Wild Life

Almost nothing in Sri Lanka splits our readers’ opinions more than this government run pinnawala elephant orphanage near Kegalle. Initially created to protect abandoned or orphaned elephants

With monkeys crashing through the trees, peacocks in their finest frocks and cunning leopards sliding like shadows through the undergrowth, Yala National Park (also known as Ruhunu) is the Jungle Book brought to glorious life.

Wilpattu National park is located 26 km north of Puttalam spanning from the northwest coast inland towards the ancient capital of Anuradhapura .

Dominated by the ancient Minneriya Tank, this park has plenty of scrub and light forest in its 88.9 sq km to provide shelter for its toque macaques, sambar deer, leopards and elephants