SAFARI PANAMA SRI LANKA

About Us

Come join with us as we go on family-friendly tours through breathtaking sites in Sri Lanka! We offer an experience of a lifetime with our camping packages in the Kumana National Park. This is a unique opportunity to explore the wilderness in search of leopards, elephants, sloth Bear , buffaloes, and crocodiles, among the many other animals who inhabit this magnificent park. Those who love to bird watch are in for a treat with a vast variety of migratory and endemic birds in the park. Learn all about our Park in Sri Lanka from the people who know it best-the locals!

Vision: Green, clean and profitable with enjoyable happy life under the shade of a sacred grove.

Mission: To share the tranquility and reconciliation experienced by farmers, fisher folk, women, sons and daughters, yogi monks and indigenous people of Paanamapattu with members of the human race in other parts of the world.

Panama village: Panama village is in Ampara district of Sri Lanka and it is the gateway to Kumana National Park which is a bird sanctuary.There are around 2000 families in Panama. The majority of the population is Sinhalese and few Tamils who follow Buddhism and Hinduism. The main livelihoods for these people are farming, Chena cultivation, paddy cultivation and fishing. Panama is 17 kilometers from Potuvil town which is an east coast of Sri Lanka and also 14 kilometers from Arugam Bay which is one of the famous tourist destinations in Sri Lanka.

Panama village is closer to various surfing points such as Panakala,Okanda, Peanut Farm, Elephant Rock which attracts a lot of tourists. There is also beautiful lagoon, beach close to Panama village. The peak touristseason for Panama is April to October and throughout the year also both local and international tourists pay visits to enjoy wildlife watching inKumana National Park and stay at Panama for a real Sri Lankan village experience.

Kumana Bird Sanctuary and Heritage park starts southwards from Panama Village. Panama is still famous for its Pattini Cult which is in Tamil “Kannaki Amman”. This ancient village can be seen in the historical maps of Portuguese and Dutch as Panao, Panova, Paneme.

The main goal from Safari Panama is to promote Panama village as a tourism destination outside the crowed Arugam Bay. Panama has a lot of attractions and it’s a perfect place to relax and do many activities such a wildlife observation, surfing and just enjoying the beach.



Safari Panama also is very committed to the community, and recently a international Non Profit Organization financed 12 people from Panama to improve a room in their houses to offer homestays. Safari Panama, will play a role in receiving reservations for the home stays.

About Kumana National Park

The Park is located in the Ampara district of Southeast Sri Lanka, at a distance of 391 kilometers from Colombo. Kumana National Park covers an area of about 35,664 hectare of land. This stunning National Park was reopened in March 2003 after it was closed in 1983 due to Civil War in Sri Lanka.