Bundala National Park
national park in Sri Lanka
Bundala National Park is an internationally important wintering ground for migratory waterbirds in Sri Lanka.
Understand
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Bundala National Park is between the Hambantota and Kirindi Rivers and 245 kilometres southeast of Colombo.
History
editBundala was designated a wildlife sanctuary in 1969 and redesignated to a national park on 4 January 1993. In 1991 Bundala became the first wetland to be declared as a Ramsar site in Sri Lanka. In 2005 the national park was designated as a biosphere reserve by UNESCO, the fourth biosphere reserve in Sri Lanka.
Landscape
editFlora and fauna
editBundala harbors 197 species of birds, the highlight being the greater flamingo, which migrate in large flocks.