Home for Elephant – Pinnawala or UdaWalawe Elephant orphanage National park

Have you ever listened home for orphanage elephant most of people not aware of it but you can see the Elephant transit home in UdaWalawe National Park or called Pinnawala national park located in Sabaragamuwa Province and surrounded by UdaWalawe Sri Lanka.170 km south east of Colombo. National Park is stretch in 30,821 hectares.

National park established in 1995 for rehabilitate orphaned elephant back in to the natural home wild. UdaWalawe National park also home for other animals and birds.

In the national park visitors can experience many different activities of the care and daily routine of the elephants including watching the babies being hand fed from super size bottle and medical care of the elephant.

Mammals There are many mammals? species in the National Park with large Elephant, The Rusty-spotted Cat, Fishing Cat and Sri Lankan Leopard, Wild Boar, Water Buffalo, Jackal and many species of deer such as spotted Deer, Sambhur, Barking deer.

Birds?UdaWalawe National Park is also the good place for bird watcher. Many species are available here such as Lanka Spurfowl, Red-faced Malkoha, Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill, and Brown-capped Babbler. Painted Storks are among the many water birds that migrate to the park.