We did the tour with a guide. Early morning is the best to capture these creatures. Take a good camera and lens when you are going for the trip as you would not want to miss out on these amazing clicks.

Every single time I travel, I fall in love with my Sri Lanka a bit more. Close to Yala, sharing the southern coastline, Bundala is a beautiful national park with fewer animals and safari jeeps. Still, definitely worth the travel for the landscape it offers. Very much like the Yala Block 5 in that it is quiet, creepy and utterly serene. We spotted many many birds, crocodiles, foxes, elephants, butterflies, rabbits, peacocks, monkeys, etc. I love that there is less traffic and noise here. Lots of water bodies. The coast is gorgeous.

It’s a Ramsar Wetland Reserve and a National Park, famous for migrant birds and elephants. Salterns boarding the park and sand dunes are another attraction. Safari jeeps available at the Bundala junction those who desire to hire. If you are a birder plenty to enjoy.

It has lot of birds. I didn't get to see elephants. We two spent 4000 LKR for around 3hrs safari. You could reduce amount of you have more people for the Jeep. Make sure to have a lens with great reach if you want to shoot birdies by camera

A world renowned wintering ground for migratory water birds, located in the low country dry zone. Popular for bird watching and wild elephants. Declared as a National Park in 1993 and a Ramsar Wetland in 1990 - the 487th in the list of global wetlands under the International Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar Convention - named after the Iranian city of Ramsar, where the convention was signed in 1971). The Park was designated as a Man and Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO, the fourth in Sri Lanka. There are open campsites operated by Department of Wildlife and a holiday bungalow owned by Lanka Salt Ltd. Park visits are allowed in safari jeeps or own vehicles, a guide will accompany you either way. The park opens at 6am and it will take at least a half a day to roam around. There are helpful and knowledgeable wildlife officers at the information center who will provide all the details you need to know about the park and wildlife in general. 'Madhura' the officer who spoke with us was exceptional. Highly recommended to visit at least the information center if you don't have time to surf through the park.

Much smaller and less visited that nearby Yala but a must visit for bird watchers and nature lovers. We saw a wide selection of birds and wildlife, and some really rare species. Much more relaxed safari with a very helpful guide and spotter with binoculars who joined us. Really enjoyed it, but don’t expect to see leopards here, this one is for the bird lovers.

This is the Bundala park museum. It hiyses a number if skeletal specimens of various animals including crocodiles, elephants, deer and bulls, turtles, monkeys, whales etc. It also has bottled specimens of snakes and other small creatures. There’s a 3-D map of the Bundala national park. Make sure to pay a visit here. Entrance is free.

So many beautiful elephants and what an experience it is.. we did it at sunset and loved the light and the experience, you see birds, Buffalo and so much more... it should be around 30 usd per person if you share a jeep.

we saw lots of birds in this place, our guide Pubudu Ranga ( who working in the office of bundala national park) explained us very well about all birds and animals we saw. he knows everything about birds and helped us to gain such a big knowledge about birds. this is an amazing place to visit for all nature lovers.

This park is 1 km away from my house and it is very beautiful. The sun is very hot between April and September. Many tourist birds can see many animals that have never been seen before. If you come in December, you can see many birds. There are three or four elephants on the side of the road in the evening, so don't disturb them. Don't litter the other park.

Nice place for bird watching/ wildlife photography. Beautiful landscapes everywhere. there are lot of birds at the migrate season (November to February). One of less crowded national park in Sri Lanka.

one of the beautiful national parks in sri lanka. lots of foreign birds are coming to this place in december to may in every year. very large national park and lots of elephants are in here. beautiful and various types of birds are inside the park. safari jeep’s are available here and thry provide good service for us and all the staff are very friendly and they give good service for us

Amazing place to spot a variety of native and migratory birds. That one day I visited it rained in Hambantota but I managed to spot many birds. I recommend you book a safari before hand. Try Bundala safari with Srimal. He had a very good rating and he was great. He and his brother- in - law helped us spot many birds and animals. I would highly recommend Bundala safari by Srimal.

Amazing experience! We saw crocodiles, peacocks, monkeys, and a lot of birds.. The nature is beautiful, not a lot of other jeeps around and our tour guide, chaminda, was so sweet and had a lot to tell about the park and what we saw. The tour lasted 3 hours and he really took the time for us we had a nice cup of tea and slice if cake to start the day as well!! We went for a lobster breakfast after the tour at his place made by his wife. Best breakfast we had in Sri Lanka..

Bundala national park is a well-known park for endemic and non-endemic birds. Other than birds you will be able to see several animal species as well. Among them elephants, mongoose, hares are famous. If you have a normal off-road vehicle you can use it to go around the park. Else you will have to go ahead and rent a jeep. A jeep ride will go for around 3 hours. You can see many animals if you come early in the morning or in the evening. There is also a small research centre on the park premises.

It's one of the reputed hotspots for bird watching in Sri Lanka where a larger number of local and migrant birds can be observed. Located in the South East coast of Sri Lanka this National park is sharing its east border with Yala National Park and provides shelter for large Mammals(elephants, wild bears), Amphibians and Reptiles. In the outskirts of the park few Hotels with basic facilities are there but a foriegn tourist can easily reside at Tissamaharama which is a more convenient tourist destination and reach this park in 20 minutes.

If you want a break from the hustle and bustle then this place is nice and quite. A great place to go if you are interested in birds. Binoculars are a must have!

This park is mostly popular among the bird watchers as it is a good place to observe both forest birds and water birds. It is best to visit during the migratory period and many vagrant birds have been recorded here. It is not a place to observe mammals though. You will not find leopard or sloth bear here. Even spotted deer or Wild Boar is not very commonly seen. In some days Elephants may be there but it is also very rare. You have to enter the park with a Guide provided by the Department of Wildlife. There is a nice view of the lagoon from the ticket counter area.

This national park and wetland sanctuary, with its dunes, lagoons, and large freshwater bodies of water, is one of the world's best places to visit for bird-watching. There are many species of birds here. some are endemic to Sri Lanka. Many of the birds migrate here seasonally from as far away as Siberia. Aside from the birds there are many crocodiles, which like to eat the birds, as well as a large population of elephants. The beaches are a popular place for four of Sri Lanka's five species of sea turtles to lay their eggs. The Bundala park area is along the southern Sri Lankan coastline between Kirinda and Hambantota.

Real place to adventure with wild life 🐘🐘🐘

Bundala National Park is a universally significant wintering ground for transient water birds in Sri Lanka. Bundala harbors 197 types of birds, the feature being the more prominent flamingo, which relocate in huge herds. Bundala was assigned an untamed life safe-haven in 1969 and redesignated to a public park on 4 January 1993. In 1991 Bundala turned into the principal wetland to be proclaimed as a Ramsar site in Sri Lanka. In 2005 the public park was assigned as a biosphere save by UNESCO, the fourth biosphere hold in Sri Lanka. The public park is arranged 245 kilometers (152 mi) southeast of Colombo.

Beautiful place with different arieties of birds to watch, and one can go fishing as well with the support of the locals.

Really good experience with chaminda! Nice local guy and his wife also super cute. I recommend to go for a kilo of lobster in his house, amazing food!!!

Has very easy access via expressway entrance mattala or hambanthota. Ideal place to watch wetland birds and migrating birds. Must visit place for a bird watcher.

The Bundala national park is one of the smaller parks. It's very beautiful wetland with a lot of birds, Buffalo and crocodiles to watch. The saltwater crocodiles there are really big ones so that's really worth a visit. Unfortunately the park management is very poor and that means the whole park is in a bad condition. More and more people build houses in the protected area and cut down trees to grow rice in the paddy fields. Another thing is halve of the land was given to a damn salt company without the public knowing it. But anyway please visit the park, because it's very calm there and that's not only beautiful for us tourists, when we are there without hundreds of other Jeeps like in Block 1 of Yala, but also gives Poachers the freedom to hunt everything they like. Some more Eyes in that park would really help this park.

Superb place but should visit in morning time.

Good for birdwatching. Go early morning or late afternoon to see elephants and other wild life. Crocodiles, peacocks, monkeys are plenty.

Lovely place to watch birds .... mornings are the best

This is a great place for a quick safari. This is one of the best places for bird watching. You can find plenty of rare species. You have to be careful when taking a safari jeep. 3500-4500 Sri Lankan rupees for the safari.

Bundala National Park is an internationally important wintering ground for migratory water birds in Sri Lanka. Bundala harbors 197 species of birds, the highlight being the greater flamingo, which migrate in large flocks.

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Best place to watching birds. Morning and evening are best time for birds watching. You can see different types of migrated birds in this area. Also you can see the crocodiles in muddy areas of this park.

Highly recommending this Park. November to March lot of migrating bird you can see in very easily in Sri Lanka good spot to see bird.🕊🦢🐃🦌🦣🦍🦍🐖🦏🐖

I can't recommend this place enough. Must see for anyone with an interest in birdwatching. It seems that nowadays (post COVID and the economic crisis in Sri Lanka) Bundala gets barely any visitors, and any travellers to the area are encouraged to visit Yala instead - which means you have a good chance of not encountering any other visitors! This morning we were the only jeep there. It's a stunning area of wetlands and coastline. The guide who came with us was extremely knowledgeable and pointed out lots of new bird species, with some first migrants starting to appear too. There were also lots of crocodiles, monkeys, rodents and lizards, all interesting to see. It's 100% worth visiting not only for the nature, but also to support the knowledgeable and experienced guides who work there and struggle to make a living with the low numbers of visitors.

The Bundala National Park & wetlands is considered to be the 1st Ramsa wetland kn Sri Lanka . One can find many local as well as migrating birds in the park depending on the time you visit. Going early morning or late evening would be more preferable if you are planning bird watching. Other than birds there are many mammalian & reptile species too. The park is open from 6am-6pm.

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Amazing bird life spotting opportunities. We only ever saw 1 other jeep so mostly felt like we were visiting all alone, really recommend it.

I had very excited time in the parc of bundala I saw some of birds for the first time in my life There are some animals as well One nice little monkey soo funny 😄

Bundala national park ☺️☺️☺️

Bundala National Park is a watershed and lagoon aquatic ecosystem It is one of the leading national parks in Sri Lanka where large numbers of local and foreign migratory birds can be seen.

As a keen bird watcher, so much excitement

This area is also rich in birds. The road along the lagoon is also a nice driveway. In the evening you can see the beautiful views of the birds queuing near the lagoon. Also be careful as you may come across Elephant paths.

Superb place

Superb place to have a good expiriance

Very beautiful place

It is very beautiful place. And also it is suitable for animal research programs

Bundala is a wonderful experience. We saw several migratory birds and wildlife. Although, Yala National Park receives more exposure, this one is not to be missed. Be sure to ask for Nalaka as your guide. He is very knowledgeable and has a compassion for birds and wildlife. He speaks great English as well.

One of the best places for birding in Sri Lanka. Specifically if you are interested in water birds, this is the place for you. Also there is a high abundance in other animals.

Plenty of birds to see and a good place for bird photography..can cover the area within a maximum of 5 hours..saw couple of elephants, a deer and a wild boar except huge crocodiles and so many birds.. we saw pied king fishers, common king fishers and the white throated king fishers, many sand pipers, little ringed plovers, black winged stilts, brown shrike, brahminy starling, yellow lapwings, bay backed shrike and an osprey during today's visit.

Best for bird watchers

Super please 😉✌️

Nature lover 😍😍 bird paradise in sri lanka

Beautifully

Good place for bird watching

Nice place to visit

Beautiful location

splendid

(Translated by Google) The area was declared a wildlife sanctuary on December 5, 1969 and was upgraded on January 4, 1993 as a national park with an area of ​​6,216 hectares (24.00 sq mi). However, in 2004, the park was remodeled and the original garden was reduced to 3,698 hectares (14.28 square miles). In 1991, Bundala became the first Ramsar wetland in Sri Lanka. In 2005, UNESCO declared Bundala as a man and biosphere reserve. In January 2006, the area adjoining Bundala was declared as the Wilmanna Sanctuary, covering an area of ​​3,339.38 hectares (12.8934 sq mi). This area is mainly submerged by the East Wigan-grade Hornbende-Biotite Guineas. The climate is in the low-lying dry zone. The average humidity in the area is 80%. The National Park consists of five shallow, brackish lagoons with three salt pots. These are the 520 hectares (2.0 sq mi) Budala Lagoon, the 430 hectares (1.7 sq mi) Embilaka lagoon, the 650 hectares (2.5 sq mi) Malala lagoon, the 390 hectares (1.5 sq mi) Koholankala lagoon and the 260 hectare lagoon. 1.0 square miles). The Koholankala and Mahaleviya have been almost exclusively developed for salt production. The climate is tropical monsoon and the mean annual temperature is 27 ° C (81 ° F). Annual rainfall ranges from May to September with a dry period between 900–1,300 mm (35–51 inches). The elevation of the park extends from 10 meters (33 ft) above sea level. The park was affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. The garden had very little damage due to its protection from sand dunes. Bundala National Park has been identified as an important bird area in South Indian and Sri Lankan wetlands. There are 324 vertebrate species in the national park, including 32 fish, 15 amphibian species, 48 ​​reptile species, 197 birds and 32 mammals. There are 52 butterfly species among the Aprus. Bundala's wetland habitat is home to about 100 species of water birds, half of which are migratory birds. Of the 197 aircraft species, 58 are migratory species. The National Birding Program (NBRP) was launched in 2005 in Bundala with the assistance of the Department of Wildlife Conservation and the Field Ornamental Science Team of Sri Lanka. (Wikipedia) (Original) මෙම ප්රදේශය වනජීවී අභයභූමියක් ලෙස 1969 දෙසැම්බර් 5 වන දින ප්රකාශයට පත් කරන ලද අතර 1993 ජනවාරි 4 වන දින හෙක්ටයාර් 6,216 (වර්ග සැතපුම් 24.00) ක භූමි ප්රමාණයක් සහිත ජාතික උද්යානයක් ලෙස උසස් කරන ලදී. කෙසේ වෙතත් 2004 දී උද්යානය නැවත සකස් කරන ලද අතර මුල් උද්යානය හෙක්ටයාර් 3,698 (වර්ග සැතපුම් 14.28) දක්වා අඩු කරන ලදී. 1991 දී, බුන්දලා ශ්රී ලංකාවේ රැම්සාර් තෙත් බිමක් ලෙස නම් කළ පළමු ස්ථානය බවට පත්විය. 2005 දී යුනෙස්කෝව විසින් බුන්ඩලා මිනිසා සහ ජෛවගෝල රක්ෂිතයක් ලෙස ප්රකාශයට පත් කරන ලදී. 2006 ජනවාරියේදී හෙක්ටයාර් 3,339.38 (වර්ග සැතපුම් 12.8934) ක භූමි ප්රදේශයක් ආවරණය වන පරිදි බුන්දාලට යාබද ප්රදේශයක් විල්මාන්න අභයභූමිය ලෙස ප්රකාශයට පත් කරන ලදී. මෙම ප්රදේශය ප්රධාන වශයෙන් නැගෙනහිර විජයන් ශ්රේණියේ හෝර්න්බෙන්ඩේ-බයෝටයිට් ගිනිස් වලින් යටවී ඇත. පහතරට වියළි කලාපයේ දේශගුණය ප්රදේශයේ පවතී. ප්රදේශයේ සාමාන්ය ආර්ද්රතාවය 80% කි. ජාතික වනෝද්යානයේ නොගැඹුරු, වරහන් සහිත කලපු පහක් ලුණු බඳුන් තුනකින් සමන්විත වේ. ඒවා නම් හෙක්ටයාර 520 ක (වර්ග සැතපුම් 2.0) බුඩාල කලපුව, හෙක්ටයාර 430 ක (වර්ග සැතපුම් 1.7) එම්බිලක කලපුව, හෙක්ටයාර 650 (වර්ග සැතපුම් 2.5) මලාලා කලපුව, හෙක්ටයාර 390 ක (වර්ග සැතපුම් 1.5) කොහොලන්කල කලපුව සහ 260 ක මහලේවාය හෙක්ටයාර (වර්ග සැතපුම් 1.0). කොහොලන්කලා සහ මහලේවාය මුළුමනින්ම පාහේ ලුණු නිෂ්පාදනය සඳහා සංවර්ධනය කර ඇත. දේශගුණික තත්වයන් නිවර්තන මෝසම් වන අතර මධ්යන්ය වාර්ෂික උෂ්ණත්වය 27 °C (81°F) වේ. වාර්ෂික වර්ෂාපතනය මිලිමීටර් 900–1,300 (අඟල් 35–51) අතර වියළි කාල පරිච්ඡේදයක් මැයි සිට සැප්තැම්බර් දක්වා පවතී. උද්යානයේ උන්නතාංශය මුහුදු මට්ටමේ සිට මීටර් 10 (අඩි 33) දක්වා විහිදේ. 2004 ඉන්දියානු සාගරයේ සුනාමියෙන් මෙම උද්යානයට බලපෑම් එල්ල විය. වැලි කඳු වලින් ආරක්ෂා වීම නිසා උද්යානයට ඉතා සුළු හානියක් සිදුවිය. බුන්දලා ජාතික වනෝද්යානය දකුණු ඉන්දියානු සහ ශ්රී ලංකාවේ තෙත්බිම්වල කැපී පෙනෙන වැදගත් පක්ෂි ප්රදේශයක් ලෙස හඳුනාගෙන තිබේ. මාළු විශේෂ 32 ක්, උභය ජීවී විශේෂ 15 ක්, උරග විශේෂ 48 ක්, කුරුල්ලන් විශේෂ 197 ක් සහ ක්ෂීරපායින් විශේෂ 32 ක් ඇතුළත් ජාතික උද්යානයේ පෘෂ් b වංශී විශේෂ 324 ක් වාර්තා වී තිබේ. අපෘෂ් b වංශීන් අතර සමනලු විශේෂ 52 ක් අයත් වේ. බුන්ඩලාහි තෙත්බිම් වාසස්ථාන ජල පක්ෂීන් විශේෂ 100 ක් පමණ වාසය කරන අතර ඉන් අඩක් සංක්රමණික පක්ෂීන් වේ. ගුවන් යානා විශේෂ 197 න් 58 ක් සංක්රමණික විශේෂ වේ. ශ්රී ලංකාවේ වනජීවී සංරක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ සහ ක්ෂේත්ර විසිතුරු විද්යා කණ්ඩායමේ සහයෝගයෙන් 2005 දී ජාතික කුරුලු නාද කිරීමේ වැඩසටහන (එන්බීආර්පී) බුන්ඩාලා හිදී දියත් කරන ලදී. (Wikipedia)

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The place to go for bird photography

Tête à tête with elephants, magic birds, hidden creatures of swamps, lagoons and scrublands in this UNESCO classified biosphere reserve. A particular attention to wild elephants if crossing the park alone.

Morning or evening is the best time to visit. Use off road vehicle and a guide. Bring a binocular.

Nice place for Bird watching

Nice experience...

Nice trip

(Translated by Google) Nice guy to join the couple. Doesn't speak much English, but a guide always goes into the park (Original) Leuke vent om mee het paar in te gaan. Spreekt niet veel Engels, maar er gaat altijd een gids mee het park in

Nice guy, can arrange all.

Nice place

Do you want see migration birds in Sri Lanka please go to there.this is great place to find migration birds.

Excellent