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Uda Walawe National Park

Elephants in Udawalawe National Park, Sri Lanka

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Overview

Framed by soaring highlands on its northern boundary, the Uda Walawe National Park is one of the world's best places to see wild elephants. Largely comprised of grasslands and bush forest, it's also one of the best national parks in Sri Lanka for game spotting.

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    Uda Walawe National Park

    Uda Walawe National Park

    With herds of elephants, wild buffalos, sambars and spotted deer, and giant squirrels, this Sri Lankan national park is one of the nation's finest. In…

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    Elephants at the Udawalawe Elephant Transit Home.

    Elephant Transit Home

    Uda Walawe National Park

    This complex is a halfway house for orphaned elephants. After rehabilitation, the elephants…

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