{"id":19590,"date":"2017-01-05T06:03:04","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T21:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slingadventures.com\/?p=462"},"modified":"2018-09-11T22:19:12","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T12:19:12","slug":"uda-walawe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slingadventures.com\/destinations\/sri-lanka\/uda-walawe","title":{"rendered":"Elephants of Uda Walawe"},"content":{"rendered":"It's 6am and five\u00a0or so diesel engines are emitting that distinctive idling noise. The diesel engines in the bellies of a fleet of safari-equipped 4WD's are waiting\u00a0at the gate to Uda Walawe National Park in the south of Sri Lanka, home to healthy population of elephants.\r\n\r\nSafari vehicles are permitted between sun up and sun down which primarily occurs at 6am and 6pm, respectively,\u00a0year round given the proximity to the earth's equator. Well so I believe based on my limited knowledge of geography!\r\n\r\nUda Walawe National Park is over 100km long\u00a0and 70km\u00a0wide and is ring fenced by an electric fence which is turned on at 6pm each evening and switched off again at 6am with the aim of containing the animals within the park from disturbing the surrounding villages and farm land unexpectedly during the night. Those animals mostly being of the large nosed variety, in fact large everything! aka. Elephants.\r\n\r\nSo it was surprising when at 6:04am we arrived upon a large fully grown male elephant seemingly going through his morning routine of lowering the upper wire of this fence with his trunk and then manoeuvring his legs quite expertly over this wire to reach the rich green grass on the other side. Seems the elephants have cottoned on to the park rangers timings on the old electric fence!\r\n\r\n<div id=\"attachment_21011\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21011\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21011\" src=\"http:\/\/slingadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/uda-walawe-parents.jpg\" alt=\"Elephants in Uda Walawe\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slingadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/uda-walawe-parents.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/slingadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/uda-walawe-parents-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/slingadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/uda-walawe-parents-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/slingadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/uda-walawe-parents-947x710.jpg 947w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21011\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An Elephant pregnancy lasts 24 months!<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\nIt's fair to say Uda Walawe has a lot of elephants. And, with a lot of wide open plains you get to see a whole heap of them and up close too! Over three days of safaris we saw Elephants in all aspects of life. A whole herd having a swim and bath. A baby elephant bleeting for its mother. Even a male elephant with such long tusks they actually crossed at the end! Apparently a very rare sight.\r\n\r\nNot to mention the birds. I was still amazed that every second tree seemed to have a peacock in it while our guide Roy was pointing out all manner of birds.\r\n\r\n\"There goes a yellow breasted honey eater!\"\r\n\r\n\"Look, a black-capped kingfisher!\"\r\n\r\nSpying these through the binoculars you get an appreciation to their exquisite beauty. Yet through the naked eye they blended with all the other birds zooming around the place. Then there were the large birds like eagles perched up high looking for prey.\r\n\r\n<div id=\"attachment_21013\" style=\"width: 957px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21013\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21013\" src=\"http:\/\/slingadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bee-Eater-Uda-Walawe.jpg\" alt=\"Bird Watching Uda Walawe\" width=\"947\" height=\"710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slingadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bee-Eater-Uda-Walawe.jpg 947w, https:\/\/slingadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bee-Eater-Uda-Walawe-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/slingadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bee-Eater-Uda-Walawe-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 947px) 100vw, 947px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21013\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A new found appreciation for Bird Watching was had in Uda Walawe<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\nBuffaloes abounded, usually centred around the muddy ponds sharing this harmoniously with the crocodiles and an occasional egret perched upon their back picking at lice. Deer leaped through the grasslands in herds while jackals stalked in threes and fours along the fringes waiting for a young foal to fall behind.\r\n\r\nThe piste de resistance though was the leopard. One of the big cats lurking in the undergrowth. Roy explained they usually followed dry creek beds or could be found slouched on lower limbs of the more sturdier trees. We had our eyes peeled but with only a handful in the entire park it was going to be a rare spot even if they were within sight as they blend very well into the grasses which the buffalo and deer no doubt know all too well!\r\n\r\nApart from being focused on spotting wildlife it was just nice to take in the scenery. Plus Roy from Master Campers was a very informative guide, particularly on the birds! But was very eager and each time we went on safari was like a new experience for him when I imagine it must be one of hundreds\u00a0of trips he'd do each year.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMaster Campers had some tents outside the national park and was fully catered so you would class it as glamping. Especially on arriving back of an evening and there is a full pop up self serve bar at your disposal! Roy doubled as the chef who trained under a Swiss chef and knocked up some amazing dishes out the back of a small tent and a gas stove.\r\n\r\nA trip to the elephant orphanage was worth the trip to see them at midday feeding. Still a bit disheartening to know there is a love\/hate relationship between the elephants and the local townspeople. The elephants habitat getting ever smaller as farming and towns grow. The park is also likely to attract a growing number of visitors which could\u00a0be a good or bad thing. A fine balance to keep it all on the straight and narrow. Hopefully these magnificent, intelligent (and hungry!) creatures are here for many years to come.\r\n\r\n<div id=\"attachment_21014\" style=\"width: 957px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21014\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21014\" src=\"http:\/\/slingadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elephant-orphanage.jpg\" alt=\"Feeding time at the elephant orphanage\" width=\"947\" height=\"710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slingadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elephant-orphanage.jpg 947w, https:\/\/slingadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elephant-orphanage-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/slingadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elephant-orphanage-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 947px) 100vw, 947px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21014\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Feeding time at the elephant orphanage<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s 6am and five\u00a0or so diesel engines are emitting that distinctive idling noise. 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