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The open water of Senanayake Samudraya reservoir at Inginiyagala
THE RESERVOIR AT INGINIYAGALAPhoto by AntanO on Wikimedia CommonsAt Inginiyagala, 20 km west of Ampara

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The Island's Largest Reservoir

Senanayake Samudraya · Eastern

Built

1952

Visit

2-4 hrs

Best

Migratory season

Region

Eastern

Boats from the Inginiyagala jetty run into Gal Oya National Park — the only park in Sri Lanka you can safari by water.

Sri Lanka's largest reservoir, created by damming the Gal Oya at Inginiyagala in the early 1950s as the centrepiece of the island's first big post-independence irrigation scheme. Boat trips cross it toward Gal Oya National Park.

19522-4 hrsMigratory season
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