Best Things to Do on a Udawalawe Elephant Safari Udawalawe National Park safari guide — Sri Lanka's most reliable park for wild elephant sightings, with an elephant transit home nearby for orphaned calves.
Open grassland and a large reservoir make Udawalawe the most consistent park in Sri Lanka for spotting wild elephants, often in herds of 20 or more.
A rehabilitation centre near the park cares for orphaned elephant calves before releasing them back into the wild, with public viewing at feeding times.
Unlike Yala's dense scrub, Udawalawe's open grassland makes sightings easier and safaris generally shorter and less bumpy.
The park borders Udawalawe and Embilipitiya towns. For leopards instead of guaranteed elephants, see the Yala safari guide. Background: Udawalawe National Park on Wikipedia.
Open grassland and reservoir-edge tracks give some of the most reliable wild elephant sightings in Sri Lanka, often at close range.
A public viewing platform lets visitors watch orphaned elephant calves being bottle-fed several times a day before their eventual release.
