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Yala, South Coast, Sri Lanka
South Coast

Yala

The highest density of leopards on earth.

Region
South Coast
Best time
February to July
How long to stay
2 days

Yala National Park covers nearly a thousand square kilometres of dry forest, lagoon and open plain running down to the sea. Block One, the section open to visitors, holds a leopard density unmatched anywhere in the world.

You also come for elephants, sloth bears, crocodiles the length of a car, and a bird list that runs past two hundred species before you have finished breakfast.

We run the first game drive of the day, entering at gate-open, with guides who have worked these tracks for a decade or more. That is the difference between seeing a leopard and hearing about one.

What not to miss

  • Dawn leopard tracking
  • Elephant herds at the waterholes
  • Sloth bear season in June
  • Tented camps on the park edge
Journeys including this place

Tours that visit Yala.

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Culture & Heritage

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Everything most first-time visitors come for, in a single week: the rock fortress, the Temple of the Tooth, the tea train, a Yala safari and Galle Fort.

Honeymoon

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Evening light over the Sri Lankan coast
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