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Udawalawe Elephant Transit Home Day Tour

TYPOLOGIES

Nature

+ 2

Wildlife

Fun
DIFFICULTY

Low

MIN. AGE

3 Years

Contact for the Price $

Udawalawe Elephant Transit Home (Udawalwe National Park)

The Udawalawe Elephant Transfer Home is a facility within Udawalawe National Park in Sri Lanka. The Elephant Transit was established in 1995 by the Sri Lanka Department of Wildlife Conservation. Its primary objective is to rehabilitate orphaned elephant calves for ultimate release back into the wild.

 

Supported by the Born Free Foundation (www.bornfree.org.uk), this complex is a halfway house for orphaned elephants. After rehabilitation, the elephants are released back into the wild, many into the Uda Walawe National Park.

 

Visit the Elephant Transit Home in Udawalawe National Park, a rehabilitation center for orphaned elephant calves, in the confidence that you are supporting an ethical commitment towards enhancing their chances of survival in the wild. The Elephant Transit Home exists for the primary objective of rehabilitating orphaned elephant calves before releasing them.

 

There are normally between 40 to 60 orphaned elephants and visitors can watch them being fed, from the safety of a viewing platform about 8m away, at one of the four daily feeding sessions, held every three hours from 9am until 6pm.

 

The elephants are never chained, but are free to roam around and play as they wish. Human contact is kept to a minimum in order to maximize their chance of survival when they are returned to the wild. There is no touching, washing or posing alongside them for photos.

 

The Elephants Transit Home is about 20 minutes away from the entrance to Udawalawe National Park.

Transport Type

Can be arrange Car, Van or Bus

Package Includes

  Service of an experienced local guide

  Transport Vehicle & Safari Jeep

  Entrance Tickets for Places that need

  Fresh Fruits for Lunch

  Thambili (King Coconut) water and bottled water during excursion

  All applicable Gov. taxes

Services NOT included

  Personal expenses

  Any tips to the staff

Tour Map

Gallery

Tour Itinerary

Udawlawe National Park is a Witness to one of the largest elephant and waterbird habitats in Sri Lanka. Traveling 165 kilometers (103 mi) from Colombo, you will reach this haven named Udawalawe National Park which is located in the south of Sri Lanka. This sanctuary is a popular destination for those who hope to spot wild elephants.
It is quite possibly the best place in Sri Lanka to see elephants throughout the year as there are hundreds of elephants within the park, and you can sometimes witness a herd of females moving or bathing together in the wild. The Udawalawe National Park has proven to be a popular tourist destination and the third most visited park in Sri Lanka.

One Day - Full Itenary

Your one-day trip will start at 5:00 am at Bentota or Colombo, our driver will come to pick you up at the hotel and meet you in the lobby and drive straight to the Udawalawe. Duration: 4 hours

Elephant Transit Home in Udawalawe is an ethical elephant orphanage in Sri Lanka and a haven for orphan baby elephants who are milk-fed every day. In Elephant Transit Home orphan elephant calves are taken care of until they are independent and strong enough to be released back to the wild and survive in their natural habitats. Duration: 1 hour

Experience wildlife safari by a 4×4 Jeep through Udawalawe National Park where hundreds of elephants roam free and you can witness different bird species, monkeys, crocodiles, buffalo and more. Duration: 3 hours

The restaurant offers Local, Chinese, and Western foods with Buffet and Allah cart menu, you can order your meal according to your preferred ways. Duration: 1 hour

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