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Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage

Pinnawala · Adam's Peak, Sinharaja & Ratnapura · Sri Lanka

★★★★☆   Aquarium & wildlife

What it costs a family of four

LKR 19,646

about AED 216.7

2 adults and 2 children aged 6 and 14, priced against this venue’s own published age bands.

What to know

VERIFIED at USD 17 for foreign adults, paid in rupees at the gate rate. Established 1975 for orphaned and injured elephants; the herd walks down to the Maha Oya to bathe twice a day and that is what people come for. Animal-welfare opinion on the chaining and riding practices here is divided - the Elephant Transit Home at Udawalawe is the release-focused alternative.

Minimum age 3.

The details

Adult ticket5661
Child ticket2664 (3-12) (free under 3)
Typical visit2-3 hours
Opening hoursDaily 08:30-17:30; bathing roughly 10:00 and 14:00
Indoors or outOutdoors
RegionSabaragamuwa, Sri Lanka
Prices quoted inLKR

When to go

The planner warns of wet in April, May, October, November. Outside those months it says nothing, which is the point — a warning that fires every day is one nobody reads.

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The planner prices a whole day for your exact party, warns about closures and drive times, and totals the trip in your own currency.

Official page: https://www.nationalzoo.gov.lk/pinnawala/

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