1 Day Nature tour itinerary for Colombo & Sinharaja Forest Reserve: Take A Forest Tour Sri Lanka's Celebrated Rainforest

2.00 AM-You will be picked up from your hotel in Colombo

6.00 AM-Reach Deniyaya/Kudawa

6.30 AM-Start the tour and prepare for a 4km trek in the gloomy and misty rainforest, where you can find endemic trees, insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.Put salt on your shoes beforehand to keep the leeches away – they don’t like it!

7.00 AM- Learn more about the rainforest. There’s no mistaking that you’re in the Sinharaja rainforest when you hear its chorus – no matter what time of year, day or night, there is a constant buzz from the millions of creatures that call it home.Out of all the insects, the cicada might be the loudest. 

9.00 AM-Expect high humidity and sudden rainfalls in this biome (Rain jackets will be provided).Walk the slippery path under the four-layer canopy at a slow pace and be sure to look out for animals.Try to find the endemic green pit viper, hump nosed viper and marvel at the variety of amphibians, including tree [sensitive content]vertebrates that can be found include the common birdwing, butterflies and leeches.

11.00 AM-Enjoy Packed lunch at a stone terrace after diving for a refreshing bath at waterfall.You can also enjoy the jump from the top of the waterfall and impress your friends!

12.30 PM- On your way back, make it a target to spot birds, the giant squirrel and perhaps most observable of mammals - clear views of purple faced leaf monkey as groups of 10-14 high up in the forest.

Late in the evening, transfer to Colombo.