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Bundala National Park 

More than 150 species, including 45 species of "Waders", of resident and migrant birds could be seen in Bundala National Park.


Gal Oya National Park

Declared as a National Park in 1954, is 25,900 hectares in extent and covers most of the catchment area of the Senanayake Samudra.


Horton Plains National Park

Horton Plains was upgraded as a National Park in 1988 due to its unique watershed and bio-diversity values of the "Cloud Reserve".


Knuckles Range Reserve

More than 100 species of birds are found here and out of them about 25 are endemic, 28 Fishes (9 endemic) and 3 species of them are found only in the Knuckles Range and large number of trees too are endemic.


Kavudulla National Park

Kavudulla is home to a large herd of Elephants, Sambhur, Spotted Deer, Wild Boar, Wild Buffalo, a range of reptile species and large number of bird species.


Lahugala Kitulana National Park

There are 3 tanks (Lahugala, Kitulana and Sengamuwa) within the National Park and all of them are covered with Beru (Opilismanus Compositus) grass favorite among Elephants.


Minneriya National Park

This National Park 8889 hectares in extent is famous for its large population of Elephants in herds of 100 to 150 roaming in the jungle and seen in the catchment area of the lake. Home of "The Gathering"


Sinharaja Rain Reserve

The hilly virgin rain, part of the Sri Lanka lowland rain eco- region, was saved from the worst of commercial logging by its inaccessibility, and was designated a World Biosphere Reserve in 1978 and a World Heritage Site in 1988. The reserve's name translates as Kingdom of the Lion.


Udawalawe National Park

This popular reserve has more than 500 wild Asian Elephants, which are relatively easy to see in this open habitat. Udawalawe also has a dozen or so Leopards, although seeing this largely nocturnal carnivore requires considerable luck.

 

 
This is 257 acres in extent and the approach road is from the town near the Municipal Council Office of Kandy. Good place to see birds life in the morning hours.


Wasgomuwa National Park

Around 150 - 250 Elephants are found in the Park, Wild Buffalo, Spotted Deer, Wild Boar, Sambhur, Crocodiles, Leopard, Sloth Bear and other animals of the 23 species of Mammals recorded.


Wilpattu National Park

The park is 131, 693 hectares and ranges from 0 to 152 meters above sea level. Nearly sixty lakes (Willu) and tanks are found spread throughout Wilpattu. Wilpattu is one of the largest and oldest National Parks in Sri Lanka.

   


Yala National Park

Much of the reserve is parkland, but it also contains jungle, beaches, freshwater lakes and rivers and scrub land. The range of habitats give rise to a good range of wildlife. Famous for its Leopard population

 

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