Wildlife Sanctuaries of Sri lanka: All Wildlife Reserves, National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries of Sri lanka

List of all Wildlife Reserves, National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries in Sri lanka

Horton Plains National Park
Nuwara Eliya, Central province
Wild Life: Leopard, Sambar (Sri lankan Sambar Deer) and the endemic Purple-faced Langur, Dull-blue Flycatcher, Sri Lanka White-eye, Sri Lanka Wood Pigeon, Sri Lanka Bush Warbler, Yellow-eared Bulbul and Black-throated Munia

Kauvdulla National Park
Kaudulla tank, North Province
Wild Life: Large herds of Elephants, Deer, Sambur, Wild boar, Leoperdm Bear, Birds and Fish leopards, fishing cats, and the endangered rusty spotted cat

Kumana National Park
, Southern Province
Wild Life: Elephants, Leopards, Black-necked stork, Pelicans, Painted storks, Spoonbills, White ibis, Herons, Egrets and little cormorants

Lahugala National Park
Heda Oya, Eastern province
Wild Life: Elephants

Lunugamvehera National Park
Moneragala District, Uva Province
Wild Life: Axis Deer (Axis axis), Wild Boar (Sus scrofa), Pea Fowl (Pavo cristatus), Jungle Fowl (Gallus lafayettii), Hawk Eagle (Spizaetus cirrhatus), Dwarf Toad (Bufo atukoralei), Wood Frog (Rana gracilis), Marsh Crocodile (Crocodylus palustris), Green Garden Lizard, Agamid Lizard, Fishing Cat, Grey Mongoose, Bear, Wild Boar, Spotted Deer and Mouse Deer

Minneriya National Park
Polonnaruwa District, North Central province
Wild Life: Elephants, Sambar, Spotted Deer, Leopard, Sloth Bear, cormorant, Painted Storks Great White Pelican, Ruddy Turnstones and Grey Herons, Sri Lanka Jungle Fowl, Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot, Sri Lanka Brown-capped Babbler and the Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill

Sinharaja Forest Reserve
Sabaragamuwa, Southern Province
Wild Life: Ceylon Lorikeet, Layard's Parakeet, Jungle and Spur Fowl, Ceylon Wood Pigeon, Grey Hombill, Spotted wing Thrush, Rufous and Brown-capped Babbler, Ashy-headed Laughing Thrush, Ceylon Blue Magpie, White Headed Starling, Ceylon Hill Mynha, Legge's Flowerpecker

Uda Walawe National Park
Ratnapura and Morangala, Southern Province
Wild Life: Asian Elephants, Leopards, Crocodiles, Golden Jackals, Water Buffalo, Grey langurs, White-bellied Sea Eagle, Crested Serpent Eagle, Fish Eagle, Booted eagle, Changeable Hawk Eagle, Painted Storks, Indian Roller, Indian Peafowl, Malabar Pied Hornbill, and Pied Cuckoo

Wasgamuwa National Park
Matale and Polonnaruwa Districts, Central and North-Central Provinces
Wild Life: Elephant, Leopard, Sloth Bear, Sambhur, Spotted and Barking Deer, Wild Boar, Wild Buffalo, Torque Macaque, Purple face leaf Monkey, nocturnal slender Loris, Lesser Adjutant, Wooly necked Stork, open bill, painted Stork, Racket tailed Drongo, Yellow fronted barbet, and Sri Lanka Junglefowl and Spurfowl

Wilpattu National Park
, North Central and North Western Provinces.
Wild Life: Elephant, Sloth Bear, Leopard, Water Buffalo, Sambhur, Spotted Deer, Mongoose, Mouse, Shrew, Owls, Terns, Gulls, Eagles, Kites Buzzards, Garganey, Pin tail, Whistling Teal, Spoonbill, White ibis, Large white Egret, Cattle Egret, Purple Heron, Monitor, Mugger Crocodile, Common Cobra, Rat Snake, Indian Python, Pond Turtle, and Soft Shelled Turtle

Yala National Park
Hambantota District, Southern Province
Wild Life: Leopards, Asian Elephants, Crocodile, Wild Boar, Water Buffalo, Grey Langurs, White-bellied Sea Eagle, Waders, Painted Storks, Black-necked Stork, Sirkeer Malkoha, Indian Peafowl and Sri Lanka Junglefowl

Leopard

Image © Tropical Living

The leopard is the smallest of the four big cats in the genus Panthera, the other three are the tiger, lion and jaguar. Once distributed across southern Asia and Africa, from Korea to South Africa, the leopard's range of distribution has decreased radically over time because of a variety of factors, including human influence, and the leopard now chiefly occurs in sub-Saharan Africa. There are fragmented populations in India, Indochina, Malaysia, and China. Despite the loss of range and continual...
More on Leopards at Wikipedia / Animal Diversity

Wildlife Sanctuaries that have Leopard

Stork

Image © Hema Narayanan

Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long stout bills, belonging to the family Ciconiidae. They occur in most of the warmer regions of the world and tend to live in drier habitats than the related herons, spoonbills, and ibises; they also lack the powder down that those groups use to clean off fish slime. Storks have no syrinx and are mute, giving no bird call; bill-clattering is an important mode of stork communication at the nest. Many species are migratory. Most storks...
More on Storks at Wikipedia / Animal Diversity

Wildlife Sanctuaries that have Stork

Jeep Safari

Image © Abrinsky

Different parks operate differently. In some you can drive your own jeep, in some you must hire a jeep from the park-approved agents. In some parks the authorities run small converted buses....
Wildlife Sanctuaries that offer Jeep Safari

Camping

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Some national parks allow camping inside the park, many allow camping just outside. And there are some where the only stay option is camping. It is worth doing some research beforehand....
Wildlife Sanctuaries that offer Camping

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