Sri Lanka is fortunate to be gifted by nature and a wealth of animal life & tropical vegetation. The island's 65,610 sq km, dedicates 14% to sanctuaries and nature reserves. Today's adventurers have been blessed by the legacy of a 3rd century BC King who declared the 1st sanctuary as recorded in the Buddhist scriptures - "The King decreed that all human beings should follow the hal­lowed Buddhist precept of not harming any form of life".

Traveling into the jungles with camps deep within the national parks is an undiscovered treasure in Sri Lanka on the world wildlife map. Unlike many of the parks in India and Africa, Sri Lanka's are not commercial; the character of yesteryear remains intact thanks to the deferred start into the tourism arena. Sri Lanka has an amazing variety of fauna and flora, with some of the world's highest densities of leopards and ele­phants. Described as "one of Asia's top wildlife destinations", a new develop­ment in safaris is luxury-tented camps taking you overnight into the heart of the National Parks. The uniqueness of such camps is the complete 'away from it all feeling’; with amazing water front sites, a cool breezes & animal sightings.