Zoo

Ridiyagama Safari Park

Q: Where is Ridiyagama Safari Park?

Sri Lanka. Ridiyagama Safari Park is a zoo or wildlife park in Sri Lanka. Its coordinates are 6.244° N, 80.979° E. The nearest national park in our atlas is Udawalawe National Park, about 32 km away.

Q: What animals can you see at Ridiyagama Safari Park?

20 species. Citizen-science photos record 20 species at Ridiyagama Safari Park, including Blackbuck, Wild Horse, Black Swan, Emu and Common Ostrich. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.

Q: Where can you see the animals of Ridiyagama Safari Park in the wild?

Blackbuck: Kanha National Park. Some of the animals photographed at Ridiyagama Safari Park also live in the parks and cities we cover: Blackbuck (about 50% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Kanha National Park), Black Swan (about 40% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Gauja National Park) and Emu (about 60% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Flinders Ranges National Park).

Q: When did Ridiyagama Safari Park open and how big is it?

204 ha. Ridiyagama Safari Park, a zoo or wildlife park in Sri Lanka, covers about 204 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 20 species are photographed there.

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka

🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, Sri Lanka 20 spp. present

Ridiyagama Safari Park is 500-acre (200 ha) safari park, zoo in Ridiyagama area of Hambantota District, Sri Lanka. The park was opened to the public on 28 May 2016. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

6.244° N 80.979° E

🎟️ Visit

Essentials

Entrance

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Tourism

Medium

Species present

species

Opened

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Size

Large

What visitors say

🦒 Animals in captivity

Antilope cervicapra

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

in Kanha National Park+ 3 more parks

Equus ferus

Daily sighting probability —

Not in our parks or cities

Cygnus atratus

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

in Gauja National Park+ 19 more parks

LC Endemic

Dromaius novaehollandiae

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

in Flinders Ranges National Park+ 8 more parks

Struthio camelus

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

in De Hoop Nature Reserve+ 26 more parks

Lama guanicoe

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

in Península Valdés+ 3 more parks

Hystrix indica

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

in Periyar National Park+ 1 more park

Camelus bactrianus

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

in Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park

Before you go

Where is Ridiyagama Safari Park?

Sri Lanka

Ridiyagama Safari Park is a zoo or wildlife park in Sri Lanka. Its coordinates are 6.244° N, 80.979° E. The nearest national park in our atlas is Udawalawe National Park, about 32 km away.

What animals can you see at Ridiyagama Safari Park?

20 species

Citizen-science photos record 20 species at Ridiyagama Safari Park, including Blackbuck, Wild Horse, Black Swan, Emu and Common Ostrich. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.

Where can you see the animals of Ridiyagama Safari Park in the wild?

Blackbuck: Kanha National Park

Some of the animals photographed at Ridiyagama Safari Park also live in the parks and cities we cover: Blackbuck (about 50% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Kanha National Park), Black Swan (about 40% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Gauja National Park) and Emu (about 60% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Flinders Ranges National Park).

When did Ridiyagama Safari Park open and how big is it?

204 ha

Ridiyagama Safari Park, a zoo or wildlife park in Sri Lanka, covers about 204 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 20 species are photographed there.