{"id":157827,"date":"2025-09-07T08:33:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T08:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=157827"},"modified":"2025-09-07T08:33:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T08:33:27","slug":"kumana-national-park-in-sri-lanka-by-leelananda-ihalagamage-in-melbourne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/kumana-national-park-in-sri-lanka-by-leelananda-ihalagamage-in-melbourne\/","title":{"rendered":"KUMANA NATIONAL PARK   IN SRI LANKA &#8211;  By Leelananda Ihalagamage in Melbourne"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong> KUMANA NATIONAL PARK IN SRI LANKA &#8211; By Leelananda Ihalagamage in Melbourne<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-156140 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Leelananda-Ihalagamage-293x400.jpg\" alt=\"Leelananda Ihalagamage\" width=\"175\" height=\"239\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-157828 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/KUMANA-NATIONAL-PARK-IN-SRI-LANKA.jpg\" alt=\"KUMANA NATIONAL PARK IN SRI LANKA\" width=\"600\" height=\"201\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The Kumana Bird Sanctuary is situated 408 km from Colombo on the south-eastern coast of Sri Lanka, about 30 kilometers south of Arugam Bay. The entrance to the Park is at Panama &#8211; 15 kilometers south of Arugam Bay.\u00a0 From Panama it is a 30 km drive to the wetland of Kumana Villu.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">In 1938, Kumana was declared as a bird sanctuary by the British administration.\u00a0 Again in 1969, it was flagged as a National Park and named as Yala East.\u00a0 However in 2006, it was named as Kumana National Park.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The 18,149 hectares Kumana National Park is a bird sanctuary where a multitude of birds breed and roost. Kumana National Park is the eastern sector of Yala National Park.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-157832 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/KUMANA-NATIONAL-PARK-IN-SRI-LANKA-7.jpg\" alt=\"KUMANA NATIONAL PARK IN SRI LANKA\" width=\"600\" height=\"396\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The vegetation consists mainly of mangrove trees, kumbuk trees and the karan fern, as well as the open marsh area. One of the most significant sites for birding within Kumana National Park is Kumana Villu &#8211; a 200 hectare natural swamp lake, fed by the Kumbukkan Oya through a half mile long narrow channel. It is at this mangrove swamp that many water birds nest in May and June. Regular sightings include pelicans, storks, spoonbills, ibis, herons, egrets and cormorants. Rare species such as Black-necked Stork<strong>, <\/strong>Lesser Adjutant<strong>, <\/strong>Eurasian Spoonbill and Great Stone-Curlew are breeding inhabitants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Kumana National Park is situated in the dry zone of Sri Lanka and the Park has a diverse set of eco-systems.\u00a0 Kumana is more prominently viewed as a bird sanctuary across the world due to its aquatic bird-friendly set up, such as lagoons and wild swamp lake known as &#8216;Kumana Villu&#8217;.\u00a0 The wetland areas of the Park are surrounded by dry zone tropical thorn forest at the edge of the Kumbukkan river.\u00a0 The Park is covered with a pristine river line forest complex.\u00a0 Rock outcrops can be found in multiple places across the Park and large saline lagoons along the coast are often surrounded by extensive plains which provide plenty of vegetation.\u00a0 Kumana particularly flagged as a top destination to observe one of Sri Lanka&#8217;s rarest birds \u2013 the black-necked stork.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-157837 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/KUMANA-NATIONAL-PARK-IN-SRI-LANKA-2.jpg\" alt=\"KUMANA NATIONAL PARK IN SRI LANKA\" width=\"600\" height=\"770\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Mangrove swamps known as &#8216;Kumana Villu&#8217; offers a perfect nesting ground for many species of birds.\u00a0 Swamp lake is at its finest between May and June when many water birds migrate to its mangrove swamp to nest.\u00a0\u00a0 It is known that Kumana is home for about 255 species of birds out of bird species recorded in Sri Lanka.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">You may watch out for elephants, spotted and sambhur deer and the magnificent leopards.\u00a0 You may need to have keen eyes to spot the leopards lying in the undergrowth of the forest and are active around water holes like the Kumana villu swamps.\u00a0 The Sloth Bear found in the Kumana National Park is endemic to the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong><em>Source :\u00a0 \u201cBirding Places\u201d and Face Book<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Photographs by :<\/strong><strong>Dammika George<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-157836 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/KUMANA-NATIONAL-PARK-IN-SRI-LANKA-3.jpg\" alt=\"KUMANA NATIONAL PARK IN SRI LANKA\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-157835 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/KUMANA-NATIONAL-PARK-IN-SRI-LANKA-4.jpg\" alt=\"KUMANA NATIONAL PARK IN SRI LANKA\" width=\"600\" height=\"571\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-157834 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/KUMANA-NATIONAL-PARK-IN-SRI-LANKA-5.jpg\" alt=\"KUMANA NATIONAL PARK IN SRI LANKA\" width=\"600\" height=\"738\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-157833 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/KUMANA-NATIONAL-PARK-IN-SRI-LANKA-6.jpg\" alt=\"KUMANA NATIONAL PARK IN SRI LANKA\" width=\"600\" height=\"434\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-157831\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/KUMANA-NATIONAL-PARK-IN-SRI-LANKA-8-558x400.jpg\" alt=\"KUMANA NATIONAL PARK IN SRI LANKA\" width=\"558\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-157830 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/KUMANA-NATIONAL-PARK-IN-SRI-LANKA-9.jpg\" alt=\"KUMANA NATIONAL PARK IN SRI LANKA\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-157829 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/KUMANA-NATIONAL-PARK-IN-SRI-LANKA-10.jpg\" alt=\"KUMANA NATIONAL PARK IN SRI LANKA\" width=\"600\" height=\"681\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/elanka-newsletter-sign-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Click here to receive your free copy of the eLanka Newsletter twice a week delivered directly\u00a0to\u00a0your\u00a0inbox!<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KUMANA NATIONAL PARK IN SRI LANKA &#8211; By Leelananda Ihalagamage in Melbourne &nbsp; The Kumana Bird Sanctuary is situated 408 km from Colombo on the south-eastern coast of Sri Lanka, about 30 kilometers south of Arugam Bay. 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