Description

<ul>The Park lies completely within the dry zone. It has coastal vegetation including salt-grass and low scrub, immediately adjacent to the beach. Then enter 5-10 km into the land of low-scrub to find monsoon forests.<br>
<br>The Wilpattu national park is world-renowned for leopard watching. A remote-camera survey done from July to October 2015 recorded 49 individual leopards. It was the second-highest core-area density next to the Yala national park block-I.<br>
<br>Other than leopards, there are about 30 mammals including sambhur <i>(Rusa unicolor unicolor)</i>, water buffalo <i>(Bubalus bubalis)</i>, sloth bear <i>(Melursus ursinus),</i> and elephant <i>(Elephas maximus maximus)</i> that can be seen in the park. Pomparippu is a place where you can see elephants roaming round the clock. Wetland birds, turtle species <i>(Melanonchelys trijuga),</i> and the soft-shelled species <i>(Lissemys punctata)</i> can be seen in the large permanent "Villus".</ul>