Full-day Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage Tour from Kandy

Enjoy the elephants having fun in the river

Botanical Gardens in Peradeniya

Visit the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage

Highlights

Visit the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage

Stop by the Spice Garden on your way back to Kandy

Make your way to the beautiful Botanical Gardens in Peradeniya

Kandy

photography, sightseeing, Wildlife

Group Tour

1 Day

Easy

English

Description

About a half-hour drive west from Kandy center, you will reach the Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage, an interesting place to visit in Sri Lanka. Here you can experience the natural habitat of elephants. Around mid-morning is a good time to visit and see the spectacular sight of about 80-100 elephants bathing and splashing and enjoying themselves in the river.

Itinerary

Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage Tour
- Pick up from hotel in Kandy.
- Leave for Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage. Enjoy feeding the little elephants.
- Visit the Spice Garden on your way back to Kandy.
- Go to the Botanical Gardens in Peradeniya near the Mahaweli River.

What's Included

English-speaking Kandy driver/guide

Bottled water

Free Wi-Fi during the whole tour

Transport by private vehicle

Transport in A/C vehicle (Van & Car)

Local insurance for the vehicle

Passenger Insurance cover

Sri Lanka Tourism board registered license

What's Excluded

Food

Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)

Tips and gratuities

Personal Expenses

Know Before You Go

Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage is located at Pinnawala, Kegalle district, in Sabaragamuwa province. It was established in 1975 to shelter and care for the wounded elephants and abandoned baby elephants found in the jungle. The main daily activities in the Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage are feeding milk to baby elephants and bathing sessions. Elephants lie down on riverbeds and allow the people who look after them to scrub and clean their body. In the bathing time, visitors can see elephants walk one followed by another, cross the road and go down to the river.

Spice Garden smells of cinnamons, pepper, cardamom, nutmeg and mace and completely overwhelms the senses. The visitors are provided with an insight into an age-old industry of spice production, which attracted many European and Asian merchants to the ports of ancient Sri Lanka.

Botanical Gardens in Peradeniya are about 5.5 km to the west of the city of Kandy in the Central Province of Sri Lanka; it attracts 2 million visitors annually. It is near the Mahaweli River and is renowned for its collection of orchids.

Meeting Point

Kandy, Sri Lanka

Cancellation Policy

For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -

Refund of 80% of the tour price.

Price

Adult
1 to 1	/person
2 to 2	/person
3 to 3	/person
4 to 4	/person
5 to 5	/person
6 to 6	/person
Child
1 to 1	/person
1 to 1	/person
2 to 2	/person
3 to 3	/person
4 to 4	/person
5 to 5	/person
This is a group tour