Ridiyagama Safari Park 


During last vacation me and my family decided to went on a trip to Kataragama. On our way we thought to visit the Ridiyagama Safari Park. There were safari buses and jeeps to travel in to the park. A tourist guide came along with us to explain the details regarding the park and the animals. These are some of the facts that I found after visiting the park.

Ridiyagama Safari Park is 500 acre safari park, zoo in Ridiyagama area of Hambantota District, Sri Lanka. The Safari Park is divided into several sections holding different animals found worldwide.

The first section of the park opened to the public, has a 16-acre service station, a 35-acre lion enclosure, a 54-acre Sri Lankan elephant enclosure and 80 acres for herbivorous animal species of the world.

Around 22 species of animals including African lions, zebras, Bactrian, Arabian orix, Lechwe, Indian blue bulls, African cape buffaloes and large birds such as ostriches are found in the park.


The tourist guide explained they have further plans to expand the Park to include areas for Bengal tigers, Sri Lankan leopards, bears, Australian beasts and reptiles.

Thank you very much.....

Blog by :- Hasindu Withanage

(Mu/21/015) 

(Undergraduate at University of the visual and Performing Arts) 

(Faculty of Music)

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