Yala (යාල) National Park is the most visited and second-biggest public park in Sri Lanka, lining the Indian Ocean. The recreation center comprises five squares, two of which are currently open to the general population, and furthermore abutting parks. The squares have singular names, for example, Ruhuna National Park (Block 1), and Kumana National Park or 'Yala East' for the bordering region. It is arranged in the southeast area of the country and lies in Southern Province and Uva Province. The recreation center covers 979 square kilometers (378 sq mi) and is situated around 300 kilometers (190 mi) from Colombo. Yala was assigned as a natural life asylum in 1900, and, alongside Wilpattu was one of the initial two public stops in Sri Lanka, having been assigned in 1938. The recreation center is most popular for its assortment of wild creatures. It is significant for the preservation of Sri Lankan elephants, Sri Lankan panthers, and amphibian birds. 

There are six public parks and three untamed life asylums nearby Yala. Among the biggest is Lunugamvehera National Park. The recreation center is arranged in the dry semi-parched climatic district and downpour is gotten basically during the upper east rainstorm. Yala has an assortment of environments going from damp rainstorm timberlands to freshwater and marine wetlands. It is one of the 70 Important Bird Areas (IBAs) in Sri Lanka. Yala harbors 215 bird species including six endemic types of Sri Lanka. The quantity of vertebrates that have been recorded from the recreation center is 44, and it has one of the greatest panther densities on the planet. 

The region around Yala has facilitated a few antiquated human advancements. Two significant traveler locales, Sithulpahuwa and Magul Vihara, are arranged inside the recreation center. The 2004 Indian Ocean wave caused serious harm to the Yala National Park and 250 individuals passed on in its area. The quantity of guests has been on the ascent since 2009 after the security circumstance in the recreation center improved.

In 1560 Spanish map maker Cipriano Sanchez noted Yala in his guide "is deserted for a very long time due to insalubrious conditions."[1] Chief Justice Sir Alexander Johnston composed a definite record on Yala in 1806 subsequent to heading out from Trincomalee to Hambantota. On March 23, 1900 the public authority declared Yala and Wilpattu safe under the Forest Ordinance.[2] Initially, the degree of the save was 389 square kilometers (150 sq mi) between the Menik and Kumbukkan Rivers. Around then the save didn't bear the name Yala. The Game Protection Society (presently the Wildlife and Nature Protection Society) was instrumental in building up the save. The woods region among Palatupana and Yala has pronounced a chasing site saved uniquely for the occupant sportsmen.[2] Henry Engelbrecht was designated as the principal park warden. On 1 March 1938, Yala turned into a public park when the Flora and Fauna Protection Ordinance was passed into law by D. S. Senanayake, the priest of agribusiness. The recreation center comprises five blocks.[3] Subsequently, four different squares were fused to the recreation center. There are six public parks and three untamed life-safe-havens nearby Yala. Kumana National Park, Yala Strict Nature Reserve and Kataragama, Katagamuwa, and Nimalawa safe-havens are nonstop with the park.[2]