Name: Chundikulam National Park
Address: Sri Lanka, LK
Telephone: +94 77 698 4638

Chundikulam National Park is a park, located at Sri Lanka. They can be contacted via phone at +94 77 698 4638, visit their website www.dwc.gov.lk for more detailed information.

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Mohomad Asmin

17 February 2018

Chundikkulam Lagoon and its surrounding area was designated as a bird sanctuary on 25 February 1938 under the Fauna and Flora Protection Ordinance (No. 2) of 1937.

In January 2009 the Sri Lanka Army's 55 Division, advancing from Nagar Kovil, re-captured the area around Chundikkulam sanctuary from the militant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. Subsequently the Sri Lankan military started building military bases in the sanctuary and barred local fishermen from using the sanctuary and local residents from returning to their homes. The army opened the Chundikulam Nature Park Holiday Resort in the northern part of the sanctuary in January 2012.

Following the end of the Sri Lankan Civil War the government announced plans to convert various sanctuaries in the Northern Province into national parks.An Integrated Strategic Environmental Assessment of Northern Province produced by the government with the assistance of United Nations Development Programme and United Nations Environment Programme and published in October 2014 recommended that Chundikkulam sanctuary be extended westwards towards Elephant Pass and south-eastwards towards Chalai and Pallamatalan and be upgraded to a national park. The recommendation would see the sanctuary's area grow from 11,149 ha (27,550 acres) to 19,565 ha (48,347 acres), partly as a result of absorbing state-owned forests nearby.

In May 2015 the government announced that Chundikkulam, along with Adam's Bridge, Delft and Madhu Road, would be designated national parks.[11] Chundikkulam sanctuary became a national park on 22 June 2015 with an area of 19,565 ha (48,347 acres).
S. Arabinth

21 December 2017

Nothing much to see. Just some fisherman and their ways of fishing were visible. No birds were seen except some random ones. Too lonely place.
Prabath Dissanayaka

04 December 2017

The higher standard service with quality natural surrounding. The one of the best place to be relax.
Rajitha Prabath

12 November 2017

One of beautiful national park in Sri Lanka. This is a place you can see birds and beach. 1 hotel available inside the park. Better used 4 week vehicles.
Suraj Harsha

06 September 2017

This is a good place to enjoy the beach and birds. Large number of colourful herons can be seen at the lake situated close to the Army Holiday Resort.
Very clean beach, you can join to pull fishing nets 8f you got lucky.
Nuwan Kumarasinghe

14 August 2017

Nice place to visit with freedom.
Dhanuka Senarathana

31 July 2017

Very worm and lonely, it was dried due to no rain. Full of sands. Quite different national park in Srilanka. I enjoyed the sunshine lot. Strongly recommend a morning walk through fishermen areas.
Ratnamohan Ratnasingam

01 July 2017

Very nice place: too many animals
Kasun Sanjula

24 June 2017

Beautiful view no crowd. nice location
Rajinda Daniel

22 June 2017

nice place to hang out. but during north east monsoon all area will be inundated.