Government sponsored orphanage for injured or abandoned elephants. There appears to be around 60 elephants here in various states, from the youngest at around one month old- lost by its mother after a wild animal attacked it,to one very much in its dotage and almost totally blind.
It is a great tourist attraction, but also carries out a very worthwhile function, as most of its habitants would not survive otherwise.
Visited the "orphanage" recently and was very disappointed with the state of the elephants, so much so that we left before babies feeding time. Think it has become a money making scam at the expense of the elephants.
Ehab Hassan
23-Jan-2008 13:59
I was fortunate to visit the orphanage in 2004, enjoying every single minute even though it was joy marred with sadness
molly
22-Jun-2006 10:07
I went to the elephant orphanage last week it was amazing! Seing all those elephants in the river was amazing i really enjoyed it we even saw a baby elephant that was a week old it was tiny!