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Discover Sri Lanka’s largest and most intriguing national park. Wilpattu National Park dotted with its many lakes serves-up a treat to every visitor all year round. Observe leopards and sloth bears over 131,000 hectares of forest and wetlands at Wilpattu National Park, visited by fewer jeeps in comparison to Yala. A unique feature of Wilpattu national park is that the entire park is dotted with large sand rimmed natural lakes known as “Villus”. The Villus collects rain water and tends to attract wildlife especially during the times of drought. Wilpattu is bounded to the north and south by 2 main rivers, the Modara Gamaru towards the north of the park and the Kala Oya to the south of the park. This will definitely be a thrilling game drive for any wildlife lover!
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Duration: 11 to 12 hours
Starts: Colombo, Sri Lanka
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Discover Sri Lanka’s largest and most intriguing national park. Wilpattu National Park dotted with its many lakes serves-up a treat to every visitor all year round. Observe leopards and sloth bears over 131,000 hectares of forest and wetlands at Wilpattu National Park, visited by fewer jeeps in comparison to Yala. A unique feature of Wilpattu national park is that the entire park is dotted with large sand rimmed natural lakes known as “Villus”. The Villus collects rain water and tends to attract wildlife especially during the times of drought. Wilpattu is bounded to the north and south by 2 main rivers, the Modara Gamaru towards the north of the park and the Kala Oya to the south of the park. This will definitely be a thrilling game drive for any wildlife lover!
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Stop At: Wilpattu National Park, off Chilaw Anuradhapura road, Saliyapura, Anuradhapura 50008 Sri Lanka
Wilpattu is the largest park in Sri Lanka at an impressive size of 1,317 square kilometers. It’s also one of the oldest National Parks in Sri Lanka which boasts one of the highest concentrations of leopards in the world, yet it’s so much quieter than other national parks in Sri Lanka. The majority of the park is covered with dense forest. Even though it is set within the dry zone, most areas of Wilpattu are rather cool due to the shade provided by the domination of tree species such as Palu, Weera, Satin and Ebony. The park boasts the highest mammalian diversity and population in the country with thirty one mammal species found in the area, including elephants, sloth Bears, water buffaloes and spotted deer.
Duration: 4 hours
