip thanks to the captain and his top class guide

  We had a fantastic time on the river with so much to see... Crocodiles, monkeys, snakes, monitor lizards, Kites, Eagles, Bats, Owls, Frogs. All organised really efficiently by our... read more friendly guide Gayan who can’t do enough to help and is a fountain of knowledge for all things Sri

  Price were cheap and people were amazing, everything we saw during the fishing tour was awesome,,, if you are looking for fishing DaytoursriLanka is dest company,,, recommend for everyone,,,

  The only reason a 4 star was given was because after our hotel is listed on the scroll down menu as a pick up location however after booking I was... read more emailed saying that I would have to make my own way there.
The tour was great, our guide was very knowledgeable, he spotted and told us lots of information about the wildlife we saw. We saw small crocodiles, water monitors, monkeys, bats and a variety of birds. We did not see any large crocodiles however I think that was because we only wanted to spend 1.5 hours on the river and our guide said they were on the other side but we wanted to leave, regardless we had a lovely time and saw several small crocodiles and held one too.
The river is beautiful and the boat ride was so relaxing, I would definitely recommend going.