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Tours to the National Parks in Sri Lanka is very popular among the local as well as foreign tourists. The diverse land of Sri Lanka offers plenty of exotic tourist attractions to the visitors. There are 11 National Parks in Sri Lanka, but the most popular for viewing animals are the Ruhuna which is also known as Yala, Uda Walawe and Wilpattu National Parks. Tours to the National Parks in Sri Lanka will give you lots of thrill and fun to be cherished forever.

There are nearly 4,000 species of plants in Sri Lanka. This wide range of plant species is spread through the wet and dry zones of the country. Sri Lanka’s endemic flora is protected within a tropical rain forest reserve called Sinharaja. There are three botanical gardens in Sri Lanka at Peradeniya, Hakgala and Gampaha where you can find a large collection of tropical and sub tropical plant species. Sri Lankan orchids are world famous.

Mentioned below are the well known spots for tours to the National Parks in Sri Lanka:

• The Horton Plains is close to the Nuwara Eliya, which is Sri Lanka’s highest and most isolated plateau. The Horton Plains is home to many wild yet harmless animals and many species of birds. The Horton Plains National Park is the only National Park situated in the Hill Country.
  
  
• The Yala National Park is situated 309 kilometers south of Colombo. The Yala National Park is located in the south eastern corner of the island. The northern boundary of this park is a border on the Lahugala Elephant Sanctuary. It is the second largest national Park of the country with an area of 97,878 hectares. In the Yala National Park you can watch and take photographs of wide range of wild animals including elephants, leopard, bear, sambur, spotted deer and a variety of birds including the jungle fowl and the peacock.
  
  
• In the Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage you will find elephants of all ages that have been abandoned, injured or too old to feed themselves. In this place you can even feed the baby elephants with bottles of milk during the feeding times. The elephants are also given a bath daily in a river located across the orphanage.
  
  
• Uda Walawe is located near the Embilipitiya. The popular Uda Walawe National Park measuring 30,821 hectares is famous for its large herds of wild elephant.
  
  
• The Aviafauna in Sri Lanka has a wide range of both resident and migratory birds that arrive from far away lands to their favourite roosting places in the Island. The most popular bird sanctuaries are the Kumana, Bundala National Park, Wirawila and Udawattakele.