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ANGAMMEDILLA JEEP SAFARI

Angammedilla National Park is one of the newest national parks in Sri Lanka with an area of 7528 hectares. It is located 225 kilometres away from Colombo in Polonnaruwa District.

Originally Angammedilla was a forest reserve within the Minneriya-Giritale Sanctuary and declared on 12th February 1988. The region was designated national park on 6 June 2006. Mainly this protect the drainage basin of Parackrama Samudra Angammedilla also secures the drainage basins of Minneriya and Giritale irrigation tanks, water sources in Sudu Kanda (Sinhala for "White hill").

The vegetation of the park is predominantly dry evergreen forests. Diospyros ebenum is one of the dominant plant species in the forest. Manilkara hexandra (Palu), Cholorocylon swetenia (Burutha), Vitex pinnata (Milla), and Adina cordifolia (Kolon) are common in natural vegetation. Mesua ferrea trees are grown in communities.

Angammedilla also secures habitats and wildlife of the adjacent forests. Sri Lankan elephant, Sri Lankan sambar deer, Indian muntjac, Sri Lankan axis deer, water buffalo, wild boar, and peafowl are common within the park. However Sri Lanka leopard, sloth bear, grizzled giant squirrel and Sri Lanka junglefowl are sometimes seen. The primate species red slender loris, tufted gray langur, and purple-faced langur are seen also.

Amban river which is sourced by Sudu Kanda forms the southern border of the park. A mountain range stretches across the park from Giritale to Minneriya. In the drought period the park is very dry. In the rainy season, mountainous area receives more rainfall than the plains. Since a mix wet and dry climate persists in the park the vegetation is a mix of wet zone and dry zone plants. In the ancient times water has irrigated from Amban river to Parackrama Samudra in a canal done in stone. The rocky wall of the canal called royal wall by the villagers.

The biodiversity of this dry zone park will unfold before you along with its fascinating landscape.

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