Maduru Oya National Park which is 58,849 hectares in extent is located in the dry zone and 314 kms from Colombo. It is situated by Kuda Sigiriya, a great eco location yet to be explored. Maduru Oya is well known for its elephant habitat. Other than elephants, leopards, sloth bears, Sambhur, spotted and barking deer, wild boar and wild buffalo are also found here. Toque macaque, purple-faced leaf monkey and nocturnal slender loris are also found in the park. Lesser adjutant, woolly necked stork, openbill, painted stork, racket tailed drongo, yellow-fronted barbet, Sri Lanka jungle fowl and spur fowl are among the over 100 species of birds found within the park.