Among the many wildlife parks around Sri Lanka, Kumana national park is has best sceneries that you can see while at the game drive. Compare to the
Yala national park, Kumana has lesser number of visitors mainly due to the distance / long drives from major towns in Sri Lanka.
But you will never get disappoint spotting the world famous Sri Lankan leopard in this mesmerizing national park. This big male was one of the attractions of many sightings we had
Name : Sri Lankan leopard
Scientific name: Panthera pardus kotiya
Conservation status: Endangered (Population decreasing)
Almost after spending two days
inside the park we were in our last hour in search of the leopards when we spotted
this beauty resting on this rock. But within few seconds we heard a growling
noise behind the bushes and within a split seconds this leopard got up, looked
down the rock with very threatened / suspicious eyes and jump down form the
rock and vanished into the jungle.
I had a small window through
the trees in front of us to get a clean shot of the leopard and I’m really
happy with the outcome which shows the exact surrounding of the scene.
Location: Yala National Park - Sri Lanka
Name: Sri Lankan leopard
Scientific name: Panthera
pardus kotiya
Conservation status:
Endangered (Population decreasing)
