Spend A Day With An Elephant
Spend a day with an elephant and learn about the intelligent giants of Sri Lanka.
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Why should you book this trip?
- This is an unforgettable experience with plenty of one-on-one time with what has to be one of the most incredible creatures to inhabit Sri Lanka’s shores.
- We, as a responsible tour company, have completely stopped promoting elephant back rides. We do not even promote the elephant orphanage in Pinnawala.
- This activity is designed to give an opportunity for an elephant enthusiast to get close to an already domesticated elephant and nurture it whilst learning about the elephant behavior in a domesticated setting.
- There are close to 300 domesticated elephants in the country and there is strong lobbying from temples to get more from places like the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage.
- Though capturing wild elephants to domesticate them is not happening in Sri Lanka right now, conservationists strongly believe that even orphan elephants should not be domesticated.
- However, questions remain on how to cater to someone who loves elephants and wants to have an interaction with them in a responsible manner.
- We at SLDT have designed this programme to fill this gap and what we have created is an “Elephant Spa”.
- You will be working in the spa to give these elephants a few hours of pampering, whereas otherwise they will be working and taking tourists on their backs, logging or parading in a procession.