Ridiyagama Safari Park

Ridiyagama Safari Park
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Date opened	28 march 2016
Location	Ridiyagama,Ambalanthota Hambantota, Sri Lanka
Coordinates	6°14′37″N 80°58′46″E / 6.24361°N 80.97944°E / 6.24361; 80.97944Coordinates: 6°14′37″N 80°58′46″E / 6.24361°N 80.97944°E / 6.24361; 80.97944
Land area	500 acre
No. of animals	22 species
No. of species	22 species^[1]
Major exhibits	Mammals, Birds
Website	nationalzoo.gov.lk

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Ridiyagama Safari Park is 500 acre safari park, zoo in Ridiyagama area of Hambantota District, Sri Lanka. The park was opened to the public on 28th May 2016.^[2]^[3]

Initiation

It is the first ever Safari Park in Sri Lanka.^[4]

In 2008, construction work of park was started by the direction of The National Zoological Department of Sri Lanka.

The safari park constructed for the expectation of tourism, and estimated cost for the project is 1.6 billion Sri Lankan rupees.^[2]

Composition

It would be divided into six zones, where carnivorous animals will be in 4 zones and herbivores animals will be in 2 zones. Meanwhile, carnivore animals such as lions, tigers and leopards will be in 2 zones of the carnivore section.^[2]

The first phase with the 35-acre African Lion Zone, 54-acre Sri Lanka Elephant Zone and 80 acres World Zone was opened to the public. African, Asian, Australian Zones and a small animal kingdom is under construction as the second phase.^[5]^[6]

References

↑ "Hambantota Ridiyagama Safari Park opens to the public". Retrieved 4 April 2016.
1 2 3 "News Line : First safari park in Sri Lanka to open in April this year". Retrieved 4 April 2016.
↑ "Ridiyagama Safari Park Hambantota". visitslpc. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
↑ "Safari Park – Pinnawala Zoo Sri Lanka". Pinnawala Zoo Sri Lanka. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
↑ "First Safari Park opens in Hambantota in deep South". Wijeya Newspapers Ltd. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
↑ "Hambantota Ridiyagama Safari Park opens to the public". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 1 November 2016.

External links

Sri Lanka's first ever safari park constructed in Ridiyagama (in Sinhalese)

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