Some friends of ours were travelling to the elephant orphanage and we decided to join in. It was a 2 hour drive from Colombo. One has to take the Kandy road which is full of views of dense forests, lush green hills and paddy fields. We caught the elephants taking their baths in the Maha Oya river, a lovely water body which looked ideal for white water rafting with its frothy white currents. It was a wonderful sight seeing these elephants engage socially. The Pinnawela elephants are the largest herd of elephants in captivity.
