Watching Wildlife and Marine Life in Sri Lanka

"Watching Wildlife and Marine Life in Sri Lanka"," Although a small country compared to most other countries Sri Lanka have more than 50 natures reserves and National parks. Elephants, Deer, Buffalo, Wild Boar, Monkeys, Crocodiles and Peacocks are common in most national parks and Black Bears and Leopard are found in some national parks. Many tourists especially love to watch Elephants, watching these majestic creatures in their natural habitat is a truly fulfilling experience. If you want to see Elephants in a semi wild life condition and want to take part in activities like bottle feeding baby Elephants you can visit the Pinnawela Elephant orphanage as well. Your best chance is in Yala and Vilpattu national parks and the best time to spot Leopards is during February and March, when its the dry season. If all these fails then you can easily visit the national zoological gardens in Dehiwela, which is very close to the main city of Colombo. Sri Lanka is fast becoming a popular destination for whale and dolphin watching. Other than that because of the increase in tourism, commercial Whale watching tours are carried out now and some are even conducted by the Sri Lanka Navy. Dondra point is the most popular starting point for Whale watching tours but many other cities in southern coast have Whale and Dolphin watching tours. . LEARN SOMETHING NEW AND EXCITING