Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage from Balapitiya

During this full-day tour to Pinnawala, this tour allows you to have some one-on-one fun with the elephants. Spend some time feeding and playing with baby elephants in the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage. Watch the elephants as they bathe and roll in the mud to get cool. Learn more about elephants than you have ever before.

Highlights:

• Visit the sanctuary of the Gentle Giants.
• Have fun with Elephants.

Includes:

• Transport throughout the tour with an air-conditioned vehicle.
• Entrance tickets.
• 1 Liter of Bottled Mineral Water Per Person.
• Service of an English-Speaking Chauffeur Guide.
• Hotel Pick & Drop.

Excludes:

• Food or Drinks.
• Gratuities (Optional).
• Expenses of Personal Nature.

Experience:

Your tour starts at 10:30 hrs when you get picked up from your hotel in Colombo. Ensure that you bring a packed breakfast with you if you are unable to have your meal at the hotel. It will take you until 14:00 hrs to get to the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage.

The orphanage was created in 1975 to house orphaned or injured elephants. It is currently home to a herd of over 90 elephants. Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage is the home for young elephants who have been displaced or lost from their natural habitat, located at Pinnawala village in Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka. Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage is the best place for an up-close and personal experience with the world’s largest land mammals. Today with 70 elephants here, Pinnawala has become the home to the largest captive group of elephants in the world.

The orphanage is open from 08:30 hrs to 17:45 hrs and visitors can interact a little with the elephants during the regulated bathing and feeding times. The baby elephants gulp down several huge bottles of milk, fed to them by their mahouts, and then it’s off to the river for a bath. The inherent gentleness of the animals is most obvious during this time. Most of the elephants eventually become working elephants, and some older females occasionally add a baby to the herd.

You will be spending approximately three hours at Pinnawala. Shortly after you arrive, watch them bathe. You will also be walking around the orphanage, seeing the facility, and learning more about the place. You will be finishing the tour at 15:00 hrs and returning to your hotel in Colombo by 20:30 hrs.