BUNDALA NATIONAL PARK

It is an area of 6216 hectares is one of the 3 “RAMSAR”Wetland that hosts over 20,000 shorebirds, during the period August to April.

The Park consists of lagoons and inter-tidal mud flats where wintering birds rest and feed, golden sandy beaches and sand dunes where sea turtles nest and the thorny scrub-land where elephant, spotted deer, wild buffalo, wild boar, crocodiles and peacocks roam.

More than 150 species (including 45 species of ”Waders”) of resident and migrant birds could be seen in this Park.

Thousands of Greater / Lesser Flamingoes, Spot-billed Pelicans, Spoonbills, Ducks, Indian Shags, Cormorants, Stone Plover and various species of Herons.

Pathirajawela, within the Bundala National Park, is a site where the earliest evidence

Of the pre-historic man is found in the Island.