{"id":63504,"date":"2021-05-02T08:39:37","date_gmt":"2021-05-02T08:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=63504"},"modified":"2021-05-02T08:39:37","modified_gmt":"2021-05-02T08:39:37","slug":"pigeon-island-unique-natural-marvel-by-arundathie-abeysinghe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/pigeon-island-unique-natural-marvel-by-arundathie-abeysinghe\/","title":{"rendered":"Pigeon Island &#8211; unique natural marvel  By Arundathie Abeysinghe"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><b>Pigeon Island &#8211; unique natural marvel<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><b>By Arundathie Abeysinghe<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-49149 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ms.-Arundathie-Abeysinghe-441x400.jpg\" alt=\"Ms. Arundathie Abeysinghe\" width=\"173\" height=\"157\" \/>Renowned as a snorkelers\u2019 and divers\u2019 paradise, Pigeon Island National Park with its powdery white sands and magnificent coral gardens is one of the two maritime national parks in Sri Lanka named after the endemic Blue Rock Pigeons (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Columba livia<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also known as rock dove, rock pigeon or common pigeon) which breed there. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visitors can see hundreds of Blue Rock Pigeons which inhabit Pigeon Island National Park nesting as well as breeding amongst the rocks, a mesmerizing sight. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Island has rock pools and paths that run through thickets. But the underwater landscape is its centerpiece.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Home to exotic species of fish, magnificent coral reefs and abundant tropical marine species,\u00a0 reef fish including black tip reef sharks as well as turtles, this spectacular island is situated about a kilometer off the shore of *Nilaveli Beach in *Trincomalee. Pigeon Island can be reached by boat from Nilaveli Beach.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">According to scholars, Pigeon Island is considered as an ecosystem high in biodiversity as well as a significant reef habitat.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Pigeon Island National Park extends approximately to 471 hectares of which about 9 hectares is covered by landmass and the remaining area encompasses the coral beds, the border line of the National Park.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Pigeon Island has two islands, large pigeon island and small pigeon island. Large Pigeon Island is approximately 200 meters long and 100 meters wide and is fringed by a coral reef. Its highest point is about 44 meters above mean sea level. Small Pigeon Island is enclosed by rocky islets.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-63508\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Pigeon-Island-533x400.jpg\" alt=\"Pigeon Island - unique natural marvel By Arundathie Abeysinghe\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to scholars, many of the 100 species of exquisite corals and 300 coral reef fish recorded in Trincomalee area are found in the National Park making it a uniquely gorgeous live coral reef in Sri Lanka. Green Turtle (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chelonia mydas<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), Hawksbill Turtle (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eretmochelys imbricata<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) considered as a critically endangered sea turtle and Olive Ridley sea turtle (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lepidochelys olivacea<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), the second smallest of all sea turtles found in the world <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are visiting sea turtles in the area.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The underwater world in Pigeon Island is considered as a piece of heaven by nature lovers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">During the Colonial Era, Pigeon Island had been used as a shooting range.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Pigeon Island was designated as a sanctuary in 1963 and in 2003 it was re-designated as a national park with the objective of protecting these birds, fauna and flora as well as its coral reefs. Pigeon Island National Park is governed by the Department of Wildlife Conservation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Boat services are operated between the mainland and Pigeon Island. Boat ride to the island is a 15 minute ride..<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Pigeon Island is a popular destination among local as well as foreign tourists.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Stretches of white sandy beaches and clear shallow waters is ideal for scuba diving, wind surfing and snorkeling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63507\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Pigeon-Island-National-Park-Trincomalee.jpg\" alt=\"Pigeon Island - unique natural marvel By Arundathie Abeysinghe\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><b>Distance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> About 14 kilometers from Trincomalee<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><b>Directions:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Travel along Pulmoddai Road from Trincomalee up to Nilaveli Beach to reach the Pigeon Island National Park ticket office.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><b><i>Mahavamsa<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; &#8220;Great Chronicle&#8221; or &#8220;Great Dynasty&#8221; in Sinhala is the most significant work of Sri Lankan origin written in Pali Language.\u00a0 This Chronicle describes life and times of Sri Lankans from the arrival of Vijaya in 43 BC to the reign of King Mahasena from sixth century BC to fourth century AD. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Culavamsa<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (lesser chronicle) covers the period from fourth century AD to British takeover of Sri Lanka in 1815. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mahavamsa<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> consists of three parts covering a historical record of over two millennia. It is considered as the world\u2019s longest unbroken historical record.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><b>Nilaveli Beach &#8211;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Situated in the coastal town of Nilaveli, approximately 16 kilometers north of Trincomalee, Nilaveli Beach is a gorgeous sandy beach with waves which are ideal for surfing, snorkeling as well as diving. Nilaveli Beach is considered as the finest beach in Sri Lanka by local as well as foreign tourists<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><b>Trincomalee<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Popular as \u2018Trinco\u2019 among locals, Trincomalee is a port city on the northeast coast of Sri Lanka. Trincomalee is situated on one of the world\u2019s natural and beautiful harbors. According to scholars, it may be the site of historic Gokanna as described in *<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mahawamsa<\/span><\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pigeon Island &#8211; unique natural marvel By Arundathie Abeysinghe &nbsp; Renowned as a snorkelers\u2019 and divers\u2019 paradise, Pigeon Island National Park with its powdery white sands and magnificent coral gardens is one of the two maritime national parks in Sri Lanka named after the endemic Blue Rock Pigeons (Columba livia also known as rock dove, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":63508,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,29237],"tags":[34308,34310,34309,4264],"class_list":{"0":"post-63504","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-aside","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-articles","8":"category-arundathie-abeysinghe","9":"tag-blue-rock-pigeons","10":"tag-nilaveli-beach","11":"tag-pigeon-island-national-park","12":"tag-trincomalee","13":"post_format-post-format-aside"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.7.1 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pigeon Island - unique natural marvel By Arundathie Abeysinghe - eLanka<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Renowned as a snorkelers\u2019 and divers\u2019 paradise, Pigeon Island National Park with its powdery white sands and magnificent coral gardens is one of the two maritime national parks in Sri Lanka named after the endemic Blue Rock Pigeons (Columba livia also known as rock dove, rock pigeon or common pigeon) which breed there.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pigeon Island - unique natural marvel By Arundathie Abeysinghe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Renowned as a snorkelers\u2019 and divers\u2019 paradise, Pigeon Island National Park with its powdery white sands and magnificent coral gardens is one of the two maritime national parks in Sri Lanka named after the endemic Blue Rock Pigeons (Columba livia also known as rock dove, rock pigeon or common pigeon) which breed there.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/pigeon-island-unique-natural-marvel-by-arundathie-abeysinghe\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"eLanka\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eLanka.com.au\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-05-02T08:39:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Pigeon-Island.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"eLanka admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"eLanka admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/pigeon-island-unique-natural-marvel-by-arundathie-abeysinghe\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/pigeon-island-unique-natural-marvel-by-arundathie-abeysinghe\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"eLanka admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#\/schema\/person\/f6e635b74ab35ef88a68a9973cacc5bd\"},\"headline\":\"Pigeon Island &#8211; 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