From the Madu River mangrove wetland near Balapitiya to the Negombo lagoon’s Dutch canal network and the Gal Oya reservoir’s extraordinary elephant boat safari, Sri Lanka’s inland water environments offer a completely different quality of natural experience from any safari drive – quieter, more intimate, and full of the small-scale wildlife encounters that reward slow, attentive movement through an ecosystem. Flight Ceylon Tours incorporates lagoon safaris into its itineraries at natural stopping points where the setting and the wildlife justify them.