Tour Guide, Negombo, Sri Lanka
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The gateway to Yala National Park is Tissamaharama. A 20 km drive via Kirinda takes the visitors to the Palatupana. At Palatupana, the well-designed visitor center provides the information to the tourists and assign a tracker to all incoming vehicles. The park provides jeeps with soft tops which gives the opportunitiy to view wildlife, bordering the Indian Ocean. The number of mammals recorded at Yala is as high as 44, while it also boasts of one of the highest leopard densities in the world. None other than the majestic Sri Lankan elephant and the leopard, take pride of place at this amazing national park.
This park has the largest population for Sri Lankan endemic Leopard (Panthera Paradus Kotiya) hence Yala Naional Park is the most highlighted National park in Sri Lanka among the tourists.