Wildlife
For a small island the biodiversity of the country is most impressive. Sri Lanka is home for a wide variety of mammals, birds, fish, butterflies and snakes. Three big five of Sri Lankan wildlife are the elephant, the leopard, the sloth bear, the blue whale and the sperm whale
Some of the wildlife parks in Sri Lanka
.*Yala National Park - Most visited, and second-largest in Sri Lanka
- Udawalawe National Park - Famous for Elephant watching
- Kumana National Park - Famous for Bird watching
- Bundala National Park - Famous for Bird watching
- Wasgamuwa National Park - One most attractive national park
- Wilpattu National Park - Largest in Sri Lanka, famous for leopards
- Minneriya National Park - Famous for Elephants
- Horton Plains National Park - Only national park in hill country and famous for sambar
- Mullaitive National Park - Proposed for Elephant watching
- Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage
- Udawalawe Elephant Transit Centre
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