Kuala Gandah Elephant Conservation Centre

Visitors help to wash a young elephant at Kuala Gandah Elephant Conservation Centre

The Kuala Gandah Elephant Conservation Centre is an elephant sanctuary located in Temerloh in the state of Pahang, Malaysia.[1] within the Krau Game Reserve.[2]

The Centre was established in 1989 by the Malaysian Department of Wildlife and National Parks, and forms a base for the Elephant Relocation Team, which since 1974 has been rescuing problem Asian elephants whose habitats are being lost to cultivation or development.[3] and relocating them to suitable habitats such as Taman Negara.[1] The Centre also aims to raise public awareness and support research, and has increasingly become a popular tourist attraction[4] since its existence began to be publicised in 1997.[2]

Visitors to the Centre are shown a video, then watch the elephants being washed and fed. This is followed by riding on an elephant and being given the chance to go into the river with a few elephants. Daily visitor admissions are subject to strict quotas and advance booking is strongly recommended.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Simon Richmond (January 2010). Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei. Lonely Planet. pp. 303–304. ISBN 978-1-74104-887-2. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Welcome to the Kuala Gandah Elephant Orphanage Sanctuary". Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "Kuala Gandah Elephant Centre". Dolphin Diaries Travel Sdn Bhd. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  4. ↑ "Tropical Of Pahang - Kuala Gandah Elephant Sanctuary". Tourism Pahang. Retrieved 2 July 2011.

External links

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Kuala Gandah.

Coordinates: 3°35′32″N 102°08′34″E / 3.5923°N 102.1428177°E / 3.5923; 102.1428177

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