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Udawattekele Sanctuary

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Udawattekele Sanctuary
Udawattekele Sanctuary
Udawattekele Sanctuary
Udawattekele Sanctuary
Udawattekele Sanctuary
Udawattekele Sanctuary
Udawattekele Sanctuary
Udawattekele Sanctuary
Udawattekele Sanctuary
Udawattekele Sanctuary
Udawattekele Sanctuary
Udawattekele Sanctuary
Udawattekele Sanctuary
Udawattekele Sanctuary
Udawattekele Sanctuary
Udawattekele Sanctuary
Udawattekele Sanctuary
Udawattekele Sanctuary
Udawattekele Sanctuary
Udawattekele Sanctuary
Udawattekele Sanctuary
Udawattekele Sanctuary
Udawattekele Sanctuary
Udawattekele Sanctuary
Udawattekele Sanctuary
Phone:
+94 812 232 873

Hours:
Sunday7am - 6pm
Monday7am - 6pm
Tuesday7am - 6pm
Wednesday7am - 6pm
Thursday7am - 6pm
Friday7am - 6pm
Saturday7am - 6pm


Udawattakele Forest Reserve, often spelled as Udawatta Kele, is a historic forest reserve on a hill-ridge in the city of Kandy. It is 104 hectares large. During the days of the Kandyan kingdom, Udawattakele was known as Uda Wasala Watta in Sinhalese meaning the garden above the royal palace. The sanctuary is famous for its extensive avifauna. The reserve also contains a great variety of plant species, especially lianas, shrubs and small trees. There are several giant lianas. Many of small and medium size mammals that inhabit Sri Lanka can be seen here. Several kinds of snakes and other reptiles might be seen. Udawattakele was designated as a forest reserve in 1856, and it became a sanctuary in 1938.The Sri Lanka Forest Department has two offices in the reserve, one of which has a nature education centre with a display of pictures, posters, stuffed animals, etc. Being easily accessible and containing a variety of flora and fauna the forest has a great educational and recreational value. Groups of school children and students regularly visit the forest and the education centre. The forest is also popular with foreign tourists, especially bird watchers. Scientific nature research has been carried out in the forest by researchers. The forest is of religious importance as there are three Buddhist meditation hermitages and three rock shelter dwellings for Buddhist monk hermits.
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