Sign up to volunteer at a Sri Lankan Elephant Orphanage with Volunteering Solutions. The wildlife orphanage has been open more than 30 years and is home to about 70 elephants. Volunteers will be given a chance to see elephants up and close, working alongside local organisations.
Volunteers will help to:
- Clean the animal/ elephant enclosures
- Keep the elephants environment clean (by mucking out the living area)
- Clean the garden and assisting in landscape work
- Help with the upkeep of the orphanage Under supervision of the Mahouts you might be asked to help bathe the elephants in the river
A typical volunteer in this program will work for 4-5 hrs in a day and help the local staff to clean, bathe, and feed the elephants. All the activities will be supervised (the elephants can sometimes get aggressive). Set in a small town not far from Colombo, the elephant orphanage is surrounded by hills and lush green forest, making work and volunteering experience like no other.
