Although a small country, Sri Lanka has one of the highest rates of endemic species in the world, spread throughout diverse environments including jungle, highland plains, marine parks, sand dunes, wetlands, savannah, mangroves and more. This unique ecology means Sri Lanka boasts several of Asia’s best national parks. Take a seaplane to famous Yala, where you’ll stay in a luxury safari camp and enjoy an open jeep safari at Wilpattu in search of leopards and crocodiles. Follow the impressive annual elephant migration at Minneriya during dry season and hike the highlands of Nuwara Eliya in search of all manner of birdlife, including the Dull-Blue flycatcher and Yellow-Eared Bulbul.