27/07/2024
Yala National Park is home to an extensive variety of 44 varieties of mammal and over 215 bird species, including at least 7 endemics. Among its more famous residents are the world's biggest concentration of leopards, majestic elephants, sloth bears, sambars, jackals, spotted dear, peacocks, and crocodiles.
Yala is one of Sri Lanka's oldest national parks and was designated a wildlife sanctuary as far back as 1900 though it wasn't until 1938 that it was established as a national park.
On safari in Yala National Park we would usually get some good sightings of elephants, at least a few of them. However, Yala is not a national park where one can expect to see elephants in big numbers. Deeper inside the Yala National Park elephants tend to be harder to spot.