ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ජෛව විවිධත්ව ඓශ්චර්යය

2010 වසර ලෝක ජෛව විවිධත්ව වසර‍ ලෙස නම් කර තිබෙනවා.ලංකාවේ පවතින ජෛව විවිධත්වය ඉතාම විස්මිතය. එය අපේ සංචාරක කර්මාන්තය සඳහා මූලිකව උදව් කරගත හැකි වැදගත් සාධකයකි.වර්ග කිලොමීටර 10000 ක භූමි භාගයක් තුළ විවිධතා සහිත ස්ථාන 50 ක් ලංකාවේ දක්නට ලැබෙන අතර මෙවැනි රටක් අසියාවේම වෙනත් තැනක හමු නොවේ.සිංහරාජය කිතුල්ගල සහ රට පුරා පිහිටි ජාතික උද්‍යාන මගින් මේ විවිධත්වය රැක ගැනීමට ලැබෙන්නේ නොමද පිටු බලයකි.
Bio diversity of Sri Lanka is to be promoted as one of the key selling points in attracting tourist to Sri Lanka. The country has been identified one of the 25 bio diversity hot spots of the world and the highest level of bio diversity per 10,000 square kilo meters in Asia is found in Sri Lanka.

The year 2010 has been declared the year of bio diversity and fortunately Sri Lanka stands out as destination that has much to offer to visitors with a passion for a difference.

The Sinharaja forest is considered a world heritage and remains a show case for bio diversity .The sinharaja rain forest is home to about 800 endemic species of flora and fauna and about 60 percent of the trees in the forest are also endemic to this mighty forest. Approximately 830 of Sri Lanka's endemic species of flora and fauna are found here, including myriad birds, reptiles and insects, while about sixty percent of the reserve's trees are also endemic to the country and some endemic to the Sinharaja Forest itself.
The 24 wild life reserves are also a treat to the tourist who are interested in the richness Sri Lanka's bio diversity.
Some of the wild life reserves are considered as strict nature reserves and special permission needs to be obtained o gain access to these reserves. Ritigala and Haggalla belong to this category.
The frogs in the central hills and the fish in the Horton plains are also interesting points for the bio diversity enthusiast.
Kithulgala Forest Reserve, Knuckles forest range and the highland peak wilderness and Adams Peak are some of the other attractions that would attract visitors who have a passion for diversity.
The national parks provide a great opportunity to peep in to the diverse eco system of Sri Lanka . The largest National Parks are Ruhuna-Yala, Gal-oya, Uda Walawe, Wilpattu, Minneriya-Girithale, Horton Plains and Wasgomuwa.