national park in Sri Lanka Yala National Park, Yala Safari is the most visited and second largest national park in Sri Lanka . It covers 979 square kilometers. The park is especially known for its variety of wildlife. Important conservation of Sri Lankan elephants, Sri Lankan leopards and aquatic birds in Sri Lanka.
“Best visited November-July for peak wildlife sightings!”
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Situated nearby is the most famous pilgrimage site in national park in Sri Lanka is Kataragama. where Buddhists, Hindus and Moslems share the same location in Sri Lanka.
Yala in September
As of now, it looks like your favorite park, Yala Safari will remain open throughout 2023! While visitors may be familiar with the park usually being closed in September, no such decision to close the Yala National Park this year has been made. Any decision to close the park, if at all, will be if a severe drought occurs. So, let’s hope for the best!
This is leopard country, and they are the Lords of the Jungle! With a leopard density that’s higher than anywhere else on this planet. These menacing predators prowl majestically in Yala National Park. while elephants roam in their numbers with cautious deer scampering by their side national park in Sri Lanka
Bird Watching
The number of water birds inhabiting the wetlands of Yala is around 90, and roughly half of them are migrants. These include waterfowls (Lesser Whistling Duck, Garganey), Cormorants (Little Cormorant, Indian Cormorant). Large waterbirds (Grey Heron, Black-headed Ibis, Eurasian Spoonbill, Asian Openbill, Painted Stork), medium-sized waders Tringa spp., and small waders Charadrius spp.
Black-necked Stork and Lesser Adjutant are some of the rare birds that can be seen in the park. The migrant Great White Pelican and resident Spot-billed Pelican have also been sighted at Yala.
Other water birds attracted to the Yala lagoons include Lesser Flamingo and pelicans, as well as rare species such as Purple Heron, Night herons, Egrets, Purple Swamphen and the Oriental Darter.
Thousands of waterfowls migrate to the lagoons of Yala during the northeast monsoon. They are Northern Pintail, White-winged Tern, Eurasian Curlew, Whimbrel, Godwits, and Ruddy Turnstone. The visiting species mingle with residing Lesser Whistling Duck, Yellow-wattled Lapwing, Red-wattled Lapwing, and Great Stone-curlew. Rock Pigeon, Barred Buttonquail, Indian Peafowl, Black Stork, Black-winged Stilt, and Greater Flamingo are among the other bird species that call Yala their home.
Crested Serpent-eagle and White-bellied Sea Eagle are the raptors of the park. The forest birds are Orange-breasted Green Pigeon, Hornbills, Old World flycatchers, Asian Paradise-flycatcher, Asian barbets, and Orioles. If you are not into bird watching, these magnificent flying machines invite you to study them, get to know them and be wowed by them.