Saturday, January 16, 2016

The Pinnawala elephant orphanage


The Pinnawala elephant orphanage is situated kegalla, Sri Lanka. Rabukkana Railway station is away from 2 km from elephant orphanage.  

It was commenced 1975 under wildlife department .Presently Pinnawala elephant orphanage is managed by National Zoological Gardens The elephant orphanage is major tourist attraction  of Sri Lanka. You should buy a ticket for visit the Pinnawala elephant orphanage. Local tourists can buy ticket for 50 LKR and foreign visitors can buy a ticket for 20$ .The income of tickets is used to maintain the orphanage.  

Purposes of Pinnawala elephant orphanage is to provide protection to orphaned elephants who are found from Sri Lankan jungles such as Yala, Wilpaththu etc.

Pinnawala elephant orphanage

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