Declared as a national park in 2002, Kaudulla is attractive among the visitors where hundreds of elephants could be seen gathered in the dry season
Kaudulla National Park Kaudulla National Park (Sinhala: කවුඩුල්ල ජාතික වනෝද්යානය) is a national park situated in Polonnaruwa District, Sri Lanka. The ancient Kaudulla Reservoir is located on the fringe of the national park and presently, the bed area of that reservoir is attractive among the visitors where hundreds of elephants could be seen
gathered in the dry season (Rathnayake,& Gunawardena, 2014). The Kaudulla forest area was declared as a national park on 1 April 2002 in order to protect the immediate catchment of the Kaudulla Reservoir and to provide a refuge or habitat for wild elephants, especially in the monsoon period (Rathnayake,& Gunawardena, 2014). Kaudulla is part of a large protected area system that allows free movement of elephants and includes the Minneriya and Angamedilla National Parks, Giritale Sanctuary, Hurulu Eco-Park and Forest Reserve and Gal Oya Forest Reserve (Pastorini et al., 2020). Physical features
Situated in the Dry Zone of the country, the park extends in an area of …
