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Wilpattu National Park Safari
Enjoy the wonderful views as you fly our domestic flight on Cinnamon Air to your next destination. Your chauffeur will meet you at the airport to continue on your tour. Now a UNESCO world heritage site, Anuradhapura is believed to have been the capital of the Sinhalese from 4 BC to 11 AD. The sprawling complex of ruins contains a rich collection of archaeological and architectural wonders built during Anuradhapura’s thousand years of rule. A tour of the Sacred City includes places of veneration such as gigantic Stupas and the sacred Bo tree or the Sri Maha Bodhi as it is known to the Buddhists. It is said to be the oldest documented tree on earth. Stroll past the ruins of ancient palaces, administrative buildings, a hospital and ancient bathing tanks with ingenious filtering systems and some of the most complex irrigation systems of the ancient world. Wilpattu, Sri Lanka’s oldest and largest national park with an area of 131,693 hectares was designated as a wild life sanctuary in 1905 and upgraded to a national park in 1938. It has an unique eco system consisting of natural lakes, Scrubland jungle, Grassland and dense forest and it provides a habitat for 31 species of mammal, including elephant, sloth bear, water buffalo, leopard, spotted deer, mongoose, sambhur, moose deer and shrew to name a few, while wetland bird species found here include, painted stork, black-headed ibis, garganeys, pin tails, whistling teals, Eurasian spoonbills, white egret, cattle egret, purple heron, asian open bill, cormorant and a variety of kingfisher species. Reptilian species include, monitor lizard, mugger crocodile, common cobra, rat snake, Indian python, pond and soft shelled turtles and star tortoise. Butterfly species spotted in the park include the great egg fly, great orange tip, glad-eye bush brown, blue and common Mormon and the common and crimson rose.