
Yala City
Yala National Park in Sri Lanka is a wildlife sanctuary renowned for its diverse ecosystems and abundant wildlife. Home to leopards, elephants, and numerous bird species, Yala offers a captivating safari experience. The park's picturesque landscapes include dense forests, grasslands, and coastal areas, enhancing its appeal to nature enthusiasts.
Sri Lanka Tented Safari Camping, Yala
About Sri Lanka Tented Safari Camping Yala, Yala
Yala wildlife National Park or Ruhuna National park, 2nd largest but most famous National park in Sri Lanka, located 300 kilometres or so from Colombo and as most diehard wildlife enthusiast will tell you it is the best place to spot Asian Elephants & Leopards in Sri Lanka, over 100 species of birds & 32 species of mammals have been recorded here and is considered a large bio-diversity hotspot.Yala wildlife National park paths run through a spectrum of terrains from dense to scrub jungle, open savannah type to semi-arid areas, rock pools, ravines and fresh water lakes strewn with more than one prominent rocky outcrops, a snaking coastline where the wildlife behaves in an unconcerned and truly wild way and has ceased to take alarm and flee at the sight of humans but by no means docile, with over one hundred and fifty square miles of territory, traversing in Yala without a wildlife department guide is prohibited. The Asian elephant, leopard, black-bear along with crocodiles are the most common sights while peacocks, hornbills and the gray languor monkeys' keeps you company along the route with their ceaseless cries, the buffalo, another unsung denizen of Yala can be unpredictable, easily riled and extremely dangerous with their sharp horns, are quite common in Yala. Yala east or better known as Kumana is a bird watchers paradise with rarities like Ceylon shamas, paradise flycatchers, red-faced malkoha, great thick-knee, and not so rare peacocks adorning the paths during dawn & dusk.
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About Hambantota District
Hambantota is a rural town in southeastern coastal area of Sri Lanka. It is also the capital of the Hambantota District in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka. Approximately 240 kms from Colombo,Hambantota is in the midst of transformation into a strategic port and commercial centre, undergoing extensive infrastructure development. Flanked by sweeping sandy beaches,Hambantota is a convenient location from which to visit nearby sights.
The Bundala National Park lays 20 km east of Hambantota and the Weerawila Sanctuary a little further off. The Ruhuna National Park and theKataragama Temple are other attractions that can be accessed easily from this city.
About Southern Province
The Southern Province of Sri Lanka is a small geographic area consisting of the districts of Galle, Matara and Hambantota. Subsistence farming and fishing is the main source of income for the vast majority of the people of this region.
Important landmarks of the Southern Province include the wildlife sanctuaries of the Yala and Udawalawe National Parks, the holy city of Kataragama, and the ancient cities of Tissamaharama, Kirinda and Galle. (Although Galle is an ancient city, almost nothing survives from before the Portuguese invasion.) During the Portuguese period there were two famous Sinhalese poets called Andare who was from Dickwella and Gajaman Nona who was from Denipitiya in Matara District, composing poems on common man.