Tailor-Made Wilpattu National Park Holidays

Why Go Yonder?

Wilpattu National Park is a sensational hidden gem that is thankfully overlooked by mainstream visitors to Sri Lanka. Brimming with flora and fauna, almost any Sri Lankan Naturalist (and some of our most experienced Yonderers!) consider it to be the most exciting of the 26 national parks in Sri lanka.

There is a sense of it still being a genuine wilderness where the natural world abounds. Elephants, leopards and sloth bears are all residents, along with jackals, deer, crocodiles and a vast array of birds and butterflies. But the greatest delight of safari in Wilpattu is that with a bit of luck on your side you won’t be sharing a sighting with hordes of other tourists. The name Wilpattu literally means ‘natural lakes’ and this is exactly what you will find. Its a park of magnificent proportions, the largest wildlife sanctuary in Sri Lanka no less, where dry arid forest meets grassy plains before they turn into a system of over 50 wetlands.