Sri Lanka | Udawalawe National Park

 Udawalawe was our last stop before heading to the airport.
We took off before the sun came up, 
and headed to the national park.

We slept half of the way there (2+ hours) 
and was woken up by our driver to an elephant on the road.
He was a smart little (big!) guy...
he knew he could get tourists to give him food
and he was right! 
People pulled over on the side of the road to feed him.

Not us.
We were off to the real safari.

We jumped in our jeep and headed in...
first few minutes and we saw water buffalo
and just a few minutes later, we saw elephants.

Udawalawe is over 300-sq-km and 
the home to over 250 permanent Sri Lankan elephants.

It was amazing how close we got to these animals.
elephants - moms and babies - roaming in herds,
and males on their own.
Water buffalos, yellow jackal, monkeys, tucans, 
peacocks, and more... 

It was a magical experience seeing these amazing animals
in their own habitat and a perfect way to 
end our Sri Lankan adventure.

A long day and a great end to our trip.

Hope you enjoyed the pictures...

and don't ask Ian about our flight home.

someone misread the flight details. 

oops.

over 24 hours later and we made it home.

xx

the mcgees