A three-&-a-half hour birding Safari in-&-around the
Bundala National Park… starting from the Weligatta junction (around 2.30 p.m.),
going along the Embilla kalapuwa on the main road up to the Park entrance, and
travelling along the edges of Embilla Kalapuwa, Malala Kalapuwa up to pathiraja
Ulpotha, and then returning back to the park entrance (around 6.00 p.m.).
Spotting 53 different bird species along the way, apart from
other wild life such as Mugger Crocodiles, Star Tortoise, Flap-shell Turtle, Grey
Langurs, Toque Monkeys, Ruddy Mongoose, Asian Elephants, Wild Pigs &
Spotted Deer.
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our place of stay- in front of the Tissa lake
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| Flap-shell Turtle |
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| Star Tortoise |
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Mugger Crocodile
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Weligatta Junction
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Lesser Adjutant
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Watercock
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| Painted stork - juvenile |
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Painted Stork
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| Painted Stork - relaxing |
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Black-tailed Godwit
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| Eurasian Spoonbill |
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| Grey Heron |
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Purple Heron
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| Grey Heron - with pray |
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the soil layer with sea-shells in which
the oldest Human skeleton of Sri Lanka
(dated 123,000 BC) had been found |
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| Safari Jeep - Dinesh - 0779 349 370 |
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from Left; Aruna, Swarnathilaka, Jayampathi, Kumari,
Kalyana, Mr. Sunil (wildlife tracker) & Dinesh (jeep Driver) |
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