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Minneriya Holidays
The Minneriya National Park is a genuine pachyderm sanctuary located on the plains in northern Sri Lanka. It's the perfect place for lovers of elephants and wildlife in general. You can see elephants living in their natural environment.
Visit Minneriya
- Nature, Adventure & Sport
Minneriya: How to get there?
A 6 km car journey from Habarana
Minneriya: See when to go?
All year round
Minneriya: For how long?
One day
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Minneriya: What to see nearby?
What our travellers think of their stay
The Minneriya National Park is a genuine pachyderm sanctuary located on the plains in northern Sri Lanka. It's the perfect place for lovers of elephants and wildlife in general. You can see elephants living in their natural environment.
My suggestion
One of the female elephants in the park had been injured by a poacher and it's important to find out what it's possible to do. We were actually charged by this elephant, who was well known to the guides, who objected to us 'poaching' to take her photograph.
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