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A villu lake ringed by scrub forest in Wilpattu National Park
SCRUB FOREST AND VILLUSPhoto by Wikipedia: Wilpattu National Park on Wikipedia30 km from Anuradhapura

WILDLIFE · NATIONAL PARK

Villu Country

Wilpattu National Park · North Western

Built

1938

Visit

Full day

Best

Early morning

Region

North Western

Sri Lanka's largest national park and its original 1938 reserve — leopard sightings without Yala's jeep queues.

Sri Lanka's largest national park, declared in 1938, spreading across dry-zone scrub northwest of Anuradhapura. Its landscape is dotted with villus — shallow natural lakes that draw leopards, sloth bears, and water birds.

1938Full dayEarly morning
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