Take in the splendour of nature! Discover verdant forests towering mountains and vibrant fauna. Feel the excitement of getting up close and personal with animals in their natural environments.
Udawalawe National Park
This National Park provides a haven for wild creatures displaced by the development of the Udawalawe Reservoir. The park makes it an open habitat, and elephants can be viewed up close. This is a well-known spot and the island’s third most-visited park.
Sinharaja Rain Forest
The nation’s last remaining viable location for the top tropical rainforest is Sinharaja. Over 60% of the wood comes from endemic species many of which are regarded as rare. There are many endemic species of birds in this reserve but more than half of the island’s endemic mammal species can also be found there.
Yala National Park
This is Sri Lanka’s most visited and second-largest national park. There are sloth bears, elephants, leopards and aquatic birds among the pleasantly acknowledged wildlife. This location is among Sri Lanka’s seventy Important Bird Areas (IBAs).
Wasgamuwa National Park
Elephants from Sri Lanka can be seen in large herds in one of the protected areas here. It is also one of Sri Lanka’s Important Bird Areas (IBAs). In addition to 23 domestic mammal species, there are over 150 species of flowers.
Minneriya National Park
Sri Lankan elephants congregate in large numbers on the grasslands surrounding the Minneriya reservoir. A sizable herd of elephants live in this park they typically find food here. Enjoying the food and refuge of Minneriya National Park, the elephants typically migrate here from Wasgamuwa National Park.
Kumana National Park
This place is genuinely a birdwatcher’s paradise: a mangrove swamp with a large number of water bird nests is situated inside Sri Lanka’s Southeast corner. Out of the four hundred bird species found in Ceylon, 255 species have been found in the Kumana National Park. There is a theory that hundreds of birds travel to the marsh every year between April and July.