Yala National Park was initially started as a Game Sanctuary by the British in 1894 and was established as the Yala National Park in 1938. Yala covers more than 100,000 hectares of wildlife with Kirinda to the west, Kataragama to the North, Panama to the east and the Indian Ocean to the south. Yala is divided into 5 areas known as blocks 1 to 5. The most visited area is block one. The road network is much better on this block and easily accessible even without a four-wheel drive

Main attractions
Yala has the world’s highest concentration of Leopards. crocodile, elephant, deer, sambar, bear, wild bore, wild buffalo peacock and many varieties of birds including migratory birds such as flamingos..