When you hear the words Safari, one would automatically think Africa, more specifically Kenya or South Africa. Sri Lanka just happens to also be a biodiversity hot spots. Sri Lanka is one of 25 Biodiversity hot spots around the world.
Don't get me wrong, you wont see any giraffes or lions in Sri Lanka, however what you will see are, Elephants, leopards, bears, hundreds of species of birds, and reptiles and your usual herbivorous animals such as buffalo, deer etc.
Sri Lanka is a bird watchers paradise, with a large number of nature reserves dedicated to birds. The island is at various points in the year home to many species of migratory birds too. I will cover this in another post later.
The below map shows the locations of the safari destinations I would recommend, I will look at each of these in brief detail in this article.
