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Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage


TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.0 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #1 of 1 attractions in Pinnawala
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Attraction type: Wildlife park
Address: Colombo-Kandy Road
90km from Colombo Pinnawala
Sri Lanka

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5 of 5 stars
chap0502   7 contributions
Doncaster England
Sep 24, 2009

This is a must if you are visiting Sri Lanka. Having seen the elephants in the orphanage we moved down to the rivers edge and waited a short while. The elephants were then brought down and it was as if they were in the wild. Approx. 89 elephants all in the river and some meandering to the other side of... more

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4 of 5 stars
JabberwockyIndia   122 contributions
India
Jun 17, 2009

The trip to Pinnawala Ranks high among my "Things to do" list in Colombo – It’s where they take care of elephants who got injured in the civil war with LTTE. Some of the calves are real cute and you feel sad for them. But mind you – these are wild elephants – as you are reminded immediately when they... more

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3 of 5 stars
leor_pens   1 contribution
Dubai
May 14, 2009

its wasnt a very great experience as we missed the feeding time. however, we went to the river across the orphanage to see the elephants bathing. it was fun to see them enjoyed so much. i got to feed them with 'banana' only coz no one was selling something else. i had a lot of photos and yeah, you really... more

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5 of 5 stars
helly70   1 contribution
Liverpool
Feb 1, 2009
4
people found this review helpful

I have just got back from 2 weeks in Sri Lanka, working at the Millenium Elephant Foundation. I would advise people to ask their guides or drivers to take them to the 'elephant bath' as this is a much smaller but much more hands on place to visit. We had many families call in who had been to the orphanage... more

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5 of 5 stars
Raaaaaaaaaaa   6 contributions
Brighton, England
Nov 1, 2008

Wasn't sure what to make of the place when we first went in - as first thing we saw were 5 elephants chained up, but soon came to realise that another 79 were roaming free around the park. Those chained up were old, blind or particularly temperamental. Wasn't sure about the feeding pen where they fed the baby elephants -... more

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2 of 5 stars
brigand   7 contributions
Dubai
Oct 13, 2008

A large number of elephant of all ages, impressive to see at the time for the bath in the river, if you're lucky enough to be there at the right time. Apart from that, the orphanage itself has nothing special. Nice for kids. but be aware that if you want to take a picture of your kid/partner next to an... more

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5 of 5 stars
newtonabbey   5 contributions
belfast
Sep 7, 2008
1
person found this review helpful

the experience of watching the elephants in the water and the backdrop was a sight to behold so natural one of the better things we saw in sri lanka more

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3 of 5 stars
VikramLilha   6 contributions
Pune, India
Aug 25, 2008
5
people found this review helpful

The entry fee was LKR 250 per person since we were from SAARC country. When we reached there the elephants were bathing in the river. The handlers were rude and were not allowing tourists to get photos with elephants. Better place to spend time with elephants was a place on our way back from Pinnewala (about 5 KMs) which offered... more

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Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage Address

Colombo-Kandy Road | 90km from Colombo, Pinnawala, Sri Lanka