Where to see
Crocodylus palustris
Yala National Park leads · 10 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Mugger Crocodile during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 3 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 4 | Udawalawe National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 5 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 7 | Gir National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 10 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
Yala National Park
In Yala National Park, Sri Lanka, about 90% of wildlife watchers report a Mugger Crocodile sighting on a given day, the highest of the 10 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Wilpattu National Park and more
After Yala National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Mugger Crocodile are in Wilpattu National Park (Sri Lanka, about 80%), Chitwan National Park (Nepal, about 80%) and Udawalawe National Park (Sri Lanka, about 80%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are June, August, October and December–February in Yala National Park (about 90%), July to May in Wilpattu National Park (about 80%) and February in Chitwan National Park (about 90%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Mugger Crocodile on a given day. Each park's Mugger Crocodile page has the full month-by-month chart.
