YALA NATIONAL PARK - SAFARI SRI LANKA | VLOG #28

Yala National Park, here we are! Today was about going on a safari through the most visited national park of Sri Lanka. The reason why it is the most visited is because this park is famous for leopards, especially in the early morning. So we went on a mission to find one, and of course seeing our favourite animals, elephants! Will we find them? Just watch the video!
Accommodation tip: we're staying in the Grand Residence, a wonderful and quiet place in Tangalle. Check their website at: grandresidence.lk
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FAQs - just a few of the questions we get asked mostly but feel free to ask us anything guys!
Q: When and where did you guys meet?
A: Nusa Lembongan, Indonesia, 2015
Q: Where are you from?
A: Hugo is from Holland and Noemie from the French part of Canada (Quebec)
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A: Adobe Premiere Pro
Q: Do you use a specific LUTs for color grading?
A: Most of the time we use the OSIRIS LUTs
Q: I want more information on a location you guys went to!
A: We write about all our adventures (and more!) on our website: wewanderasia.com
Q: How can you travel like this?
A: in November 2016 we left everything behind with budget for roughly 9 months of travel
P.s. thanks for watching our videos! 😊

[@WAYAWAYWithAsh]

I love that photo of the baby elephant. He looks like he's dancing and singing.So cute. -Ash

[@hugorijpstra.netherlands]

Haha yeah right! They might be big but elephants can actually be quiet gracious!

[@hughmungus7570]

I have vivid memories of visiting yala with my family every weekend. We had some really cool wildlife encounters.

[@mikebailey9543]

Thank you Hugo and Noemie for taking us with you on your safari through Yala National Park. I'm glad you kept it real by showing us that there are wait times and that everything does not happen magically. I love your positive personalities, smiles and energy. Keep having fun! Great vlog! Thumbs up!

[@hugorijpstra.netherlands]

Hey Mike, yeah we like to show how things truly are and this is just what it was. However as you can see we kept smiling though and having good vibes! 😃 Take care in Nova Scotia!

[@tharakakarunarathne2420]

If you want to see Elephants in Sri Lanka, the best place is Minneriya National park. You would definitely see at least 150 Elephants there. Second is UDAWALAWE. I never recommend Yala for anything. You can hardly see any animal there.

[@viewserendib]

Thank you for visiting and blogging about Sri Lanka. After the WAR, it is tourists like you who make it possible for us to appreciate what we have missed, for so long. Thank you

[@Noeman2009]

OMG..Love the sunshine & warm day. This video simply one of best so far.

[@hugorijpstra.netherlands]

Hey Ari, yeah it was REALLY hot haha. Happy you liked it!

[@lugeefreedom]

I found your channel a couple of days ago. I still don't get how you don't have hundreds of thousands of subscribers/views! Definitely high quality camera work and editing, & I can feel the effort you put into your videos. Can I suggest a video idea? I see that both of you are travelling with carry-on only, right? It'd be interesting to get an idea of how you fit everything you need for months into those bags. Thank you & keep exploring! 👍🏼

[@hugorijpstra.netherlands]

Hey Lugain, what an amazing message! Growing on KZbin isn't easy especially in the beginning. But thankfully it allows people to find us organically like you did so the more videos we'll produce the more people can find us and we believe that at some point subscribers will come 😃 Thanks for the video idea, we're not only traveling with carry on, also with our backpacks, but we fit our entire life in 50L pretty much as the rest is camera gear. Maybe one time we'll do a video on it!

[@margaritaarreola9755]

Thank you guys for sharing your beautiful video!

[@zvenus25]

Great Job guys! got addicted to your VLOG :-) such a beautiful song played in the background? which song is it?

[@sunny_ssh]

I spent my last hour watching your videos. They are very inspiring! When are you coming to Thailand?

[@hugorijpstra.netherlands]

Haha that's awesome! We're probably coming to Thailand around August / September 😃

[@sunny_ssh]

HUGO & NOEMIE - WE WANDER ASIA thats greatt

[@nandanabuk2649]

wonderful video i m relay impressed you broth presentation superb

[@guylainecabana6627]

J'adore vos Vlog ! Les images sont fantastiques et elles nous donnent le goût de vivre vos aventures. Vous êtes d'excellent ambassadeurs des pays que vous visitez ! 🐘🐘🐘. Un magnifique travail de qualité . 📽 📷📷📷 Je vous souhaite beaucoup, beaucoup d'autres abonnements KZbin 👌👌. je continue de vous suivre !!!

[@hugorijpstra.netherlands]

Merci beaucoup ma belle mere! - Hugo

[@AjithKumar2004]

Thanks for sharing our nature beauty to the world

[@sampathsandaruwan1295]

Very nice avesome... Thanks for uploading......

[@simplyyank1119]

That is a lot of patience r8 there guys, haha, is that asiatic elephant or african? seems quite too big for asiatic. That is a very cool safari on a jeep, dunno if we have that on jeep safari here in indo, mostly by walk or by boat, srilanka is really beautiful, thumbs up!

[@hugorijpstra.netherlands]

Haha yeah we needed a lot of patience. We just kept having good vibes and that helped us through it. No idea what kind of elephant it exactly was, but they were HUGE. Btw: more HUGE elephants are coming in a week, and with that I mean: HUGE. So stay tuned 😃 One day we'll do a safari in Indonesia too, never done that!

[@maheeldabarera]

Simply Yank In Sri Lanka you can only find the Asian Elephant (SL is in Asia ;))

[@enjoyinglife9202]

Was het erg prijzig om naar Sri Lanka te gaan? Hoeveel waren jullie ongeveer kwijt? Zaten jullie in dure hotels/ of juist in hostels? Ik zit er aan te denken om in Juli te gaan voor ongeveer 3 weken. Ziet er heel gaaf uit in ieder geval!

[@hugorijpstra.netherlands]

Sri Lanka zelf is niet enorm duur, eten kan erg goedkoop (maar ook duur), OV is super goedkoop, alleen accommodaties zijn over het algemeen duurder. Wij verblijven tegenwoordig vaak in luxere plekken omdat we samenwerken met die hotels, maar er is genoeg te vinden voor ieder budget (weinig hostels alleen). Het is een onwijs gaaf land en kan het je zeker aanbevelen! Indien je nog meer informatie nodig hebt, check even onze website: www.wewanderasia.com

[@shadow-fl2yz]

Denk ik, jullie van Nederland. Het bestr.

[@victor-ferreira]

Awesome! Awesome Safari!!! 👌📷

[@hugorijpstra.netherlands]

Thanks Victor 😃

[@whakabuti]

Pro tip: tourism really over populates Yala resulting in large queues and way too many vehicles which isn't good for the environment and animals. Visit Wilpattu instead for a slightly denser forest but less jeeps and somewhat similar chances of seeing a leopard.

[@hansmaxx2215]

best Safari I've been on was in Kenya. Tsavo East National Park. If you ever get the chance give it a shot -it's awesome!

[@hugorijpstra.netherlands]

Haha one day!

[@malincooray4861]

❤❤

[@divinetamil]

Nice and beautiful coverage

[@umangasarathchandra717]

final some youtuber doing videos of sri lanka

[@hugorijpstra.netherlands]

Yes and we're loving it!

[@rivonrajamoney1064]

wow ! It's my country :) If you guys really love elephants, you people could have gone to Minneria national park !

[@hugorijpstra.netherlands]

Hey Rivon! Thanks for your comment, we will visit Minneria!

[@visalinduka3495]

Sri Lanka is best

[@ChrisTravelVlog]

beautiful job guys :)

[@hugorijpstra.netherlands]

Thanks Chris!

[@ChrisTravelVlog]

i notice you got the osmo...how are you finding it, i ditched mine after a couple months. i liked the results but took so much time to set up and get a shot i didnt end up using it much. now my g7 x is battered and bruised and would long for it back sometimes! haha.

[@hugorijpstra.netherlands]

Haha we know the feeling! The OSMO is absolutely shit when it es to setting it up. However it gives these cinematic vibe that no few cameras give, so we're keeping it...

[@challengzee2583]

Isn't it dangerous to walk in the park cuz a leopard might come and see you

[@hugorijpstra.netherlands]

Leopards are probably more scared of us and we were close to the car, but you're right hehe!

[@nandanabuk2649]

if you coming again please contact me