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OPTIONAL ADD-ON: 1-WEEK ELEPHANT ORPHANAGE TASTER
A CHANCE TO FULFIL A DREAM AND
SPEND SOME TIME IN SRI LANKA'S MOST FAMOUS ELEPHANT ORPHANAGE TO SOAK UP THE
MAGIC!
Add an unforgettable 1-Week Optional Extra to
your main
project. If you can't manage to do Pinnawala as a full project, you
don't have to miss out altogether. We can arrange for you to spend 1
week
working with these gentle giants - the daily highlight is the walk from
the Orphanage down to the river to bathe the elephants. To see the herd
frolicking and splashing in front of you is fantastic!
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►SUMMARY
FACTFILE |
| Start Dates |
All year round - you choose your
start and finish dates! |
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Duration |
1 week |
| Requirements |
No qualifications needed, just a
love of elephants! |
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Price |
£525 |
| What's included |
►Accommodation
►Food
►Meeting you at the Airport
►Transfer to your accommodation
►Full pre-departure support
►Local in-country team support
and backup
►24-hr emergency support. |
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What's not included |
Flights, Insurance,
Cost of Visas (if a visa is required, but we'll provide necessary documents and
assistance). |
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Who can do this Project? |
All our projects are
open to all nationalities.
Unless otherwise stated, you need to be aged between 17 and 70+ |
PROJECT OVERVIEW
The Elephant Orphanage is a sanctuary for rescued, injured or abused
elephants and attracts visitors from all over the world to view these
magnificent animals. Around 70 elephants have found homes at Pinnawala,
including some small babies who have been born into the herd.
The Orphanage is reputedly one
of the largest, if not the largest, centres of its kind in the world,
with one of the most successful captive breeding programmes for Asian
elephants.
Work Responsibilities:
Working hours are quite short and you certainly won't be overloaded with
work, so you'll have plenty of time to sightsee and explore. Some
elephants are overly large or have not been tamed or trained to a
satisfactory level, whereby it is possible to safely have full hands-on
contact.
The majority of volunteer work
deals more with the day-to-day aspects of running the orphanage, rather
than more specialised research or veterinary based work, although you
will have the opportunity to do some hands-on work
Y our main
duties will be:
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Mucking out the elephant enclosures
in the morning (this is hard, muddy work!)
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Participating in bathing some of the
smaller elephants.
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While the mahouts are bathing the
larger elephants, you will be able to relax by the river, chat to
the mahouts and watch the elephants play and interact with humans
and each other. This is an absolutely beautiful sight and being
around these serene animals in such a beautiful setting can have a
very calming effect!
There may also be the opportunity to do other things around
the orphanage, however this is subject the amount of work available at
the orphanage at the time of your project. See the
feedback page
for more information about the kind of work you are likely to be taking
part in!
Please click
here to go to the main Pinawala project page for more
information on the project, accommodation and travel.
‘I have been on the Pinawala placement twice
now, once in 2004 for 1 month and in August this year for 18 days (both
trips were with Travellers Worldwide). Both trips were fantastic and in
fact myself and another 2 volunteers who were there this year are about
to rebook for next July/August.’
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OPTIONAL ADD-ONS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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