Sri Lanka Travel

The Minneriya national park is situated in between Polonnaruwa and Habarana. The park covers an area of 8890 hectares and is a transit lounge of sorts for the elephants traveling from Kaudulla to the Wasgamuwa national park.

As the drought in the Sri Lankan dry zone heightens every year in June and most national parks in the area are parched; there remains only one oasis - "Minneriya National Park". Here too the magnificent Minneriya Tank reduces in size by more than half giving rise to fresh grassland.