Day 5 - Udawalawe National Park

In the afternoon, we ventured on a jeep safari in the Udawalawe National Park where I saw Asian elephants, which was the highlight, among other wildlife water buffalo, monkeys, crocodiles and lots of birds. Udawalawe National Park is the Sri Lankan national park that best rivals the savannah reserves of Africa. In fact, for elephant-watching, Udawalawe often surpasses many of the most famous East African national parks. The park, which centres on the 308.2-sq-km Udawalawe Reservoir, is lightly vegetated but it has a stark beauty and the lack of dense vegetation makes game-watching easy.