Sinharaja Rainforest
Sinharaja is a UNESCO World Heritage Site where the density of endemic species is staggering. The forest is dense and dripping, alive with the calls of endemic birds, the rustle of lizards in the leaf litter and the crash of hidden waterfalls. The reserve is home to the famous Sinharaja ‘bird wave’, a phenomenon unique […]
Yala National Park
Yala National Park is Sri Lanka’s most famous wildlife sanctuary and one of the world’s best places to spot leopards in the wild. The park has one of the highest densities of leopards of any protected area on earth and sightings, while never guaranteed, are remarkably frequent. The park’s varied habitats – rocky outcrops, lagoons, […]
Minneriya
Minneriya National Park is home to one of nature’s most spectacular wildlife phenomena – ‘The Gathering’, a seasonal congregation of hundreds of elephants that assembles around the ancient Minneriya tank between July and October as water levels drop and fresh grass carpets the exposed lakebed. At its peak, this is the largest gathering of wild […]
Udawalawe
Udawalawe National Park is a vast open landscape of grassland, scrub and reservoir that is home to one of the largest and most stable elephant populations on the island, with herds frequently numbering in the dozens moving across the open plains in full view. The park’s terrain is ideal for wildlife observation: low vegetation means […]
Wilpattu
Wilpattu is a landscape in the northwest of the island, characterised by its unique natural lakes that attract an astonishing variety of wildlife to their shores. Leopards are frequently sighted here, padding silently through the undergrowth in greater density than almost anywhere else in the country, while sloth bears, spotted deer, water buffalo and crocodiles […]