Whale and dolphin watching from Trincomalee is Majeste's private day tour. It takes about 5.5 hours door to door and costs $83 per person for two, including your own car with an English-speaking driver, and a seat on a boat, a life jacket, a guide and the government wildlife fee. Prices checked 7 Nov 2026. The difference from Whale and dolphin watching from Trincomalee on its own ($60 per person for two, activity only, no transport): this price adds the car and English-speaking driver from Trincomalee, with hotel pickup. Nothing to pay now.
Blue whales off the east coast, roughly May to August.
Three to four hours at sea from Trincomalee harbour looking for blue whales, sperm whales and spinner dolphins, in the months when the west coast is rough and this coast is calm. Sources disagree on the season; May to August is the window they all share, and we do not quote sighting rates. The boat fee is from one price list, published in December 2025 and titled for 2026, and the government wildlife fee is budgeted in the price.
Planning times from Trincomalee, not promises.
Pickup at your hotel.
Trincomalee harbour: briefing and life jackets.
At sea, three to four hours.
The boat heads for the deep water off the harbour mouth, where the boats look for whales.
Back in the harbour.
Drop-off at your hotel.
Whale and dolphin watching from Trincomalee
$120
USD 40 per adult for the boat, from one price list, published in December 2025 and titled for 2026, plus USD 20 per person for the government wildlife fee, which we budget so it is in the price you book. The list shows half price for children but gives no ages, so we price a child at the adult rate.
Source
Amounts are for two adults. Entrance fees for Sri Lankan residents differ. Message us and we price them for you.
Entrance fees last checked 7 November 2026. Activity prices last checked 7 November 2026. Rupee fees converted at LKR 332.5 to USD 1 (XE mid-market rate, 6 Nov 2026).
Good months: May, June, July, August.
Harder months: October.
Not in the price. Add them in the price box.
+$116.45 for two
About LKR 15,000 (USD 45) per boat for up to 6 people, a 2025 figure, plus Category I park tickets with the gazette's boat fee of LKR 150: about USD 71 for two adults.
Mirissa boats run daily November to late April, USD 60 per adult with Majeste; Trincomalee roughly May to August, USD 60 per adult too. Checked 7 Nov 2026.
January to March is driest on the west and south coasts, in the hills and the Cultural Triangle; May to September suits the east. Checked 7 Nov 2026.
From May to September the east coast is the right beach: June averages 25 mm of rain at Trincomalee against 205 mm at Colombo. Checked 7 November 2026.
Where the figures come from
From Trincomalee (Nilaveli and Uppuveli) · about 11 hours
Snorkelling at Pigeon Island in the morning, the temple on Swami Rock in the evening
$96
per person for two, from Trincomalee (Nilaveli and Uppuveli), tickets included
From Trincomalee (Nilaveli and Uppuveli) · about 14 hours
The medieval capital in the morning, an elephant safari in the afternoon
$169
per person for two, from Trincomalee (Nilaveli and Uppuveli), tickets included
From Trincomalee (Nilaveli and Uppuveli) · about 13 hours
The first capital, then 1,840 steps at Mihintale in the late afternoon
$89
per person for two, from Trincomalee (Nilaveli and Uppuveli), tickets included, temple-run sites paid there
Example for 2, no date chosen
$83per person, rounded up$165 total
for 2 adults, from Trincomalee (Nilaveli and Uppuveli), car
Nothing to pay now. You pay your driver in cash when the trip starts. Plans change? Cancel free up to 24 hours before pickup. Replies within 30 minutes, 07:00 to 21:00 Sri Lanka time.
