Sri Lanka’s Yala National Park is the place to see leopards, but can it cope with hordes of visitors?

The purr of engines can be heard as safari jeeps prowl around the jungle; their exhaust fumes dancing on the dawn mist at Sri Lanka's Yala National Park. It's like the warm-up lap at a Formula 1 race. Soon after 6.30am, the safari guide's mobile phone rings. “Let's go and see some chaos,” he says.

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