Yala National Park

Yala is the largest National Park in Sri Lanka.It is located in Sri Lanka at latitude 06°16' - 06°42' North and longitude 81°15' - 81°42' East. You can visit here via the town of Tissamaharama in the Hambantota District of the Southern Province. The climate of Yala national park is usually hot and dry. The mean annual temperature near sea level is 27 degrees Celcius and in the dry season it may be more than 33 degrees Celcius.

Yala National Park is one of the best park in the world to observe leopards.

There are 32 species of mammals in Yala. Some of them are, 

• Sri Lankan elephant
  
  
  
  
• Sloth bear
  
  
  
• Sri lankan leopard
  
  
  
  
• Sri lankan Sambar deer, Axis deer, Mouse deer
  
  
  
• Wild boar
  
  
  
  
• Black naped Hare
  
  
  
  
• Tufted Gray langur
  
  
  
  
• Water buffalo
  
  
  
  

• Ruddy mongoose
  
  
  
  
• Grizzled gian squirrel
  
  
  
• Indian Crested porcupine
  
  
  
• Golden jackal
  
  
  
• Fishing cat
  
  
  
• Sri Lankan Jungle cat 
  
  
  There are over 100 species of birds you can watch in Yala. 
  

• Sri Lankan Junglefowl
  
  
  
• Brown capped Babbler
  
  
• Shikra
  
  
  
• Sri Lanka grey hornbill
  
  
  
• Indian Darter
  
  
  
• Asian openbill stork
  
  
  
• Black-necked Stork
  
  
  
• Changeable Hawk-eagle
  
  
  
• Gre-headed fish eagle
  
  
  
• Peocoke
  
  
  
• Orange-breasted green pigeon
  
  
  
• Black bittern
  
  
  
• Blue-faced Malkoha 
  
  
  And also there are reptiles lived in Yala National Park. Here are the few of them. 
  

• Estuarine crocodile
  
  
  
• Mugger crocodile
  
  
  
• Water monitor

• Green vine snake
  
  
  
• Russel's Viper
  
  
  
• Sri lankan krait
  
  
  
• Indian star tortoise
  
  
  
• Fan-throated lizard
  
  
  
• Indian Cobra
  
  
  
• saw-scaled viper
  
  
  
• Sri lanka cat snake