The work that is done here is very good. It is clear that the elephants are cared for well but the main priority is to return them to their natural habitat and way of life. This is sustainable tourism. Highly recommend visiting if you want an elephant experience that is good for the elephants.

What a brilliant experience to see all the baby and juvenile elephants come trotting in to be fed. And then watch as the cheeky ones try to come back for seconds. There are two or three feeds a day so plenty of flexibility for you can visit. But whichever feed you go to, best to get there early as there is no reserved seating. In fact it's just standing on terraces.

We visited with some trepidation and expectation as to some of the negative reviews. However our experience showed a well run sanctuary with animals in the best of condition. Feeding time was incredibly entertaining and the staff were most attentive to the "rowdy" adoloscents.Reccomend a visit to support a valuable resource.

What a wonderful experience, watching these baby elephants arrive for their milk and I applaud the concept that we can watch from a distance but not get close to these wild animals. There was a sign explaining why they use sticks and we didn’t see overuse of these. There are many elephants in a small area and some of the bigger ones try to get more than their fair share of milk and can get a little bit pushy to the smaller ones. Some of them were only months old…gorgeous!

The "home" looks after orphan elephants, the aim being to reintroduce them into the wild. We watched one of the twice daily feeding sessions. Excellent display of their work, and a great way to raise funds. (Get there reasonably early to get a central seat)

We were booked in to this sanctuary as part of a Mercury holidays tour of Sri Lanka holiday. We arrived on time for the “ show” of feeding time in the morning. Visitors sit in a tiered viewing area and watch the elephants gather for feeding. We saw approximately 50 elephants, youngest being about a month old. Takes about half hour. The elephants get rehabilitated back in the wild once they’re old enough and paired up. Some who are poorly stay. They’re doing a good job, I’d have liked the opportunity to maybe get closer and what would help them raise money would be a shop! - our tour group would definitely have bought gifts if it helped the baby elephants, but nothing there.

One and only place to observe baby elephants. This transit home is taking care a lot of orphan elephant babies until they can survive theirselves. Staff are doing very good job. They feed baby elephants with milk three times per day. 10.30, 2.30 and 6.30. Both 10.30 and 2.30 feeding times are allowed for visitors. You can enter the premises after buying a tickets and counter will be open 30min before the show. There is a detailed elephant museum too. Also they provide good toilet facility too. There are enough parking space any size of vehicle. Only drawbacks were I noticed are there isn't any proper waiting space for early visitors and there aren't proper seat for visitors at show pavilion. Seating in cement floor while will comeup with back pain.