There are 26 National Parks in Sri Lanka.
Yala National Park
The most visited and the second largest national park in Sri Lanka is Yala National Park. This is located in about 300 kilometers from Colombo, in Southern Province and Uva Province. This was established in 1900 as a wildlife sanctuary and was designated as a national park in 1938. It also one of the bird areas in the Island. There are about 215 bird species in the park. Animals like Elephants, sloth bear, water buffalo, toque macaque are some of animals visitors can see. Yala has one of the highest leopard densities in the world. In this park there are about 45 species of mammals.
