Sri Lanka has one of the highest densities of wildlife in Asia — and this 7-day private safari tour takes you to three of its finest national parks, each with a distinct ecosystem and a different cast of animals. Yala offers the world’s highest density of wild leopards. Udawalawe is home to over 200 wild elephants. Minneriya hosts the spectacular ‘Gathering’ — hundreds of elephants converging on a single reservoir.

You travel in a private 4WD jeep with a specialist naturalist guide who knows where the animals are and how to read animal behaviour in the wild. This is not a theme park safari — it’s a proper wildlife experience in protected wilderness, where patience and knowledge make the difference between a distant shape and a leopard at ten metres.

Accommodation is in eco-lodges and safari camps positioned at the edges of the parks — close enough to hear the wildlife at night. Every game drive, transfer, and park entrance fee is included. This is Sri Lanka’s wildlife at its finest, experienced privately and properly.