Lunugamwehera is one of the islands’s newly opened national parks and it is a famed natural corridor for elephants migrating from Yala National park to Udawalawa. Lunugamwehera National Park was opened to public on 1st of February 2005. The Lunugamvehera Reservoir within the park covers 3,283 ha. This can be recognized as one of the unexposed parks because of the famous Yala and Udawalawa National parks although it is rich in bio diversity. The park is a habitat for a large number of wild elephants and wild buffaloes. In addition, other species of animals such as Fishing Cat, Grey Mongoose, Bear, Wild Boar, Spotted Deer and Mouse Deer are found here.
