The setting for the Elephant Gathering – when hundreds of wild Asian elephants converge on the ancient Minneriya Tank in the dry season, creating the largest wild elephant aggregation on earth. At the peak gathering period between August and September, gatherings exceeding two hundred individual elephants around the reservoir’s edge have been recorded in a single afternoon, and even outside the gathering season the park’s open tank landscape and reliable elephant herds make it one of the Cultural Triangle’s most rewarding wildlife destinations.