Built around a reservoir on the edge of the hill country, Udawalawe National Park offers the surest elephant sightings in Sri Lanka — large herds range across open grassland year-round, alongside water buffalo, crocodiles, and rich birdlife. The adjacent Elephant Transit Home cares for orphaned calves before releasing them to the wild.
About 4 to 5 hours from Colombo, or 2 hours from Ella.
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A 5th-century rock fortress rising sheer from the jungle plain.
