Kumana park - the bird's paradise

Kumana is also called the Yala East park(though is a separate national park) due to it's geographical location.Its a well known bird sanctuary in Sri lanka where millions of birds breed and roost.This more than 18,000 hectare landscape has a great deal of biodiversity and the most significant feature that attracts birds to Kumana is believed to be the 200 hectare "Kumana villu" which is a natural swamp(many waterbirds used to nest here).

Because Yala national park(there is a seperate post on Yala national park on this blog) and Kumana park are joined together at the West side, some animals found at Yala can also be found at Kumana as well.The regular ones you see at Kumana park would be Pelicans,painted storks,spoonbills,herons etc.It is said that the very rare black necked stork(you may have heard of it )has also been sited at Kumana.

The abundance of bird life has made Sri lanka an ornithologists paradise.The country has more than 400 species of birds within it where around 230 are resident and 23 species are considered as endemic.While Kumana park plays a major role in bird watching,there are several other bird sanctuaries in the country as well which are located at Wirawila,Bundala and Kalametiya.


Ways you can enjoy at Kuamana park includes bird watching,luxury camping,going safari,doing photography and filming and lot more.