As the dry season lowers the Minneriya reservoir, wild elephant herds converge on the exposed lake edge in numbers that have no equivalent in Sri Lanka. During the peak months, hundreds of elephants gather in one place. Kaudulla National Park, five kilometres away, is active year-round and usually has elephant sightings outside the Minneriya season.
Yala National Park
World-record leopard density - and everything else besides
Block 1 of Yala is the most productive leopard habitat on earth by density. Wild elephants, sloth bears, mugger crocodiles, painted storks and flamingos in the coastal lagoon, a supporting cast that would be headline news anywhere else. A private jeep with a dedicated specialist tracker makes the difference between a good morning in the bush and one you talk about for years.
