Yala National Park Safari Trips & Tours

Yala National Park Safari Trips & Tours

A famous, leopard-speckled slice of nature to make your big cat dreams come true.

For a generous slice of Sri Lanka’s safari action, pop Yala on your travel list. Undoubtedly the country’s most well-known national park, it may already be on your radar, but the hype is absolutely worth it. Sloth bears, water buffalo and elephants roam wild through a diverse terrain of jungles, grasslands, lakes, plains and even a caramel-coloured beach or two, but the biggest drawcard is the leopard. Not only does the park have the largest population of the spotted cats in the world (60 in 380 square miles at the last count), they are also King of the food chain and can be spotted slinking around their natural habitat with relative ease. Any month of the year should yield sightings, but your best chance is probably from January to July, which handily coincides with the palu tree fruit season in late June and early July and the sloth bear’s nirvana.