Bird watching holidays in Sri Lanka provides a great opportunity to bird watchers / wildlife photographers to witness a wide range of bird species in Sri Lanka. Being a tropical country, Sri Lanka is home for around 430 different bird species and 33 species that are recognized as endemic to the country while 236 resident species.
Sri Lanka is considered as one of the best places in Asia for wildlife and bird watching tours. The country is rich in biodiversity, and it makes it the perfect destination to witness exotic endemic / migratory & native bird species. For a small country like Sri Lanka is having 33 endemic species and 68 endemic subspecies of birds demonstrate why Sri Lanka is one of the best birdwatching destinations in the world.
- Sigiriya birding trail (Sigiriya Bird Sanctuary)
- Minneriya National Park or Kaudulla national park
- Sam Popham Arboretum – Dambulla
- Udawattakele Sanctuary – Kandy
- Royal Botanic Gardens- Kandy
- Kitulgala Makandawa Rain Forest
- Hakgala Botanic Gardens
- Hortain Plains National Park – Nuwara Eliya
- Yala National Park
- Bundala National Park (best birding sanctuary in Sri Lanka)
- Udawalawe National Park
- Sinharaja Rainforest (UNESCO world heritage site)
- Thalangama Wetland / Lake
- Aththidiya Bird Sanctuary
- Dutch Cannel / Muthurajawela marsh land boat ride
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