Where to see
Varanus bengalensis
Wilpattu National Park leads · 15 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Bengal Monitor during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 3 | Udawalawe National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 4 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 6 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Mudumalai National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 11 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 12 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 13 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | |
| 14 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 15 | Bandipur National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
Wilpattu National Park
In Wilpattu National Park, Sri Lanka, about 90% of wildlife watchers report a Bengal Monitor sighting on a given day, the highest of the 15 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Yala National Park and more
After Wilpattu National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Bengal Monitor are in Yala National Park (Sri Lanka, about 90%), Udawalawe National Park (Sri Lanka, about 80%) and Kaziranga National Park (India, about 70%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are February–March, May and August–November in Wilpattu National Park (about 90%), January, March, May and October–November in Yala National Park (about 90%) and October in Udawalawe National Park (about 90%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Bengal Monitor on a given day. Each park's Bengal Monitor page has the full month-by-month chart.
