Are there any wild tigers native to Sri Lanka?

No, there aren’t any wild tigers that are native to Sri Lanka. The top hunter on the island is the Sri Lankan Leopard (Panthera pardus kotiya), and you can spot it in the country’s national parks.

Meanwhile, nearby India has a big population of Bengal tigers, but they never made the crossing into Sri Lanka. If you want to watch apex predators, Yala National Park and also Wilpattu National Park provide some of the densest leopard sightings in the world, so the island becomes a major global safari destination.