Sri Lanka offers you lots of national parks. The main ones are Minneriya, Udawalawe, Wilpattu, Yala, Sinharaja forest and Kumana.
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Sri Lanka es una pequeña isla repleta de parques nacionales. Simplemente, ¡elige lo que quieras visitar!
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Dnas cette petite île, vous trouverez de nombreux parcs nationaux. C’est simple, choisissez!
Bundala National Park
Budala National Park is a unique park for lovers of eco tourism. The bio diversity of this park is enormous with more than 380 plant species that have been recorded from the park, including endemics and species considered as nationally threatened. Bird life is also very diverse and ideal for bird-watchers.
Gal Oya National Park
Gal Oya National Park is very special for its elephant herd that can be seen throughout the year. Three important herbs of the Ayurveda medicine can be found: Terminalia chebula, Terminalia bellirica and Emblica officinalis.
Kumana National Park
Kumana National Park has 35,664 hectares. You will discover many water birds nest, during the months of May and June. There are also several water pools – favorite spots of the wildlife: Kudawila wewa, Thummulla wewa and Kotalinda wewa.
Reptiles at Kumana National Park
Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas), Loggerhead Turtle (Caretta caretta), and the Olive Ridley Turtle (Lepidochelys olivaceae) but also Mugger Crocodile (Crocodylus palustris), Indian Flap-shelled Turtle and the Indian Black Turtle.
Lahugala National Park
Lahugala Kitulana National Park is one of the smallest national parks in Sri Lanka but contains endemic birds of Sri Lanka.
Minneriya National Park
Udawalawe National Park
Udawalawe is considered to be the best place in Sri Lanka to see wild Asian Elephants throughout the year. You can enjoy to see many other animals such as wild boar, spotted deer, sambar, Toque Macaque (endemic), Grey Langur and mugger crocodiles or Sri Lanka Leopard.The ideal time for Bird watching in the park is October to March.
Wilpattu National Park
Renowned for its Leopard population, the sloth bear, water buffalo, and spotted deer. BId life: thanks to its coastal belt and natural lakes many species of birds are living there such as Painted Storks, Black-headed Ibis, Asian Open-bills, Whistling Teals, and Eurasian Spoonbills as well as water monitors and mugger crocodiles. A wildlife safari into the jungles of Wilpattu will take up to 3-4 hours.
Yala National Park
Yala National park is one of the most popular wildlife parks in the country and contains 5 blocks. Yala has been known to be one of the best places in the world to see the Leopard all year round. It also caontains many species of mammals, birds, reptiles and indigenous trees.
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