Gal oya is a hidden gem and perhaps the most untouched of all our national parks. It is the only place in Sri Lanka where you can embark on a boat safari to witness “swimming elephants” crossing the Senanayake Samudra, also known as the island’s largest man-made inland water body. It is a sanctuary of profound silence, where you can connect with the Indigenous Vedda tribes and see how humans and the wild have lived in harmony for centuries.