{"id":513,"date":"2017-08-10T12:53:47","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T10:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alex-gerrard.com\/?p=513"},"modified":"2026-03-31T09:48:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:48:48","slug":"sri-lanka-pinnawala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alex-gerrard.com\/de\/sri-lanka-pinnawala\/","title":{"rendered":"Elephant Love &#8211; Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"513\" class=\"elementor elementor-513 elementor-8535\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3db9e8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d3db9e8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c19a6e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c19a6e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/alex-gerrard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/spotlight-banner_Header_Elephants.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2223\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alex-gerrard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/spotlight-banner_Header_Elephants.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/alex-gerrard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/spotlight-banner_Header_Elephants-300x106.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alex-gerrard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/spotlight-banner_Header_Elephants-1024x363.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alex-gerrard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/spotlight-banner_Header_Elephants-768x272.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alex-gerrard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/spotlight-banner_Header_Elephants-1536x544.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-227ee61 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"227ee61\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d06be33 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d06be33\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a4937f elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9a4937f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Elephant Love &#8211; Sri Lanka<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85456ed elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"85456ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-3e65102 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>10. August 2017<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-f8612a1 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"about\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__item-prefix\">Kategorie:<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Travel<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee6fc79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee6fc79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Heute ist Tag 3 unserer Sri Lanka-Reise und wir freuen uns auf unsere geplanten Elefanten-Erlebnisse. Als erstes steuern wir das Elefantenwaisenhaus in Pinnawala an. Da wir vor zwei Jahren eine \u00e4hnliche Elefanten-Auffangstelle in Kanchanaburi, in Thailand, besuchten, sind unsere Erwartungen dementsprechend hoch. Ausger\u00fcstet mit Safarihosen und Kameras kaufen wir unsere Eintrittskarten, wobei wir auch ein Ticket f\u00fcr das F\u00fcttern der Babyelefanten mitnehmen. Leider sind wir sehr entt\u00e4uscht, als wir sehen, dass der angekettete Babyelefant nur eine Touristenabzocke ist. Wir sehen uns um und entdecken eine Herde, die etwas gl\u00fccklicher zu sein scheint. Viele Mahouts laufen herum und wenig sp\u00e4ter bringen sie in einem Auto ein paar Str\u00e4ucher und \u00c4ste als Futter f\u00fcr die schon wartenden Elefanten. Es ist sehr s\u00fc\u00df, wie sie sich die B\u00e4umchen schnappen, sich ein paar Mal auf den Kopf schlagen, um sie sauber zu machen und sie dann gen\u00fcsslich verspeisen. Nach dem Essen wandern wir alle zusammen mit der Elefantenherde durch eine kleine \u201eEinkaufsmeile\u201c (alle m\u00f6glichen Souvenirs) zum Fluss und es geht f\u00fcr die Dickh\u00e4uter ab ins Wasser. Von oben d\u00fcrfen wir jetzt f\u00fcr zirka eine Stunde einen sehr lustigen Badespa\u00df beobachten. Die einen toben sich richtig aus (besonders die Babyelefanten), andere legen sich regungslos ins Wasser und man sieht nur hin und wieder den R\u00fcssel herausragen. Traurig ist, dass manche Elefanten angekettet werden und sich kaum bewegen k\u00f6nnen. Man erz\u00e4hlt uns, dass sie aggressiv seien und das so sein m\u00fcsse, aber das leuchtet uns nicht so ganz ein&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Alles in allem war es eine sch\u00f6ne Erfahrung, auch wenn wir denken, dass es sehr touristisch ist.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dddb470 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"dddb470\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Da wir noch nicht genug von den s\u00fc\u00dfen Elefanten haben besuchen wir den ca. 48 km (von Sigiriya aus) entfernten Kaudulla Nationalpark. Eigentlich war urspr\u00fcnglich der Minneriya Nationalpark geplant, aber Dank unseres kompetenten Guides Newton disponieren wir um. Er erz\u00e4hlt uns, dass die Elefantenherde zwischen den Gebieten wechselt und sich zum Zeitpunkt unseres Besuchs im <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kaudulla_National_Park\"><span class=\"s1\">Kaudulla Nationalpark<\/span><\/a> aufh\u00e4lt. Um etwa 13:45 Uhr begr\u00fc\u00dfen wir unseren Fahrer und steigen in seinen Jeep. Die ersten 30 Minuten fahren wir einen sehr holprigen Weg entlang und werden ziemlich durchgesch\u00fcttelt, w\u00e4hrend wir nach den Dickh\u00e4utern Ausschau halten. Dann sehen wir pl\u00f6tzlich auf einer gro\u00dfen Wiesenfl\u00e4che in der N\u00e4he des Wassers eine riesige Elefantenherde. Leider entdecken wir sie nicht alleine, sondern m\u00fcssen uns den Beobachtungsplatz mit einigen anderen Jeeps teilen. Aber das macht nichts, denn es ist eine sehr aufregende Erfahrung diese gigantischen Tiere in der freien Wildnis zu beobachten. Unser Jeepfahrer versucht so nah wie m\u00f6glich an die Herde heranzukommen, aber man muss sich auch in Acht nehmen, denn so mancher Elefant ist teilweise etwas angriffslustig. Im Vergleich zum Elefantenwaisenhaus ist dieser Ausflug eine wundervoll aufregende Erfahrung, bei der man immer gespannt sein kann, was wohl als n\u00e4chstes passiert. Nach vier Stunden Safari machen wir uns wieder auf den Heimweg und d\u00fcrfen sogar noch erleben, wie eine Elefantenfamilie vor uns die Stra\u00dfe \u00fcberquert. 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Als erstes steuern wir das Elefantenwaisenhaus in Pinnawala an. Da wir vor zwei Jahren eine \u00e4hnliche Elefanten-Auffangstelle in Kanchanaburi, in Thailand, besuchten, sind unsere Erwartungen dementsprechend hoch. Ausger\u00fcstet mit Safarihosen und Kameras kaufen wir unsere Eintrittskarten, wobei wir auch ein [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8083,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"Sri Lanka Pinnawala & Kaudulla - Alex Gerrard Photography","_seopress_titles_desc":"Heute ist Tag 3 unserer Sri Lanka-Reise und wir freuen uns auf das Elefantenwaisenhaus in Pinnawala und den Nationalpark Kaudulla.","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[493],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alex-gerrard.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alex-gerrard.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alex-gerrard.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alex-gerrard.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alex-gerrard.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/alex-gerrard.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8836,"href":"https:\/\/alex-gerrard.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513\/revisions\/8836"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alex-gerrard.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alex-gerrard.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alex-gerrard.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alex-gerrard.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}