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THIS ORPHANAGE WAS ESTABLISHED
TO FEED, NURSE AND HOUSE YOUNG ELEPHANTS
FOUND ABANDONED BY THEIR MOTHERS.

This is a unique experience for a visitor because it is the only place in the entire planet earth where one can see such a large herd captive elephants comprised of weeks old babies to fifty year parent an grand parents. Situated deep in the hill country near kegalle, Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage was set up by the government and run by the national zoological gardens of Sri Lanka to save abandoned or Orphan aged wild elephants. Nowhere else in Sri Lanka will you see so many elephants at such close quarters. At the Orphanage, human foster parents who make sure they are fed at the right time and do not harm anyone raise the motherless calves and help in the preservation of Asia's dwindling elephant population. The Orphans arrive from all across the country, rescued from remote villages where they have lost their mother's either through abandonment or through quarry accidents, shooting or lynch mobs. There are about 60 young elephants at the sanctuary and they are pretty much allowed to roam free within the park. In mornings and the evenings, you will see the elephants being taken from there daily baths after which comes feeding time. Once the elephants have grown up, most of them become working elephants and occasionally, one of the females produces a baby to add to the herd.

DAILY FEATURES IN THE PINNAWALA ELEPHANT ORPHANAGE

08.30 : Open to visitors

09.15 : Bottle feeding

10.00 : Herd leaving to the river

12.00 : Return from the river

13.15 : Bottle feeding

14.00 : Herd leaving to the river

16.00 : Return from the river

17.00 : Bottle feeding

17.30 : Ticket counters close

18.00 : Close to pubic

DO NOT MISS THIS WONDERFUL PLACE WHEN YOU VISIT SRI LANKA.
THIS PINNAWALA ELEPHANT ORPHANAGE IS LOCATED IN KEGALLE DISTRICT,
ABOUT 90 KM FROM COLOMBO.
PINNAWALA IS ONLY A TWO HOUR DRIVE FROM COLOMBO.
MANY PADDY FIELDS AND TROPICAL FORESTS CAN BE FOUND ON YOUR WAY TO PINNAWALA.

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