Returning home on Sunday late in the morning along the High Level road, I noticed that there was elephant dung on the side of the road and I surmised that there was a tame elephant walking along the...
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...
The Gathering – Hot Off The Press
some photos taken by Dimitri at Minneriya National Park, last week, where the 'Gathering' is in full swing....
some photos of the Thimbiriyamankada bungalow
Thimbiryamankada bungalow is one of 5 circuit bungalows available within the Uda Walawe national Park. It is a wooden structure with a large viewing deck with an almost 300 Degree view of the edge...
‘Edward’ the resident wild boar at one of the Bugalows at Uda Walawe National Park
Edward is a big wild boar who frequents the Thimbiriyamankada Bungalow, situated inside the Uda Walawe National Park . He has got somewhat acclimatized to people and turn up usually at dinner...
Possibly the only country where you get “Beware of Elephant crossing’ road signs!
In spite of such road sign-age speeding trucks sometimes hit elephants in Sri Lanka...
A visit to Horton Plains….
Most often my sojourns into the Wild Life Parks of Sri Lanka are normally centered around elephants, my pet subject. Recently however I decided to give wild elephants a break, and took time...
Elephants still lurking around in Sinharaja
- the full, unabridged article appearing in the Sunday Times of 3rd April 2011 It is a known fact that wild elephants were found in most parts of Sri Lanka during early 1900’s. However, with the...