Sri Lanka Elephant
A wild Elephant At Cricket!
A unique photo taken by Dimitri two days ago at Lahugala National park ( in the south-eastern part of Sri Lanka) where a bemused wild elephant watches a game of cricket being played by off-duty Army personnel at the army camp close to the park!...
Beware of elephants crossing!
Sri Lanka is perhaps one of the few places in the world that one can see su...
A wild Elephant At Cricket!
A unique photo taken by Dimitri two days ago at Lahugala National park ( in...
The Gathering – Hot Off The Press
some photos taken by Dimitri at Minneriya National Park, last week, where t...
A unique, ‘elephantine’ experience in downtown Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
Returning home on Sunday late in the morning along the High Level road, I n...
You And I, We Are All Guilty
We are killing the very goose that lays the golden egg: our natural environ...
Rambo, Hale and Hearty at Uda Walawe
A quick visit to the Uda Walawe National park..and meeting Rambo the famous...
Return of Rambo
Last week, Srilal Miththapala highlighted that Rambo, the elephant regularl...
Uda Walawe 23/24 th June
Was at UWNP last few days…Very good sightings..heres a sample of a re...
The ‘Find Raja Project’ – A wrap up and brief look back
This article appeared sometime aqo in the Sunday Times The in...
A wild Elephant At Cricket!
A unique photo taken by Dimitri two days ago at Lahugala National park ( in...
Latest Posts
Rambo, Uda Walawe’s Iconic Elephant to be Translocated ?
There is reliable information coming through that the iconic elephant of Uda Walawe Rambo may be captured and translocated to a holding ground ( which is effectively an elephant prison) by the Departm...
Wild Elephant at Hotel premises
A late night visit by the familiar wild elephant ‘Natta’ ( short tail) to the Jet Wing Yala Hotel car park...
Elephant Dung
Elephants have a very poor digestive system which is only about 45% efficient. That is why they spend some 16 hours a day eating. The digested vegitatio0n that is defecated is thus rich in nutrients a...
Calming an agitated Elephant –Srilal Miththapala
Introduction All serious wild life enthusiasts have had, at one time or another, the experience of being charged down by an enraged wild elephant in the national parks. This is a most frightenin...
Rambo the elephant being tormented by a drunk
Rambo the elephant of Uda Walawe National park being tormented by a drunk man who scaled the protective electric fence and taunts the elephant. After a while Rambo loses his patience and attacks the m...
Rambo of Uda Walawe National Park
I first set eyes on Rambo in the early 1990’s when I started visiting the Uda Walawe National Park. He was a young male elephant at that time, with a very calm demeanor. He had a very unique identif...
A site dedicated to the majestic elephants of Sri Lanka. The website was initially founded by Srilal Miththapala as a personal web page to share his love for the gentle giants on Geocities way back in 1996. So we’ve essentially been online for 24 years, that’s right 24! The transformation since then has been phenomenal. Sri Lanka Elephant has now become an information and community hub for elephant enthusiasts from all over the world.