Did you know you don’t have to go to Africa to go on a safari? Well, if you did you’re smarter than me. Sri Lanka has several National Parks in which you can go on a safari, but a Yala National Park safari is the best. We’ve been on 2 overland African Safari’s in which we spent 110 nights camping. For most people, this type of safari is not an option due to limited vacation time. If this is the case for you, then we’d suggest heading to Sri Lanka where you can go on a Yala National Park Safari and tie in some beach time either in Sri Lanka or the Maldives. Yala National Park Safari Yala National Park is located in the southeast region of Sri Lanka and lies in Southern Province and Uva Province. The park is 979 square kilometers (378 square miles). Yala consists of five blocks, only two blocks are open to the public. On our safari with Leopard Trails, we visited block 1, and all the footage in our video was shot in Yala National Park was from block 1 ...