On the Puttalam Road approximately 100km north of Colombo (15km north of Chilaw), an unsigned left turn 300 metres beyond of the 91km post leads 1.5km down a quiet lane into the heart of another unique wetland region. Annaiwilundawa is a cluster of shallow, 12th-century, manmade, cascading freshwater reservoirs surrounded by ...

In Sri Lanka there is no better place to watch elephants in the wild than Minneriya National Park.  Located roughly midway between the Habarana junction and the ancient 10th century ruins of Polonnaruwa on the A11 road, Minneriya was a favourite haunt of enterprising tour guides long before it was officially declared a ...

For too many years wildlife enthusiasts were denied access to Wilpattu, arguably the best and most beautiful National Park in Sri Lanka. With the reopening of the park in 2003 has come a new beginning for this jewel in the crown, which during its closure was part of a war zone where wildlife was given scant respect. Now is ...

Gal Oya National Park was established on the 12 February, 1954, in order to protect a portion of the 100,000 hectare catchment area of the massive Senanayake Samudra. It was created by the damming of the river called the Gal Oya with the goal of opening up 162,000 hectares of forest land for agricultural development and was ...

Since Uda Walawe was declared a national park in 1972 it has become very popular, no doubt due to its relative proximity to Colombo (200 kilometres) situated within the Ratnapura and Moneragala districts and the fact that elephants can always be found there. The ecological centrepiece of this popular park is the 3,400 ...

Located in the south-east corner of Sri Lanka, Yala(Officially known as Ruhunu National Park) lies within reasonable reach of the tourist destinations of the west coast and south-west coast. Comprising 97,881 hectares of land,it started as a game reserve for British colonial and overseas sportsmen in 1900.