I had the good fortune of being invited by Mahoora Tented Safari Camps to visit them at their Uda Walawe camp site recently. I had not seen their operations after they were forced to relocate...
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The Elephant Transit Home at Uda Walawe, Sri Lanka
On my way to Yala few days ago, I made a quick stop over at the Elephant Transit Home (ETH) at Uda Walawe. As opposed to Pinnawela, where orphaned elephants are reared, at the ETH, orphaned...
A Close Encounter At Uda Walawe National Park- 2nd/3rd June 2014
We were driving along and as we passed the Seenuggala bungalow, we saw a big male elephant on the side of the bund and we quickly turned in and drove into the bungalow, close to...
Tourist Injured by an Elephant at Uda Walawe
Last week news was received about a foreign tourist, who had been injured by a wild elephant closed to the Uda Walawe National Park. When I heard the news, I immediately felt a wave of apprehension...
A rare sighting of the elusive Jungle Cat at Uda Walawe National Park
I was fortunate to get some good sightings of the elusive jungle cat (Felis chaus) at uda Walawe last weekend
Rambo is Back on the Uda Walawe reservoir Bund
.Returning form Ella last week, I decided to take the route via Thanamalawila and pass the Uda Walawe national Park, hoping to spot Rambo. And I was not disappointed. There he was back at his old...
Return of Rambo
The full unedited version of the Sunday Times article on 8th Sept 2013 - Finding Rambo Having kept daily contact with the Uda Walawe National Park, and with no news about Rambo, hope seemed to be...
Is ‘Walawe Raja’, the icon of Uda Walawe National Park, still alive?
There have been numerous inquiries through Sri Lanka Elephant Web Page (http://www.srilankaelephant.com) and the Sri Lanka Elephant Facebook group (http://www.facebook.com/SriLankaElephant), as well...