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Gal Oya this week - boat for swimming elephants or is late August the empty-reservoir season

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Ratna Wijaya•164 rep•1

Wanted something that is not Yala traffic. Gal Oya boat safari is the swimming-elephant pitch. Guides say best is March-July when the tank is down. We can only go Monday. Boat or jeep. And we are not getting in the water, right.

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You watch elephants swim from a boat. You do not swim with them. Late August can still work - dry-zone heat, animals at water - but the famous low-water crossings are more a late-dry-season thing (often quoted March-July). Book the boat first; add a jeep if you have a second slot. Quieter than Yala every month.

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Sumedha Karunaratne•1540 rep•1

Boat at 6.30, eagles, crocs, one herd on an island, no mid-lake swim. Still the nicest safari of the trip.

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Reka Farkas•318 rep•1

Arrange through a lodge / licensed boat. Do not freelance a fisherman.

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