Udawalawe National Park was established to protect the wildlife displaced by the construction of the Udawalawe Reservoir and has become one of the finest places in Asia to observe free-roaming wild Asian elephants in open savannah conditions. Elephant sightings are virtually guaranteed throughout the year – herds of twenty, thirty and sometimes over a hundred individuals moving through the grasslands around the reservoir edges in a manner that makes Udawalawe one of the most reliably spectacular wildlife parks on the island.
