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DAY TRIPS
Come and visit Elephant Care Relief for the day! Experience spending the day with our elephants in an up-close and ethical manner, whilst also supporting them in staying with us. Our day trips are for those who don’t have the time to invest or the money to invest in volunteering, but still want to visit and support us.
Our Day Trips run every single day; however, please contact us to confirm your booking, as same-day visits might not be available. The project is located around 1 hour from Kandy, 30 minutes from Pinnawala, and 3 hours from Colombo.
Please note that the location of our project is different from that on Google Maps, and will only be disclosed to you once a booking has been completed.
ITINERARY - WHAT'S INVOLVED
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We meet at the project location at 10:30.
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We then drive over to where our elephants are grazing. This is where you will meet our elephants. We watch them graze as we explain to you about our project and our elephants. Feel free to ask as many questions as you want; we’re always happy to educate.
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As the sun gets to its highest point, we then make our way to the river. The elephants will go at their own pace, so we will arrive at the beach point before them.
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Once they arrive, we eat lunch whilst watching them bathe in the river. Lunch will consist of fried rice and short eats, and we can cater to most dietary needs, so please feel free to let us know what you need.
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After lunch, our volunteers will give us the vitamin balls they have prepared, and we can feed them to our elephants.
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Feel free to take pictures of them, or stand at the beachfront and take pictures. We don’t allow clients to touch our elephants.
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After this, feel free to stay and relax as long as you’d like. We typically finish the trip at around 13:00-14:00. We drive back to the meeting point, where the program will then finish.
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PRICING
Day trips at Elephant Care Relief are USD 35. We work hard to offer the most affordable prices for activities in Sri Lanka — while also including lunch, water, and transportation around the project site.
If you have any questions about the trip, please don’t hesitate to reach out. Everyone is welcome, and we can cater to all ages.
