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Yala National Park

Yala National Park is the most visited and second largest national park in Sri Lanka. The park consists of five blocks The park covers 979 square kilometres On 1 March 1938, Yala became a national park when the Flora and Fauna Protection Ordinance was passed into law. Yala harbours 215 bird species including six endemic species of Sri Lanka. The number of mammals that has been recorded from the park is 44, and it has one of the highest leopard densities in the world.

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Uploaded on May 28, 2016
Taken on March 15, 2016