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Gal Oya boat safari

Gal Oya boat safari: Majeste's price is $60 per person for two, activity only, prices checked 7 Nov 2026. It takes about 3 hours, with no pickup in the price. It runs all year.

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Small rocky island with roosting white birds in Senanayake Samudraya, misty hills behind — Island in the Senanayake Samudraya reservoir, Gal OyaPhoto: AntanO via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

What happens

A boat trip on the Senanayake Samudraya reservoir inside Gal Oya National Park, where elephants sometimes swim between islands. The park is remote and the boats are small. Elephants are seen on some trips, not all.

What is in the price

Included

Boat with boatman and a park tracker
Park tickets

Not included

Transfer to the boat jetty
Naturalist guide
Transport: you make your own way to the meeting point

Season

Runs all year.

Limits

Up to 8 people in one group.
Small open boat; life jackets are worn. Not for anyone who cannot sit still for two hours.

How we run it

We ask boats to keep their distance from swimming elephants and not to cut across their path. Sightings are not guaranteed.

Where it is offered

Gal Oya National Park

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Where the figures come from

MySLTravel entrance-fee list (secondary), checked 7 Nov 2026

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$60per person$120 total

for 2 adults, activity only

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Date

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Adults

Getting to Gal Oya National Park is not included unless the activity lists it. Add a transfer or a car with driver.

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Nothing to pay now. You pay in cash when the trip starts, to the person we name with the meeting point. Plans change? Cancel free up to 24 hours before pickup. Replies within 30 minutes, 07:00 to 21:00 Sri Lanka time.

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$60

per person for two, activity only

The price worked out

Two adults
$120 total, $60 per person
2 × $60
Two adults and two children, 8 and 10
$240 total, $60 per person
4 × $60

One secondary price list gives USD 45 to 60 per person all-in. We price it at the top of that range, and that is the price you book.

Prices last checked 7 November 2026.

Nothing to pay now. You pay in cash when the trip starts, to the person we name with the meeting point. No deposit, no card details online.

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