Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage can be considered as an orphanage, nursery and captive breeding place for many wild Asian elephants.
It was founded to care and protect wild elephants found wandering in and near the forests in srilanka. It is located at Pinnawala village 13 km northeast to Kegalle town in Sabaragamuwa province in srilanka .
Pinnawala has the largest herd of captive elephants in world. In 2011 there were 96 elephants including 43 males and 68 females from 3 generations in Pinnawala .
The natural environment and healthy care and feeding in Pinnawala made the elephants breeding successful. Most of elephants in Pinnawala are healthy and attaining their adulthood. A few disable elephants are given residential care . One tasker, Raju is blind and one female named Soma lost her front right leg to a land mine.
Pinnawala has arranged all facilities to attract local and foreign visitors.
From that income they used to maintain the Orphanage. The Pinnawala Orphanage has become a very attractive place for tourists. Visitors to the park can see the care and daily routine of elephants such as bottle feeding of elephants calves , feeding the other elephants and bathing in Ma oya ( river ).
So, don't forget to list this place down in your travel journal as a place you should visit one day!
• ғᴏʟʟᴏᴡ ᴜs
, ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴜs
🏻 ᴀɴᴅ ɢᴇᴛ ʀᴇᴀᴅʏ ғᴏʀ ᴀɴ ᴀᴍᴀᴢɪɴɢ ᴊᴏᴜʀɴᴇʏ!
#travelsrilanka #travelphotography #travelling #SriLanka #tourism #tourismsrilanka #StaySrilankaPinnawala Elephant Orphanage can be considered as an orphanage, nursery and captive breeding place for many wild Asian elephants.
It was founded to care and protect wild elephants found wandering in and near the forests in srilanka. It is located at Pinnawala village 13 km northeast to Kegalle town in Sabaragamuwa province in srilanka .
Pinnawala has the largest herd of captive elephants in world. In 2011 there were 96 elephants including 43 males and 68 females from 3 generations in Pinnawala .
The natural environment and healthy care and feeding in Pinnawala made the elephants breeding successful. Most of elephants in Pinnawala are healthy and attaining their adulthood. A few disable elephants are given residential care . One tasker, Raju is blind and one female named Soma lost her front right leg to a land mine.
Pinnawala has arranged all facilities to attract local and foreign visitors.
From that income they used to maintain the Orphanage. The Pinnawala Orphanage has become a very attractive place for tourists. Visitors to the park can see the care and daily routine of elephants such as bottle feeding of elephants calves , feeding the other elephants and bathing in Ma oya ( river ).
So, don't forget to list this place down in your travel journal as a place you should visit one day!
• ғᴏʟʟᴏᴡ ᴜs
, ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴜs
🏻 ᴀɴᴅ ɢᴇᴛ ʀᴇᴀᴅʏ ғᴏʀ ᴀɴ ᴀᴍᴀᴢɪɴɢ ᴊᴏᴜʀɴᴇʏ!
#travelsrilanka #travelphotography #travelling #SriLanka #tourism #tourismsrilanka #StaySrilanka 
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