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Yala (Ruhuna) National Park

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Yala (Ruhuna) National Park is approachable through the town of Tissamaharama in the Hambantota District of the Southern Province in the island country of Sri Lanka. The park has a very interesting history. The earliest evidence suggests that this region was inhabited as far back as 2nd Century BC. This is known from the epigraphic “Brahmi” inscriptions discovered here. Structures of the earliest Buddhist cave monastery type began to be constructed wherever there were people and many are still there in the area. This territory was part of the Rohana (Ruhuna) Kingdom which had a very advanced civilization as evinced by the remains. There was some sudden misfortune which led to the dissemination of the civilization here and a jungle tide spread covering the past with a covering of secondary forest. These have developed to the climax stands seen in Yala (Ruhuna) National Park today.
Yala (Ruhuna) National Park is in one of the arid regions of Sri Lanka and therefore the climate of this park is usually hot and very dry. The park receives its annual rainfall during the north east monsoon from November to January, and unpredictable inter-monsoonal rains in March or April and September. The dry month is February, but the proper dry season commences in June and lasts until September and sometimes until mid October. Most of the area has Vijayan rocks that were formed over 600 million years ago. These rock outcrops stand out in a relatively flat plain and many loom to a height of about eight hundred feet. The Menik Ganga River which was one of the important water resources for the park is now only a seasonal river for it was dammed for irrigational purposes higher up in 1878 AD.

The Park is bounded by the sea in the southeast. There are many bays which create the impression of an intricate assortment of calm waters and land. The natural scenery is truly spectacular and far out at sea, there are two lighthouses. The innumerable lagoons here offer fantastic locations viewing animals and bird.

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