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Wildlife safari, Lahugala national park |
Wildlife safari, Lahugala national park |
<ul>Lahugala national park is full of wild elephants and birds. Due to bordering Kumana national park, this is an interesting park for bird watching enthusiasts. It is located 19 km west of Arugam Bay.
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Gal Oya national park, Boat safari |
Gal Oya national park, Boat safari |
<ul>Gal Oya national park is famous due to its' boat safari in Senanayaka Samudra reservoir. It is located 314 km away from Colombo and about 1 and half hours' drive to the north of Arugam Bay.<br>
<br>"Makara", the natural tunnel, the water stream falls through that feed the Senanayaka Samudra is an amazing place to explore.<br>
<br>Gal Oya national park offers you a rare opportunity of getting closer to exotic animals and birds. The "sitting-and-swimming" elephants in the serene water of the Senanayaka Samudra always make a picturesque scene that can not be seen anywhere in the world.</ul> |
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Wildlife safari, Yala national park |
Wildlife safari, Yala national park |
<ul>Wildlife safari at Yala national park would be the most famous activity done by the most foreign travelers to Sri Lanka. Yala national park is located 310 km from Colombo in Hambantota and Monaragala district.<br>
<br>Yala national park comprises five blocks of which block 1 has been the most frequented due to its accessibility and the terrain of open glades. Due to its high population of wild aminals, Yala national park block 1 is the most frequented area of travelers. The small and large herds of elephants and leopards are roaming often around this area. That provides the best chance to take photographs of them in your interesting pose. The Sloth bear, Spotted Deer, Wild Boar, Sandbur and saltwater crocodile, and birds and turtles are frequent in Yala national park.<br>
<br>You have a 99% chance to witness those wild animals during your Yala safari.<br>
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Wildlife safari, Wilpattu national park |
Wildlife safari, Wilpattu national park |
<ul>Wilpattu national park, the largest national park in Sri Lanka is spreading across the northwest coastal lowland. It is located 188 km away from Colombo, 78 km from Kalpitiya, and 38 km from Anuradhapura. Wilpattu was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1905 and upgraded as a national park in 1938 together with Yala.<br>
<br>Due to its varying biodiversity consist of dense forest, natural lakes, coastal belt, and open grasslands provide a natural habitat for various flora and fauna. The main attraction of Wilpattu is Leopards and Sloth bears. You have the best chance to spot and photograph Leopards near natural lakes in the park during your wildlife safari. </ul> |
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Horton plains national park, World heritage site |
Horton plains national park, World heritage site |
<ul>Horton plains national park is situated 2,300 m above sea level, spreading across Badulla, Nuwara Eliya, and Ratnapura districts, and 190 km away from Colombo, 29 km away from Nuwara Eliya, and 50 km away from Ella.<br>
<br>Maha Eliya Thenna, literary meaning in Sinhala “the great open plain,” was the original name of the area and it was renamed after Sir Robert Wilmot-Horton, the British Governor of Ceylon from 1831 to 1837.<br>
<br>It was nominated as a wildlife sanctuary in 1969 and upgraded to a national park in 1988. Peak wilderness sanctuary adjoining the west with Horton plains national park together with Knuckles mountain range has called “the Central Highlands of Sri Lanka” is a World Heritage Site.
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Wildlife & Bird watching safari, Kumana national park |
Wildlife & Bird watching safari, Kumana national park |
<ul>Kumana national park is famous among bird watching enthusiasts. But it is full of other animals especially elephants and leopards. It is located 391 km southeast of Colombo and 37 km from Arugam Bay. Due to its contiguous with Yala national park, Kumana national park was formally known as Yala east national park. The Park is bordered by River Kumubukkan Oya on the south and the south-eastern coast on the east.<br>
<br>A 200 hectares mangrove swamp called “Kumana Villu” within the park is subject to occasional inundation with seawater is heaven for bird nesting and breeding. There are about 255 bird species recorded in Kumana. Tens of thousands of migratory birds migrate to the Kumana Villu area annually from April to July.<br>
<br>Among those recorded species Lesser whistling teal, Spot-billed pelican, Openbill, purple coot, Pheasant-tailed jacana, Common coot, Grey heron, Purple heron, Black-winged stilt, Yellow-wattled lapwing, Green shank, Jungle owlet, Black-necked & White-necked painted storks, Common & Green sandpipers, Pintail, Garganey, Common red shan, are common in the national park. </ul> |
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Wildlife safari, Udawalawe national park |
Wildlife safari, Udawalawe national park |
<ul>Udawalawe national park is famous for its large herd of the Asian elephant and water buffaloes, situated 165 km from Colombo in the southeastern part of the country. The park is covered with open grassland and thorny – shrub jungle which remembering the Game Parks in Africa. Due to this landscape, Udawalawe is the best park to watch and photograph a large herd of wild Asian elephants.<br>
<br>The large scattered areas of grasslands and thorny-shrubs while tall trees close to Walawe River most favours for birdlife where Large prinia, White-browed prinia, Ashy prinia, Franklins prinia, Yellow-eyed babbler, White-throated babbler, White-rumped shama, Brown-capped babbler, Black-fronted babbler, Common & Marshall’s Iora, Ceylon grey hornbill, Blue-faced malkoha, White-necked Stork, Lesser Adjutant Stork, Blyth’s Pipit, Ceylon Jungle Fowl, etc. are common. </ul> |
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Wildlife safari, Wasgamuwa national park |
Wildlife safari, Wasgamuwa national park |
<ul>Wasgamuwa national park is located 77 km from Dambulla and 225 km away from Colombo. It is the best place to view elephants roaming and feeding in their natural habitat in small families or a large herd.<br>
<br>Wasgamuwa national park is consists of riverine forests and grasslands which provides the opportunity for seen Sri Lankan elephants and birds. The elephant roaming in the Mahaweli river area is called the Marsh elephant (Elephas maximus val-aliya). They are completely wild and have limited exposure to humans. Thus, their behaviour is untamed allowing you to experience how wild elephants are and how they are different from the other elephants. </ul> |
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Elephant watching, Kaudulla national park |
Elephant watching, Kaudulla national park |
<ul>Kaudulla national park is located 39 km north of Sigiriya. During the dry season, large herds of Sri Lankan elephants numbering around 150-350 are gathered to grass fields on the edges of the Kaudulla reservoir. You will be allowed to approach closer to animals at Kaudulla national park.
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Wildlife safari, Maduru Oya national park |
Wildlife safari, Maduru Oya national park |
<ul>Maduru Oya is known since ancient times due to the Maduru Oya River which is a main water stream in the area. Today it is famous for the Maduru Oya reservoir built in the 1980s under Mahaweli Development Project and the national park which also established under this project.<br>
<br>It was established in 1983 to provide refuges for displacing wild animals due to reservoir project and catchments for the reservoir. The indigenous Vedda people, Sri Lankan hunter-gathers who are living in the project area resettled in Henanigala near the national park.<br>
<br>The national park is located 255 km from Colombo and 50 km from Polonnaruwa. If you are looking for a wildlife safari in a less crowded, isolated, and tranquil place with more elephants, Maduru Oya national park would be ideal. </ul> |
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Elephants watching, Minneriya national park |
Elephants watching, Minneriya national park |
<ul>Minneriya national park is located 195 km northeast of Colombo and 30 Km from Polonnaruwa. It is the best place in the world to see a large herd of Asian elephants. It was a Wildlife Sanctuary since 1938 and designated as a national park in 1997. </ul> |
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Wildlife safari, Lunugamvehera national park |
Wildlife safari, Lunugamvehera national park |
<ul>Lunugamvehera National Park has served as a corridor for elephants to migrate between Udawalawe and Yala national parks. It is located 32 km north of Tissamaharama. The Elephants, wild buffalos, and Sambar deer are the most frequent animals in the park.</ul> |
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Hurulu Eco Park |
Hurulu Eco Park |
<ul>Hurulu Eco Park is the carved out edge of the Hurulu forest reserve. It is located 18 km north of Sigiriya. Mini safaris are offered by the park. Hurulu forest reserve is a dry-zone dry evergreen forest. It is an important habitat of the Sri Lankan elephants, birds, and reptiles. During the months of May to September, elephants are rooming in this park. Therefore during this period, you have a very good opportunity to witness Sri Lankan elephants closely. </ul> |
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Angammedilla national park, Angammedilla stone weir |
Angammedilla national park, Angammedilla stone weir |
<ul>Angammedilla national park is nominated to protect the drainage basin of Parakrama Samudraya. It is located 20 km away from Polonnaruwa.<br>
<br>Ancient Angammedilla Gal Amuna (stone weir), has located at the edge of the national park that tapped the water of Amban Ganga River and diverted to Parakrama Samudraya through the canal called Akasa Ganga. It was created in the 12th century AD by King Parakramabau – I. <br>
<br>During the months of January to April Angammedilla Gal Amuna and the surrounded area is full of butterflies.
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Night safari, Popham’s Arboretum |
Night safari, Popham’s Arboretum |
<ul>Popham’s Arboretum located just 4 km away from Dambulla town on Dambulla - Kandalama road. This man-made forest was created by nature lover Sam Popham, an Englishman in 1963. Now it is the only dry zone Arboretum in Sri Lanka. The natural habitat with a variety of trees, birds, butterflies, and dragonflies has resembled typical Sri Lanka dry-zone dry evergreen forest.</br>
<br>The most evolutionarily distinct and globally endangered Sri Lankan endemic species of the red slender loris (<i>Loris tardigradus</i>) can be seen in this Arboretum. Night Walk to search these nocturnal arboreal animals with large distinctive eyes in this wilderness would be a fascinating experience you not to miss.</ul>
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Wildlife, Knuckles Mountain Range |
Wildlife, Knuckles Mountain Range |
<ul>Knuckles mountain range covering 18,512 ha. of central high lands in Sri Lanka has an amazing diversity of fauna and flora. Despite its size, it has a higher percentage of the island’s biodiversity. Due to its own climatic microcosm, five types of vegetation can be found at Knuckles. They are semi-evergreen forest, sub-montane forest, montane forest, riverine forests, and the pathana and savannah grasslands.<br>
<br>There are 31 species including four endemics and nine nationally endangered mammals are found in the Knuckles wilderness. The toque monkey and the purple-faced leaf monkey, Wild Buffalo, Wild boar, Black-Naped Hare, Jackal are common in Knuckles.<br>
<br>A high composition of birdlife can be found in the Knuckles range. Over 130 bird species are recorded in Knuckles and 17 of them are endemic. There are 20 amphibians including 12 endemic and 53 reptiles including 23 endemic recorded in Knuckles. The endemic Leaf-nosed Lizard has found only in the Knuckles region whereas half of the Agamid lizard species in Sri Lanka are found in the Knuckles. The water streams in Knuckles has recorded 25 species of freshwater fish. Among them, 8 are endemic.</ul>
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