As nature and animal lovers, we search for appealing wildlife destinations. So let me introduce you to one of the most popular national parks in Sri Lanka – Udawalawe National Park. The park is only a few hours drive from the capital city of Colombo. It’s a mixture of grasslands, forest, river and wild animals. You will find wild elephants roaming around here. If you’re lucky, you will see a large herd of elephants. While elephants are the main attraction, you can also see wild peacocks, eagles, kingfishers, deer, wild buffalo and occasional leopard. There is a river when you go deep in to the jungle where you can take a dip to wind down. You must go inside with a tour guide, and it’s for your own safety. Here are some pictures of my visit to the amazing Udawalawe National Park.
Wildlife of Udawalawe National Park
Entrance to the Udawalawe National Park
Wild Asian Elephant
Herd of female elephants protecting the baby elephant
Wild Elephants at the park
Wild peacock roaming around
Water bank at Udawalawe National Park
Beautiful Scenery
River inside the Udawalawe Jungle
This post is part of Travel Photo Thursday – #TPThursday, at Budget Travelers Sandbox.
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I am from India & Shri Lanka is friend country of India. Most of things are similar between India & Shri Lanka. I see these all picture those have been shared in this article. This Udawalawe National Park is similar India’s national parks.
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Being neighboring countries, Sri Lanka and India share a lot of similarities for sure. Asian elephants are one of them.
WOW! What an absolutely beautiful place! We love national parks but none of the ones we’ve been to here in the US have wil Asian elephants roaming around. Absolutely amazing!
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We were able to see quite a lot of wild elephants here. It truly was amazing.
I have heard so many nice things about the scenery of Sri Lanka. The Udawalawe National Park looks amazing. Perhaps this year would be the year when I go to Sri Lanka.
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You’re just over few hours away :) Hope you get to visit Sri Lanka this year.
I would REALLY REALLY love to see elephants in the wild someday! Nice pics!
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This is one place to see them in their natural habitat.
Love the elephants but that peacock’s darling.
Wonder how close the river is and whether it’s protected from the animals.
We went in a large group so we were allowed to go deeper in to the jungle where the river is. I doubt it’s safe for small groups.
Preserving wildlife is one thing that a country or city should have. A national park is one of them but it really needs to take good care of the animals. Like what Lolong the largest crocodile in the world accoding to guiness book of record who died in the national park of the Philippines.
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I can’t agree with you more on preserving wildlife. That is exactly what is happening at Udawalawe National Park.
It would be wonderful to see wild Asian Elephants. I will definitely go there when in Sri Lanka.
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Udawalawe is a must visit place when you visit Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka looks beautiful. Seeing elephants up close would be wonderful!
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It sure was a great experience, although we met an elephant who wasn’t so fond of seeing us.
Great photos, I love elephants too…
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Thank you Muza-chan!
I agree with the previous comments. You’ve given us a great taste of a most interesting place.
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Thank you Jackie!
Thanks for this little glimpse into Sri Lanka, a country I’m curious about. Looks like this would be a fun experience for kids, too.
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It certainly is a great experience for the whole family.
Any place where it’s required to have a guide for your own safety sounds pretty exciting. Udawalawe National Park sounds & looks like a great experience. I would love to see the wild elephants, especially.
You can see the elephants pretty close so it’s very exciting :)