Where is It? Madhu Road National Park is located in northern Sri Lanka, roughly 25 kilometers (16 miles) east of Mannar. Madhu Road is home to a wide variety of birds. Alexandrine parakeet, ashy-crowned sparrow-lark, ashy prinia, ashy woodswallow, Asian koel, Asian palm swift, baya weaver, black drongo, black-hooded oriole, black-rumped flameback, and black-winged kite […]
About Location: Eastern Province | Sri LankaNearest City: PottuvilNearest Airport: Bandaranayake AirportCoordinates: 6°53′N 81°40′EArea: 1,554 haEstablished: October 31, 1980Governing Body: Department of Wildlife ConservationCountry: Sri Lanka | South AsiaStatus: OpenMost Popular: Elephant Map Where is It? Lahugala Kitulana National Park is one of Sri Lanka’s smallest national parks. Despite its small size, the park is an important home for Sri Lankan elephants and unique Sri Lankan […]
About Location: North Central Province | Sri LankaNearest City: AnuradhapuraNearest Airport: Bandaranayake AirportCoordinates: 8.6192525°N 80.8301721°EArea: 2,570 km2 (992 sq mi)Established: December 6, 2011Governing Body: Department of Wildlife ConservationCountry: Sri Lanka | South AsiaStatus: OpenMost Popular: Elephents Map Where is It? In 2005, the Minister for Environment and Natural Resources, A. H. M. Fowzie, directed the Director-General of the Department of Wildlife Conservation to begin the process of creating a […]
About Location: Western Province | Sri LankaNearest City: GampahaNearest Airport: Bandaranayake AirportCoordinates: 7°08′22″N 80°05′08″EArea: 33 hectares (0.13 sq mi)Established: July 28, 2004Governing Body: Department of Wildlife ConservationCountry: Sri Lanka | South AsiaStatus: OpenMost Popular: Birds & Butterflies Map Where is It? Horagolla National Park, one of Sri Lanka’s newest national parks, gets its name from an abundance of Dipterocarpus zeylanicus (hora) trees. Because of its remarkable biodiversity, […]
About Location: Central Province | Sri LankaNearest City: Nuwara EliyaNearest Airport: Bandaranayake AirportCoordinates: 6°58′00″N 80°46′38″EArea: 27 hectares (0.10 sq mi)Established: 1938 (Sanctuary) 2006 (National park)Governing Body: Department of Wildlife ConservationCountry: Sri Lanka | South AsiaStatus: OpenMost Popular: Birds Watching, Lepoards Map Where is It? Galway’s Land National Park is a small national park in Sri Lanka’s Nuwara Eliya district that was designated as a […]
About Location: North Central Province | Sri LankaNearest City: PolonnaruwaNearest Airport: Bandaranayake AirportCoordinates: 7.91813°N 81.08665°EArea: 67.0 sq miEstablished: Governing Body: Department of Wildlife ConservationCountry: Sri Lanka | South AsiaStatus: OpenMost Popular: Elephants Map Where is It? Flood Plains National Park is one of four national parks designated as part of the Mahaweli River development project. On August 7, 1984, the park was established. The […]
About Location: Northern Province | Sri LankaNearest City: JaffnaNearest Airport: Bandaranayake AirportCoordinates: 09°29′50″N 79°42′00″EArea: 18 km2 (7 sq mi)Established: 22 June 2015Governing Body: Department of Wildlife ConservationCountry: Sri Lanka | South AsiaStatus: OpenMost Popular: wild ponies Map Where is It? An Integrated Strategic Environmental Assessment of Northern Province, published in October 2014 by the government with the assistance of the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Environment Programme, recommended that […]
About Location: Northern Province | Sri LankaNearest City: PolonnaruwaNearest Airport: Bandaranayake AirportCoordinates: 7°54′04.24″N 80°56′13.71″E Coordinates: 7°54′04.24″N 80°56′13.71″EArea: 75 km2Established: 6-Jun-06Governing Body: Department of Wildlife ConservationCountry: Sri Lanka | South AsiaStatus: OpenMost Popular: Elephants Map Where is It? Angammedilla National Park, known as one of Sri Lanka’s new national parks, was proclaimed a national park in 2006. Angammedilla was once a forest reserve inside the […]
About Location: Northern Province | Sri LankaNearest City: MannarNearest Airport: Bandaranayake AirportCoordinates: 09°04′15″N 79°37′42″Area: 190 km2 (73 sq mi)Established: 6/22/2015Governing Body: Department of Wildlife ConservationCountry: Sri Lanka | South AsiaStatus: OpenMost Popular: Birds Watching & ecologically and biologically diverse underwater life Map Where is It? Adam’s Bridge Marine National Park is a national park in northern Sri Lanka that surrounds Adam’s Bridge (Rama’s Bridge), about 30 […]