Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage

C'est déjà terminé... On prend l'avion dans la nuit de jeudi à vendredi, à 4h du matin... Il ne nous reste donc qu'un journée et une soirée à passer au Sri Lanka avant de se rendre à l'aéroport. On décide donc de faire une dernière excursion et d'aller visiter l'orphelinat des éléphants de Pinnawala !

L'orphelinat des éléphants accueille, …

Today we started on our tour. Our guide Pal, was early, but then so were we. Our tirp began on the Colombo to Kandy road. It was a long way but we got to see the real country side of Sri Lanka. There were lots of banana trees, coconut trees, cotton trees and the like. The villages were full of small shop fronts, selling fish, bananas, vegetables, …

We saw the elephant orphanage and the herbal gardens on the way to kandy.

We also passed amma's university and the botanical gardens.

We did not go inside the university and the gardens.

last night we had dinner at pizza hut but the pizza huts in Sri lanka seres other food such as Spaghetti and rice.

It is time …

This is an centre that manages elephants from the wild who have been hurt and / lost from their herd.  Interesting place to visit. Then we also had lunch at the local restaurant.  After this, we proceeded to Colombo. ...

  We made a stop off at Pinnewala Elephant Orphanage on route to Colombo and were able to get amazingly up close and personal with over 80 ele's of various shapes and sizes, all from different walks of life. Some had got caught up in the civil war ...

Pinnawala elephant orphanage was formed to protect & nurture orphaned elephants. The orphanage began in 1975 on a coconut plantation and after various moves, finally settled in its present 25 acre location 16 years ago. There are around 60 elephants ...

One of the highlights of any trip to Sri Lanka is a visit to the Pinnawala elephant orphanage.  Pinnawala is small town just north of Kegalle, east of Colombo (just over half way on the road to Kandy).  Its a ...

... .  No experience was worth going through this.  Last night, I looked at a Lonely Planet guide book and it said the elephant orphanage was 500 rupees.  When I arrived, it said 2000 rupees.  That was complete BS.  I sat down and ...

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... Entry by Martin: Early start today, up at 6.30.  Best breakfast yet – they even had bacon. First stop, the elephant orphanage and what a treat this was.  We arrive just as they were feeding them, dozens of elephants, young and old having ...

... have tusks There were bones of elephants and teeth for us to look at. We saw pictures of thier first elephant birth and maps of regins in Sri Lanka where wild elephants live and how some accidents can occour such as an elephant rolling a car. Finally we ...

What a whirlwind trip!!  Day 2 our group of 12 visited an elephant orphanage and saw more than 60 elephant, one with only 3 1/2 legs since it stepped on a landmine. Later in Mihintale--birthplace of Sri Lankan Buddhism(Therevada).  Walked up ...

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