Nuwara Eliya, so called as ‘Little England is frequently visited by many tourists who arrive Sri Lanka for their vacations and holidays. Regarding the most popular tourist destinations around Nuwara Eliya, Galway’s land bird sanctuary is a haven for nature lovers and bird watchers. The sanctuary was declared as a wild life sanctuary in 1938 and upgraded as a national park in 2006. The sanctuary houses around 20 rare species of migrant birds and 30 native species.
The park is located close to the Lake Gregory and the Queen Victoria Park. Dull blue fly catcher, Sri Lanka white eye, yellow eared bulbul were just a few of the species you will find in the Galway’s land bird sanctuary. The montane eco system in the garden is a great deal to enjoy a diversity of avifauna and flora. The lush green environment provides beautiful vicinity to the entire area. Visitors can enjoy cascading water falls, mist shrouded mountains which expand for 57.6 hectares in extinct. If you can take a binocular with you, it will be worth. Slowly walk into the shrubby along the paths for bird watching. Once you find a one, immediately stop and identify it. And also don’t forget to wear comfortable clothes and shoe wears fitting the cool climate. Since Nuwara Eliya was developed with several infrastructural developments, now it is visited by so many visitors. It is recorded that most of the tourist’s visits the park during the months of April- July with the beginning of the April season.
Never the less the sanctuary is recognized as a famous and popular bird watching site in Sri Lanka by the field ornithology group of Sri Lanka.
Apart from that, you can engage in golf tournaments, horse riding, clay pigeon shooting, motor cross or water sports during the festival seasons of Nuwara Eliya. Some of them can be enjoyed at any time. Obviously, the salubrious climate has added some exclusive features to the city. Hundreds of visitors are flocking to Nuwara Eliya reserving hotels and guest houses around the city. Hence you can sedate and decorous surrounding will be a greater occasion to lose your stress born cause of the life style attached with the hustle o’ bustle of the cities. However, with the advent of time make sure to visit the Galway’s land bird sanctuary while traveling around the city of Nuwara Eliya.