Hikkaduwa National Park
Hikkaduwa National Park is one of the three marine national parks in Sri Lanka. The national park contains a fringing coral reef of high degree of biodiversity. The area was declared a wildlife sanctuary on May 18, 1979, and then on August 14, 1988, upgraded to a nature reserve with extended land area. The growth of the number of visitors in the next 25 years increased the degradation of the coral reef. To reduce the effects to the ecosystem, the reef was declared a national park on September 19, 2002.
| Hikkaduwa National Park | |
|---|---|
IUCN category II (national park) | |
Hikkaduwa National Park | |
| Location | Southern province, Sri Lanka |
| Nearest city | Hikkaduwa |
| Coordinates | 6°08′42″N 80°05′33″E |
| Area | 101.6 ha |
| Established | September 19, 2002 |
| Governing body | Department of Wildlife Conservation |
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