The Ultimate Guide to Minneriya Elephant Safari: Witnessing ‘The Gathering’
Minneriya forest is officially known as Minneriya National Park. It is a well-known wildlife sanctuary…
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Kuwenigala, a popular destination for hiking, rock climbing, bird watching, and camping in Sri Lanka
Kuwenigala is a mountain situated closer to Nikadalupotha village in Kurunegala District in north western…
Hikkaduwa marine park in Sri Lanka
The Hikkaduwa marine park is a natural park which is located in southern province in Sri Lanka. it was declared as a wild life sanctuary in 1979. Later on August 14, 1988, upgraded to a nature reserve with extended land area.
In this marine park very attractive fringing coral reef is available with very high degree of biodiversity.
National Forest parks in Sri Lanka (The paradise)
Sri Lanka is tropical country which is located in the Indian Ocean, down south to the Indian peninsula. The country is covered with lots of greens with a forest cover of 30%.
There are 26 national parks in Sri Lanka. The land area covered by these national parks are about 5,734km2 National parks are demarcated and protected areas which are belong and administrated by wild life department. These are governed by the Fauna and Flora Protection Ordinance (No. 2) of 1937. There are some activities, such as hunting and killing animals in these reserved areas.
