Occupying about a 110km's (425 sq mile) tract of shore line and jungle on the North west coast, around 180km (110 miles) north of Colombo and 50km (30 miles) west of Anuradhapura, Wilpattu is Sri Lanka's largest national park and a refuge for Elephants, Leopards and sloth bears.

Wilpattu could become an eco tourism destination to rival Ruhuna in the south, with huge expanses of forest and an array of rare mammal and bird species.