Saturday, January 30, 2016

National Parks of Sri Lanka

National parks are the protected areas, allowed for public to see & study wildlife and are administered by the Department of Wildlife Conservation, Sri Lanka.
  1. Bundala National Park
  2. Gal Oya National Park 
  3. Horton Plains National Park
  4. Lahugala Kithulana National Park
  5. Uda Walawe National Park
  6. Udawattakele Wildlife Sanctuary
  7. Peak Wilderness Man and Biosphere Reserve (at Adam's Peak)
  8. Sinharaja Tropical Rain Forest (World Heritage Site)
  9. Wilpattu National Park 
  10. Wirawila Bird Sanctuary
  11. Yala Ruhuna National Park 
  12. Kumana Bird Sanctuary (part of Yala) once acclaimed by Readers Digest as the best nesting and breeding environment in the world
  13. Minneriya National Park
  14. Kaudulla National Park
  15. Wasgomuwa National Park 
  16. Maduru - Oya National Park
  17. Somawathiya National Park
  18. Flood Plains National Park
  19. Lunugamwehera National Park
  20. Horagolla National Park
  21. Hikkaduwa National Park
  22. Pigeon Island National Park
  23. Galways Land National Park
  24. Delft National Park
  25. Horowupotana National Park
  26. Ussangoda National Park
  27. Angammadilla National Park
  28. Madhu Road National Park
  29. Chundikulam National Park
  30. Adam's Bridge National Park

Protected Areas


  1. Anaolandewa (National MAB Reserve) proposed
  2. Anuradhapura
  3. Bar Reef Marine
  4. Bellanwila-Attidiya
  5. Bundala
  6. Chundikulam
  7. Flood Plains
  8. Gal Oya Valley
  9. Gal Oya Valley North-East
  10. Gal Oya Valley South-West
  11. Giant's Tank
  12. Great Sober Island
  13. Hakgala
  14. Hikkaduwa
  15. Horton Plains
  16. Hurulu
  17. Kahalla-Pallekele
  18. Kalametiya Kalapuwa
  19. Katagamuwa
  20. Kataragama
  21. Knuckles
  22. Kokilai Lagoon
  23. Kudumbigala
  24. Lahugala Kitulana
  25. Madhu Road
  26. Maduru Oya Block 1
  27. Mahakandara Wewa
  28. Mihintale
  29. Minneriya-Giritale
  30. Minneriya-Giritale Block 1
  31. Nelugala
  32. Nuwaragala (National MAB Reserve)
  33. Padaviya Tank
  34. Peak Wilderness
  35. Pidurutalagala (National MAB Reserve) proposed
  36. Polonnaruwa
  37. Ritigala
  38. Ruhuna Block 1
  39. Sagamam
  40. Senanayake Samudra
  41. Seruwila-Allai
  42. Sigiriya
  43. Sinharaja
  44. Somawathiya Block 1
  45. Sri Jayewardenepura Bird
  46. Telwatte
  47. Trikonamadu
  48. Trincomalee Naval Headworks
  49. Uda Walawe
  50. Vavunikulam
  51. Victoria-Randenigala-Rantambe
  52. Wasgomuwa Lot 1
  53. Wilpattu Block 1
  54. Wilpattu North
  55. Wirawila-Tissa
  56. Yala
  57. Yala East Block 1

References
http://www.dwc.gov.lk/index.php/en/national-parks


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