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Experience a private half-day tour to Yala National Park, where you may see leopards, bears, elephants, deer, crocodiles, and many more wild animals. Yala is home to 44 varieties of mammal and 215 bird species. Yala was designated as a wildlife sanctuary in 1900, and, along with Wilpattu was one of the first two national parks in Sri Lanka, having been designated in 1938. Among its more famous residents are the world’s biggest concentration of leopards. The leopards are more elusive and primarily nocturnal in other countries but are easier to spot in Sri Lanka than any other place in the world. This safari drive will allow you to have a truly memorable experience amidst the beauty of Yala. You will get the opportunity to explore the lesser-traveled paths of the National Park and have a higher probability of seeing a wide variety of species.
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Duration: 11 to 12 hours
Starts: Colombo, Sri Lanka
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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Experience a private half-day tour to Yala National Park, where you may see leopards, bears, elephants, deer, crocodiles, and many more wild animals. Yala is home to 44 varieties of mammal and 215 bird species. Yala was designated as a wildlife sanctuary in 1900, and, along with Wilpattu was one of the first two national parks in Sri Lanka, having been designated in 1938. Among its more famous residents are the world’s biggest concentration of leopards. The leopards are more elusive and primarily nocturnal in other countries but are easier to spot in Sri Lanka than any other place in the world. This safari drive will allow you to have a truly memorable experience amidst the beauty of Yala. You will get the opportunity to explore the lesser-traveled paths of the National Park and have a higher probability of seeing a wide variety of species.
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Stop At: Yala National Park Sri Lanka
Yala National Park is Sri Lanka’s most popular wildlife park due to the presence of many leopards. The elephant population of Yala is approximately 250-300 individuals, and is broken up into small family groups and loan males. Other mammals include sloth bear, spotted deer, Sambar deer, the occasional Mouse deer, Rusty-spotted cat, and diverse birdlife including raptors, waders, and shorebirds. It covers approximately 1,300 square kilometres and is home to a range of ecosystems found nowhere else in Sri Lanka. With vegetation including moist and dry monsoon forests, thorn forest, savannah grasslands and fresh and saltwater wetlands, it comes as no surprise that the Yala National Park has the perfect habitats for the large number of endemic plant and animal species unique to the country, thus making it one of the chosen wildlife safari destinations that features on everyone’s tour itineraries.
Duration: 4 hours
