Sri Lanka
Welcome
Come visit us and experience a magical elephant encounter which is suitable for everyone.
You will see truly happy elephants!
You can follow our 2 elephants, Kumari and Menike, for a half day or even longer.
They are free to do what they want and go where they like!
To keep a relaxed and peaceful atmosphere for the elephants we have limit on the number of visitors.
For this reason
we ask you to book in advance.
You can find us in Kegalle, between Kandy and Colombo and only 2 hours away from the airport.
Admission fee 43 EURO per person
(+2 EURO service charge)
children from 0 - 1 are free of charge, children from 2 - 17 get a 50% discount
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Admission fee 43 EURO per person
(+2 EURO service charge)
children from 0 - 1 are free of charge, children from 2 - 17 get a 50% discount
The project offers great accommodation onsite at the family
home for 16 EURO per person per night (+2 EURO service charge),
including dinner and breakfast.
You can select to stay the night when making the booking for the activity.
If you book the morning activity you can stay the night before and if you book the afternoon activity you can stay the night after.
The house
If you booked for the night you will stay in the large clean house of the family (Mrs. Malie, Mr. Ananda and daughter Shashini).
Most rooms have attached bathrooms with Western style toilets and refreshing typical Sri Lankan cold showers.
Bed sheets, towels, fans, purified drinking water and toilet paper are provided.
There is Wifi in the living area, a TV, a homely seating area and veranda. It's a nice place!
Would you like to stay more than 1 night?
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About the project
The small, family run, Elephant Freedom Project offers refuge, freedom from work and hardship to the elephants. At the project they are free from working in the riding industry and the wood logging.
Elephants are not pets. For safety purposes the mahouts carry an ankus when the elephant is out of the enclosure. They will rarely use this and NEVER in an abusive way. Remember that elephants are very big and immensely strong animals.
In Sri Lanka it is impossible to buy elephants - no one is selling - , we are renting our elephants. This comes with some restrictions, but is the only way to ensure they don’t end up at a riding place or another bad environment.
Our elephants are still chained at night. We plan to build a night enclosure so they can be free from the chains very soon.
We can really use your help, donations are very welcome!
Transport
You can reach the project by bus/train/tuktuk.
From the airport or Negombo takes about 2-2.5 hours.
From Kandy about 1.5 hours.
If you like more comfort and less hassle we would love to arrange transport by AC car/van for you.
We use a very well trusted 3rd party for this, click here to book.
The Elephant Freedom project aims to give captive elephants a good and safe home, which is made possible thanks to your visit.