Kumana sits at the eastern end of the Yala complex and offers a very different experience - dense wetland habitat, lagoon systems and coastal forest that are among the most productive birdwatching environments in South Asia. Leopards and elephants are present. The sense of remoteness makes Kumana worth including for travellers who have already done Yala.
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.
