A Visit To The Giants (Kuala Gandah Elephant Sanctuary)

This is a long overdue post.  With festive season, there are simply too many things to blog/update and just can't squeeze everything in one shot.  :p  

Anyway,  joined buddies from our salsa group to the Kuala Gandah Elephant Sanctuary sometime last month and it was awesome!  Never knew there is such a place so near us till that faithful day.  Approximately 200km away, a 2 hours drive!  Take the (E8) East Coast Expressway (Exit 819), turn left into Lanchang and turn right into Kuala Gandah Elephant Conservation Centre.  Signboards are aplenty after the exit. :)

It was a pretty interesting place.  There is no entrance fees required (donations are welcome though).  What you do is, upon arrival, head down to the main office to register yourself.  You'll then be given a sticker to be sticked on your shirt.  There are two kind of stickers; yellow & red.  The yellow ones only allows you to pat & feed the elephant while the red one allows you to go on elephant rides and bathe in the river with them (if the water is not too deep).  There are limited number of red stickers per day though.  So if you really wanna do all those, go early or call them to check it out.  Not sure if we need to pay for red stickers or not.

For once, we get to see the giants up close and personal.  Picture above shows a baby elephant having it's shower after a field day out playing in the mud before feeding time.  Totally enjoying his/her waterjet spa!  Lols...

The elephant lifting it's hind leg for a good wash... hehehe... adorable isn't it?  During feeding time, baskets of fruits will be provided by the sanctuary.  You don't need to bring own fruits to feed them.  :)  But if you really want to, they love peanuts and sugarcane!  I actually saw a baby elephant spitting out carrots... hahahaha....

Ahhh.....to the right, to the right.... yeah... right there!  Super shiok!

The mahouts brought some of the elephants down to the river for a bath.  The elephants were having so much fun!

All done now... time to go! :)

I know this is disgusting.  It was pointed out to me by the husband.  This is one big pile of shit man!

Love this.

Da dum! Da dum! Here comes the elephant!

Love this shot.  Intense.  Wonder what the elephant was thinking at that very moment.  Those fine lines, creases.... nice.  The skin must be super thick too...hehehehe...

Pat, my instructor, somehow got a red sticker stuck on her butt when she sat on the floor in the mini theatre to watch a documentary at the sanctuary.  And that red sticker got her a ride on the elephants.  She went like... "I knew this big ass is capable of something!"  Hahahahahahaha...

That pretty much concluded our visits to the giants mammoth.  For more info on this place, you can check out their website here and here.