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Sri Lanka and India Day 2: Rainforest and Jungle Trip

18 February 2016 • 181 km / 113 mi (map)

  • Added to Eric Scouten :: Travel on 12 June 2026
  • Sri Lanka 3

We enjoyed a jungle nature walk this morning, and then drove over some very windy mountain roads to exit the Sinharaja Nature Preserve, and on to the edge of the Yala Nature Preserve. We’re told there will be many wild animals in tomorrow’s tour of Yala.

A long, dark, S-curved millipede with many segmented body rings and tiny legs crawling on the textured, pale grey bark of a tree trunk, set against a blurred backdrop of lush green forest foliage.
Sinharaja Forest Preserve, Kalawana, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
A white butterfly with black-spotted wings perches on green foliage in a sunlit rainforest, surrounded by bright leaves with a blurred dark green background.
Sinharaja Forest Preserve, Kalawana, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
A large golden orb-weaver spider with long black legs marked by yellow joints and a dark speckled body sits at the center of its web, set against a softly blurred background of green foliage in the Sinharaja Forest Preserve.
Sinharaja Forest Preserve, Kalawana, Sri Lanka
A bright green lizard with a long tail rests on coarse, pebbly brown ground, with a single green leaf and a thin twig nearby.
Sinharaja Forest Preserve, Kalawana, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
A misty green hillside covered in tea plantations near Rakwana, Sri Lanka, with terraced rows of low tea bushes climbing the slopes, a tall tree in the right foreground, scattered small buildings, and a forested mountain peak wrapped in low cloud.
Rakwana, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
A large forested mountain with exposed grey rock cliffs near its summit rises under a hazy, overcast sky in Rakwana, Sri Lanka, with a leafy green tree and dense vegetation in the foreground.
Rakwana, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
A misty, forested mountainside near Rakwana, Sri Lanka, with terraced tea plantations on the lower green slopes and a few small estate buildings, including a blue-painted house, nestled among the fields. Low clouds shroud the upper ridge in the background.
Rakwana, Sri Lanka
An Asian elephant stands on a grassy embankment beside a wire fence at the edge of the Uda Walawe Reservoir, with the wide blue water and a partly cloudy sky stretching behind it. The elephant has dust on its head and back, and faces the camera near the dirt and patchy grass at the water's edge.
Uda Walawe Reservoir, Udawalawa, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
Three water buffalo stand partly submerged in a wide green-tinted lake under a bright blue sky with scattered white clouds. Along the far shoreline are dense green bushes and trees, with a lookout tower or pavilion visible in the distance.
Water buffalo on the road in to our hotel. · Cinnamon Wild Yala, Palatupana, Southern Province, Sri Lanka
A wooden balcony with two slatted teak armchairs and a round wooden table, set under a sloped roof with dark beams and overlooking dense green forest foliage. A black metal railing borders the deck, and french doors with glass panes open into the room on the right.
Cinnamon Wild Yala, Palatupana, Southern Province, Sri Lanka
A raised cabin-style bungalow numbered 145 with a green corrugated metal roof, cream walls, and dark wooden French doors opening onto a covered veranda with a railing and wooden chairs, accessed by a wooden staircase, surrounded by lush green tropical vegetation and bare sandy ground.
Cinnamon Wild Yala, Palatupana, Southern Province, Sri Lanka

Our neighbors at room 145, who did not want to allow us to pass along the trail.

Two long-tailed gray langur monkeys with long tails sit on a sun-dappled reddish dirt path that runs through lush green woodland, with a small red sign reading “144” beside the track and a smaller green sign further along.
Cinnamon Wild Yala, Palatupana, Southern Province, Sri Lanka
Kalawana to Palatupana, Sri Lanka · 181 km / 113 mi
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