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

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

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

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

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

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

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