Giants of the ocean
Such are the wonders of Sri Lanka that if you were game, you could see both land and ocean behemoths on the same day. Just two-and-a-half hours from Yala is the port town of Mirissa, from where whale watching excursions take place almost year-round.
The North Central Province’s national parks
The parks in this part of the country are generally situated around large lakes and reservoirs dug by Sri Lanka’s ancient and medieval civilisations.