Click here to read an article on the first sighting of the Horton Plains slender loris
Sri Lanka has three species of diurnal primates (two are endemic) and two species of nocturnal primates (two lorises with one endemic). It is probably one of the best places in the world to observe the social dynamics of diurnal primates. The endemic Toque Monkeys have been studied in one of the longest running field studies in the world.
Day 01 Transfer to Villa Talangama for two nights. Afternoon visit the Talangama Wetland area to look for the critically endangered Western Race of the Purple-Faced Leaf monkey.
Day 02 Morning, leave for a nearby forest reserve, which holds the Western Race of the Purple-Faced Leaf Monkey and Toque monkey.
Day 03 After breakfast, leave for Sigiriya for two nights. Afternoon, visit Sigiriya Rock Fortress for troops of Toque monkeys and Hanuman Langurs around the Sigiriya moat.
Day 04 Morning, visit Polonnaruwa, a UNESCO archaeological site, to watch troop of the dry lowland race of the toque monkey, the Northern Race of the Purple-Faced Leaf monkey and Hanuman Langur. Afternoon, safari to Minneriya National Park for elephants.
Day 05 After breakfast leave for Kandy for one night. Afternoon, visit Udawattekale for the Wet zone Race of the Touque monkey known as the dusky Toque.
Day 06 Morning, visit the Temple of the Tooth Relic in Kandy before departing to Nuwara Eliya for two nights. Afternoon, visit the Hakgala Botanical Gardens for the Montane Races of both Purple-Faced Leaf monkey and Toque Macaque.
Day 07 Morning, visit Horton Plains National Park to see cloud forests and montane fauna, such as the endemic Rhino-horned Lizard, which was featured in Charles Darwin’s monumental work on evolution. Mammal highlights include bear monkey, giant squirrel and sambar. Afternoon, another visit to Hakgala Botanical Gardens.
Day 08 Transfer to Negombo for one night.
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