PARADISE ISLAND

Sri Lanka’s dazzling southern coastline offers natural beauty, thrilling safaris, pristine beaches and a host of alluring luxury resorts

WORDS MARISA CANNON

Yala is a trove of natural beauty. Over two days we spot elephants, buffalo, spotted deer, wild boar... It’s just gone 6am and I’m jolted awake by the aggressive revving of our Jeep’s engine. Rumours of a leopard sighting have been hastily phoned through the network of guides, and every vehicle in the vicinity jumps into action. Our driver slams his foot down and we hurtle forward over the scrubland towards a grove of trees where a cluster of 4WDs have gathered, packed with day-trippers peering out of their open-tops. After a few minutes, Pisandu, our guide, breaks the news: “We just missed them. Drinking at the watering hole… a mother and two cubs.” Yala National Park on Sri Lanka’s southern coast has the densest leopard population in the world, but that…

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Business Traveller Asia-Pacific Edition (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2018

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