subject: Visit Dehiwala Zoo, Colombo For Wide Range Of Flore And Fauna From All Over The World! [print this page] Dehiwala Zoo is also known as Colombo Zoo or national Zoological garden of Sri Lanka. Founded in 1936, this sprawling area is host to a variety of animals and birds. It is situated 11km from Colombo Fort. It is famous all over the globe for its fine collection of animals, birds, reptiles and fish from all over the world. This beautifully landscaped 30 acres area is visited by both locals and foreigners taking flights to Colombo Sri Lanka. This institution is struggling very hard to create one of the worlds outstanding zoological institutions that will be a centre of the excellence for conservation, research and education. Although Sri Lanka has three Botanical gardens to entertain both locals and Colombo flights takers but this is the only garden of its kind in the country.
Things to Do: As this sanctuary houses a wide range of plant and animal life from all over the world, over 1.2 million visitors pass through this place every year for it caters to young and old alike. It is not only popular among locals but foreigners also like to come to this place by taking cheap flights to Colombo with cheap flights to Colombo as it is a source of healthy recreation to the average citizen especially those who come in family groups. One may watch elephant's performance holding at elephant arena with certain time table usually daily at 5.15 p.m. One may watch over 3000 animals and 350 species. It also houses an Aquarium that is the only one of its kind in Asia and displays over 500 varieties of aquatic life. This is not all about this Garden, those taking flights to Colombo Sri Lanka may sea lions' performance that are displayed daily at the sea lions' pool according to a time table.
Children like to go to Butterfly Garden which is decorated with small shrubs, trees, creepers and small streams. It is a small garden exhibiting 30 species of butterflies with their all stages of life cycle for educational purposes. It is probably one of the few remaining places in the country where nature blends with a large variety of animal life. Some adventure lovers like to have also a walk-through aviary. Visitors take cheap flights to Colombo from UK to view nature closely. This complex is generating annual revenue of 40 million rupees that is spent to save rare wild and animal life in Asia. Animal breeding program is also helping in increasing the number of animals in the park
