Photos of Minneriya National Park

There are as many as nine national parks in Sri Lanka, of which Minneriya National Park is a smaller one, but the park is located between Sigiriya and Polonnaruwa, with forests, lakes and wild animals covering an area of about 90 square kilometers . The landscape in the park is a huge water storage lake built by King Mahasin in the third century, the area is one of the largest in the country. The impoundment lake area is exposed to grass during the dry season, including elephant herds from areas such as Matara, Polonnaruwa and Trincomalee. There will be as many as 2-300 heads. So Minneriya National Park is one of the important elephant habitats in the country.