SRI LANKA - Wildlife
Wilpattu National Park
The unique feature of the Wilpattu National Park is the existence of natural lakes and it is the largest and one of the oldest National Parks in Sri Lanka. Wilpattu is located in the Northwest coast lowland dry zone of Sri Lanka. and is 1,317 square kilometers (131, 693 hectares). Wilpattu Wilpattu is among the top national parks world-renowned for its leopard population.
BEST TIME to VISIT WILPATTU Nat. Park
BEST TIME to TRAVEL to SRI LANKA
From January to March (west&south) and July to August (east&north)
leopard stretching
leopard in a tree
leopard in a tree
spotted deers
spotted deer
young spotted deer
wild buffalo
eagle
cormorant drying its wings
painted storks
pea-hen
pelican and egret
road inside the park
Indian Black Robin
road in the park
road in the park
Indian Black Robin
sandy road
spotted deer
monitor
elephant
sloth bears playing - here a male and a female
male and female sloth bears
cloth bears playing
sloth bears playing
sloth bears playing
sloth bear in the road
road
elephant
bad sandy riad
male leopard walking
leopard
leopard
leopard
leopard on a tree
leopard on a tree
mongoose
indian black robin
lake landscape
ducks
wild boar
lake landscape
landscape
elephant tracks
leopard tracks
landscape
wild buffalo
wild buffaloes
monitor lizard
peacocks
leopard track
barking deer
peacock
stork
emerald pigeon
spotted deer
sloth bears playing
sloth bear
sloth bears - male and female - mating is in the air
sloth bear
sloth bear
sloth bear
sloth bears playing
sloth bears
sloth bears
peacock
barking bear
spotted deer
purple heron
wild buffalo
butterfly
bird of prey
road crossing a bushy forest
Crested eagle
sandy road
advices at the entrance gate
entrance gate
advices at the entrance gate of the park
tortoises
hornbill
tortoise
hornbill with open beak
male elephant
male elephant refreshing with water
male elephnat refreshing with water
male elephant refreshing with water
tree
bird
lizard with a good camouflage, looking like a branch
crocodile
adjutant bird
entrance gate
common kingfisher
tree and vines
bird of prey
Brahminy kite
eagle
painted storks
eagle
hare
bird of prey
Brahminy kite
langur monkey
bird of prey
lizard with a good camouflage, looking like a branch
macaque monkey
eagle
langur monkey
common kingfisher
koukal
bird of prey
purple heron
bird of pray
crested eagle
couple of hornbills
couple of hornbills
couple of hornbills
couple of hornbills
mongoose
crocodile
wild buffaloes in a mud pond
wild buffalo grazing in a lake
wild buffaloes
lake landscape and plenty birds
crocodiles
Painted storks - juvenals
hornbill with an impressive beak
leopard in a tree
hornbill
spotted deers - male
large monitor in a tree
spotted deers - male and female
landscape with a lake - water level is very low just before moonsoon
Male elephant
purple coots
green parakeet
male elephant
mangoose
kingfisher
green parakeet
spotted deers
crested eagle
large monitor
male elephant in the water
leopard statue at the entrance of the Park - not really realistic
wild buffalo
kite
wildboar
wild buffalo
elephant drinking
painted storks - juvenal and adult
Painted stork - juvenal
young painted stork eatin a fish
family of painted storks : chicks are claiming food
family of painted storks : chicks are claiming food
family of painted storks : the left chick has a fish in its beak
Hornbill
Hornbill
Hornbill
Hornbill
Leopard walking on the road
Ranger
Leopard walking
black bird
old tree
green parakeet
emerald pigeon
green bee-eater
Elephant grazing
Back-faced langur
Tortoise
green parakeet
leopard walking on the road
leopard walking on the road
leopard
leopard behind a termite mound
leopard on a termite mound
leopard (male)
leopard
leopard coat
leopard
leopard
leopard
leopard in a tree