Sprawling across the southeastern coast, Yala National Park is Sri Lanka’s most famous wildlife sanctuary and a global hotspot for biodiversity. Covering nearly 1,000 square kilometers, Yala’s unique landscape shifts from dense monsoon forests and thorny scrub to sun-kissed lagoons and golden beaches. At Ceylon2World, we take you deep into the heart of this wild frontier to witness nature at its most raw and majestic. Yala is legendary for having the highest density of leopards in the world. Because these majestic cats are the island’s apex predators, they are unusually bold, often seen basking on rocky outcrops or sauntering along the safari tracks in broad daylight.