In my opinion, one of the must-see places in Sri Lanka.
As mentioned above, the nursery was opened in 1975 as part of the state program for the conservation of wildlife.
Entrance for an adult costs 2500 rupees. Before the trip, it will not be superfluous to clarify the time for feeding and bathing the elephants, as well as to buy a bunch or two of bananas in the market (they cost several times more in the park than in the market).
About 90 elephants live in the shelter. For a day, one elephant eats approximately 75 kg of coconut leaves and other greens. ) Elephant calves under the age of 3 years are fed milk from a bottle (for a fee, you can even participate in this process).
Bathing elephants. Imagine a huge elephant walks into the water and just lays down on its side, waiting to be washed. Almost all of it ends up in the water in this way, but still the tip of the trunk sticks out from the outside (bathing is swimming, but you need to breathe).
After this procedure, the mahout drives the elephant ashore to dry and starts bathing the next elephant.
Elephants over 25 years old are forced to work, as well as make excursions on elephants. We refrained from riding elephants. We had enough emotions from feeding and observing the elephants.
We were also upset by the fact that some of the elephants were in chains (as we were told, these are wild elephants). And also, baby elephants are chained to poles (as I understand it, due to hypermobility).
In general, elephants are very cute and positive animals. Communication with them brings a lot of vivid emotions.
Do you want to see with your own eyes? Travel agency "Hot Line", www. hot. com. ua +38(044)227-46-09, +38(050)419-2938, +38(067)502-0559
As mentioned above, the nursery was opened in 1975 as part of the state program for the conservation of wildlife.
Entrance for an adult costs 2500 rupees. Before the trip, it will not be superfluous to clarify the time for feeding and bathing the elephants, as well as to buy a bunch or two of bananas in the market (they cost several times more in the park than in the market).
About 90 elephants live in the shelter. For a day, one elephant eats approximately 75 kg of coconut leaves and other greens. ) Elephant calves under the age of 3 years are fed milk from a bottle (for a fee, you can even participate in this process).
Bathing elephants. Imagine a huge elephant walks into the water and just lays down on its side, waiting to be washed. Almost all of it ends up in the water in this way, but still the tip of the trunk sticks out from the outside (bathing is swimming, but you need to breathe).
After this procedure, the mahout drives the elephant ashore to dry and starts bathing the next elephant.
Elephants over 25 years old are forced to work, as well as make excursions on elephants. We refrained from riding elephants. We had enough emotions from feeding and observing the elephants.
We were also upset by the fact that some of the elephants were in chains (as we were told, these are wild elephants). And also, baby elephants are chained to poles (as I understand it, due to hypermobility).
In general, elephants are very cute and positive animals. Communication with them brings a lot of vivid emotions.
Do you want to see with your own eyes? Travel agency "Hot Line", www. hot. com. ua +38(044)227-46-09, +38(050)419-2938, +38(067)502-0559
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