Whether you are a seasoned traveler to Sri Lanka or visiting for the first time, Galle Wildlife Tours will promise a smooth tour with the expertise in the field gained by managing countless number of tours throughout Sri Lanka. Due to incomparable all-round service and quality of tours, bring our clients mesmerizing holidays and it keeps us at the forefront of travel industry. The guests have high hopes when planning the trip to Sri Lanka. Expected excitement and happiness will gradually become a sweet reality with our careful arrangements and smooth operation while clients experience the real spirit of Sri Lanka first-hand.
Galle Wildlife Tours offers you the chance to become a part of our story, to come to see the places and faces of our history and leave your own mark on a civilization found nowhere else in the world. We assure you that your experience in Sri Lanka will be like nothing else you have ever witnessed.
Naturalist / Marine Biologist
Anoma Alagiyawadu
MindGarden Sri Lanka
“Sudam”, Pitiwella, Boossa, Galle, Sri Lanka.
Tel : +94 77 36 90 171
Anoma is a Cetacean expert has committed his life to the study and preservation of nature. His interest in nature goes back to his childhood, growing up in Kottawa in the Galle region. The lush forest surroundings close to his home provided him much entertainment, and many hours were spent absorbing the wonders around him.
Upon leaving school, Anoma began his career at the Galle Maritime Museum under the tutelage of its curator, Mr Dharma Sri Kandamby – a keen representative of the Wildlife Conservation Society on national and international platforms, whose vast experience as a scientific collector includes the discovery of a new species of endemic frogs and crabs. Accompanying his mentor on such voyages of discovery, Anoma soon became an equally dab hand at finding and identifying the wealth of natural life around him, including a new species of endemic lizard, freshwater fishes, frogs, and freshwater crabs. These projects continued to become the subject of numerous research papers, which Anoma compiled as part of his Wildlife Conservation & Management Programme at the Open University and Biodiversity Management Diploma at the University of Colombo.
Anoma joined Jetwing in 2004 and plays a vital role up to date as one of Jetwing’s key experts on the wilds of the Southern region of Sri Lanka. As the resident naturalist, Anoma enjoys the opportunity to share his passion - to communicate the importance of the natural world and with guests from around the world. He leads interactive whale watching tours during six months of the year – at high season, he is also involved in planning new education programmes, and conducting workshops as well as attending industry related conferences and workshops.
Dedicated and enthusiastic, Anoma is currently applying innovative conservations methods to preserve and improve the propagation of Southern region Marine life. He has participated as a field assistant and organized infrastructural studies in research campaigns conducted by eminent British academics and marine biologists, referenced in Wild Heritage Trust adding rare insights to the country’s wild habitats. Anoma’s researches have been published in the Journal of South Asian Natural History offering his unique contribution at global standards. He has also worked in conjunction with the National Maritime
Museum Galle and is a proactive member of the Galle Wildlife Society as well as of BEES – Biodiversity Exploration and Education Society.
A licenced, Ceylon Tourist Board Guide and Lecturer, Anoma is a very active and supportive member of the Blue Whale Conservation Group at Mirissa. As a Naturalist and Marine Biologist, he is keen on promoting conservation through tourism increasing local revenue via continuous dynamic strategies. Our commitment to the environment and proactive support to his personal and professional vision has enabled Anoma to set his sights on bigger goals. Anoma is completing his research into the largest mammals of the deep and has set up Sri Lanka’s first whale watching information centre at Jetwing Lighthouse, Galle. While he still answers the call of the wild from the forests of his childhood, it is the songs of the deep that beckon him today to discover more mysteries of the Ocean in the future.
River Cruise Specialist
Krishan Kankanamge
Krishan have engaged in the field of Eco-tourism over a decade and gone through the Wildlife Conservation studies at Young Zoologist Association of Sri Lanka. He specialised in the fields such as Bird Watching, Wildlife Photography, Eco Farming and Wildlife Conservation. Yet he is quite interested in playing football.
Heritage Interpreter / Ceylon Tea Experince Specialist
Kaveesh Silva
Kaveesh Silva gained extensive knowledge and Experience in tea cultivation, manufacturing, and the management of large-scale tea estates while working as a Plantation Executive for several Regional Plantation Companies in Sri Lanka. His passion and love for agriculture began during his school years, which inspired him to join the National Institute of Plantation Management in Sri Lanka after completing his schooling.
Throughout his career, he has gained valuable expertise in cultivating different tea varieties and producing various types of tea. Driven by his passion and knowledge, he later expanded his career into the tourism industry after obtaining his licence as a Tourist Guide Lecturer in Sri Lanka. He now works as a Heritage Interpreter in the Southern Province, sharing his knowledge and experience of Sri Lanka’s tea industry and tea culture with tourists.
Butterfly Specialist / Nature Artist
Samera Akmemana
Sameera have engaged in the field of eco-tourism for over a decade and has gone through wildlife conservation studies at the Young Zoologist Association of Sri Lanka. He specialised in fields such as Butterfly Specialist, Nature Artist, Bird Watching, Wildlife Photography, Eco Farming and Wildlife Conservation.
Naturalist
Jono Forgham
A primary school teacher for 30 years, he retired from teaching in July 2009 to set up my own science enhancement and communication company. The Primary Works offers science clubs, workshops and staged science shows nationwide. He have always been interested in bird watching since my early years.
A primary school teacher for 30 years, he retired from teaching in July 2009 to set up my own science enhancement and communication company. The Primary Works offers science clubs, workshops and staged science shows nationwide. He have always been interested in bird watching since my early years. Apparently his first tick was after inquiring about a chaffinch and then receiving the Observer book of birds. By the age of 9 he had moved on to Tory Peterson's collins guide and was now involved on YOC birding holidays to Northumbria, Essex coast, Slimbridge and Yorkshire. His twitching rule is that he will willingly travel 1km for each gram the bird weighs.
However, he have had many rarities just by being in the right place. He have travelled widely throughout Europe and also visited Australia and Sri Lanka. In 2016 he spent time at Portland Bird Obs and two trips to Aviero, Portugal. 2017 found him back in Sri Lanka in Feb/March, then July and back for New Year's Eve celebrations in December. Also returned to The Camargue in May for a 4 day trip. Interests - Natural history, with particular reference to birds: cricket, red wine, travel, photography.
Training and Development
Anusha Samanmalee
Anusha is a passionate tourism and hospitality professional and lecturer with experience in Hotel Front Office Operations, tourism education, and hospitality training. She is a Lecturer at the Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management (SLITHM), Koggala, where she is involved in educating and developing future hospitality professionals.
Her professional interests include tourism development, hotel management, customer service, tourism economics, and sustainable tourism. She is also engaged in postgraduate studies related to Tourism Economics and Hotel Management, continuously developing her academic and professional expertise.
Anusha is particularly passionate about practical, student-centred learning and helping young people build the knowledge, confidence, communication skills, and professional attitudes needed to succeed in the tourism and hospitality industry.