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Here are our top picks. This article is an excerpt from Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2013. Chobe National Park & Okavango Delta, Botswana With an elephant population of 70,000, the highest concentration in the world, Chobe tops the bucket list of any ellie lover. This is a pachyderm paradise: you’ll regularly hear the rumbles and calls of these Kalahari kings, the largest of all elephants, see them in massive groups at the river (don’t get too close), and encounter them along the road. Got an elephant-sized bank balance? Venture outside the park to the sumptuous Abu camp for lots of one-on-one time with the on-site herd, and take up the rare opportunity to snooze among the elephants in the ‘star bed’ overlooking their boma. During the dry season the ellies congregate around the Chobe and Linyanti river in Chobe; in the rainy season head for the southeast of the national park. Hongsa, Laos Situated on an emerald plain ringed by densely forested mountains, the remote town of Hongsa, Sayaboury province, is little-touched by modern life. For Laos, once called the ‘land of a million elephants’, it’s elephant-central: with a concentration of domesticated elephants in this part of the province, mahouts still carry on an age-old tradition with their charges, working in the logging industry. Give an ellie and its owner a well-deserved day away from the grind by inviting them to be your tour guides. There are also elephant encounters of hefty proportions in mid-February at the Elephant Festival in Sayaboury, a day devoted to all things elephant. Selous Reserve, Tanzania You’ve heard of peeping toms, but how about an elephant trunk peeking over the top of your bathroom door? Or being escorted to your tent by an ellie (and a Maasai guard) after breakfasting mere steps from the massive and beautiful creature. More rustic and untamed than many areas on the safari circuit, the Lake Manze area in southern Tanzania is a prime site for daily elephant encounters as they amble through camps on their way to water points. Gliding along the river on a boat safari, don’t be surprised if you’re obliged to stop several minutes for an elephant crossing. Margate City, USA Stuck on North American soil and don’t like zoos? Get a different kind of elephant high by visiting Lucy the Elephant: the first ever, patented ‘zoomorphic’ building, constructed of wood and tin in the 1880s. Fashioned in the image of the world’s most beloved creature, all 20m and six storeys of Lucy are still standing tall — the howdah carriage atop her back was once a lookout point — and she’s listed on the national historical register. While Lucy can be spotted from miles away, you can’t get much closer to an elephant than this: her interior has faithfully served as a real-estate office, summer cottage and tavern. Tsavo National Park East, Kenya If you’ve never seen a red elephant – aside from that stuffed animal in your nephew’s play box – head straight to East Tsavo for some famously unique-looking ellies. They weren’t born that way, but you’ll soon learn elephants love to roll and play in the dust, and this is an area where there’s plenty: a few rolls around and they’re coated in a rusty hue. The population of elephants in Kenya is 36,000 and about a third of them live in the Tsavo-Mkomazi ecosystem, so chances are you’ll see a bunch. Southern Damaraland, Namibia No, you’re not just dehydrated. In the shockingly bright light and rolling sandscapes of western Namibia stands before you a genuine herd of ellies, though they may look a bit other-worldly. They represent a unique species and only one of two populations of desert elephants in the world (the other’s in Mali); conservation efforts have helped the population increase considerably this century and diffuse as they search for water. Get acquainted with the desert ellies with a team of elephant trackers who document the herds, monitor their movements, camp under the stars and help elephants and humans cohabitate. Chiang Mai, Thailand Throughout Asia the centuries-old tradition of domesticating and tending to elephants created a lifelong career for people known as mahouts – who would train and work one-on-one with an elephant for decades, creating a unique bond. Get a chance to be a mahout for a day (or more) and be paired with an elephant while you learn basic commands to communicate, get to scrub them down, and even have a chance for a short ride the behind those elephant ears. Udawalawe National Park, Sri Lanka Happily munching on a vegetarian buffet and tromping through the marshes and open grasslands, an estimated 250 or more Sri Lankan elephants – the most speckled of the subspecies, and darker – permanently live on the Udawalawe reserve. See the young ellies at the Elephant Transit Centre, an orphanage where they can be protected and nurtured through their early years. You can’t exactly hold their bottles, but observing a collection of young calves (39 at last count) at close range while they feed is a sight to behold. Human contact is minimised so that one day these tots can live on the wild side. You’re not the only one who loves those succulent sweet mangoes: the ellies love them, too! One herd is so partial to a particular wild mango tree, they showed up one day at the newly constructed lobby of the Mfuwe Lodge in Zambia and proceeded to traipse through just to get to their fix. The parade of pachyderms made international news and the mango migration carries on: the 10-strong herd arrives each year when the luscious fruit ripens. Guests can see them up-close at Mfuwe’s base camp. The elephants make their yearly pilgrimage to the mango tree for four to six weeks between October and December. Mondulkiri, Cambodia The dense forest crackles under your feet, an eagle swoops and you’re serenaded by the sounds of gibbons as you spend time with the ellies in northern Cambodia’s province of Mondulkiri, home of the Bunong tribe and about half of the country’s ageing domestic elephant population. A handful of them are now getting R and R at the Elephant Valley Project, a sanctuary that encourages the mahouts to retire their charges and tend to them on this sustainable forest reserve. You can feed them bananas, muck about with the gentle giants as they take their baths or simply sit and watch them close-up. Guest accommodation is available in bungalows or dorm-style in hammocks. The project is located 11 km from Sen Morom, an area known for its waterfalls and trekking.

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Welcome to 2016 Sri Lanka's Number One Gossip Zone, Visit us to see latest and hotest gossip in Sri Lanka and around the world. 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It is located in the royal palace complex of the former Kingdom of Kandy, which houses the relic of the tooth of the Buddha. Since ancient times, the relic has played an important role in local politics because it is believed that whoever holds the relic holds the governance of the country. Kandy was the last capital of the Sri Lankan kings and is a World Heritage Site mainly due to the temple. Bhikkhus of the two chapters of Malwatte and Asgiriya conduct daily worship in the inner chamber of the temple. Rituals are performed three times daily: at dawn, at noon and in the evenings. On Wednesdays there is a symbolic bathing of the relic with an herbal preparation made from scented water and fragrant flowers called Nanumura Mangallaya. This holy water is believed to contain healing powers and is distributed among those present. The temple sustained damage from bombings by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in 1998 but was fully restored each time. History After the parinirvana of Gautama Buddha, the tooth relic was preserved in Kalinga and smuggled to the island by Princess Hemamali and her husband, Prince Dantha on the instructions of her father King Guhasiva. They landed in the island in Lankapattana during the reign of Sirimeghavanna of Anuradhapura (301-328) and handed over the tooth relic. The king enshrined it Meghagiri Vihara (present day Isurumuniya) in Anuradhapura. Safeguard of the relic was a responsibility of the monarch, therefore over the years the custodianship of relic became to symbolize the right to rule. Therefore, reigning monarchs built the tooth relic temples quite close to their royal residences, as was the case during the times of the Anuradhapura Kingdom, Kingdom of Polonnaruwa, and Kingdom of Dambadeniya. During the era of the Kingdom of Gampola, the relic was housed in Niyamgampaya Vihara. It is reported in the messenger poems such as Hamsa, Gira, and Selalihini that the temple of tooth relic was situated within the city of Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte when the Kingdom of Kotte was established there. During the reign of Dharmapala of Kotte, the relic was kept hidden in Delgamuwa Vihara, Ratnapura, in a grinding stone. It was brought to Kandy by Hiripitiye Diyawadana Rala and Devanagala Rathnalankara Thera. King Vimaladharmasuriya I built a two-storey building to deposit the tooth relic and the building is now gone. In 1603 when the Portuguese invaded Kandy, it was carried to Meda Mahanuwara in Dumbara. It was recovered in the time of Rajasinha II and it has been reported that he reinstate the original building or has built a new temple. The present day temple of the tooth was built by Vira Narendra Sinha. The octagonal Patthirippuwa and moat was added during the reign of Sri Vikrama Rajasinha. Famous Kandyan architect Devandra Mulacharin is credited with building the Patthirippuwa. Originally it was used by the kings for recreational activities and later it was offered to the tooth relic. Now it is an library. It was attacked on two occasions, the 1998 Temple of the Tooth attack by the militant organization Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and the 1989 Temple of the Tooth attack by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna. Architecture The brick wall which runs along the moat and Bogambara lake is known as water waves wall. Holes in this wall are build to light coconut oil lamps. The main entrance gates which lies over the moat is called Mahawahalkada. At the foot of Mahawahalkada steps there is a Sandakada pahana (moonstone) which is carved in Kandyan architectural style. Mahawahalkada was totally destroyed in a 1998 bomb blast and rebuilt afterwards along with sandakada pahana other stone carvings. Elephants are depicted in stone on the either sides of the entrance. A Makara Torana and two guardian stones are placed on top of the staircase. Hewisi drummers' chamber is situated in front of the main shrine. The two storeys of main shrine are known as "Palle malaya" (lower floor) and "Udu malaya" (upper floor) or "Weda hitina maligawa". The doors of the Weda Hitana Maligawa are carved in ivory. The actual chamber which the tooth relic is kept is known as the "Handun kunama". The golden canopy built in 1987 over the main shrine and the golden fence which encircles the main shrine are other notable features. The tooth relic is encased in seven golden caskets which engraved with precious gemstones. The caskets have a shape of a stupa. The Procession casket which is used during the Kandy Esala Perahera is also displayed in the same chamber. Associate buildings and structures Royal Palace The royal palace is situated to the north of the temple. John Pybus, who was on an embassy in 1762, gives a detailed description on the royal palace. Vikramabahu III of Gampola (r. 1356-1374) and Sena Sammatha Wickramabahu of Kandy (r. 1469-1511) built royal palaces on this site. Vimaladharmasuriya I of Kandy undertook various decorations to the palace. The Dutch orientalist Philippus Baldaeus visited the palace with General Gerard Pietersz Hulft in 1656. The royal residence was known as "Maha Wasala" in Sinhalese starting in the Polonnaruwa period. The royal palace is also known as "Maligawa." There were three Wahalkadas and a 8 feet (2.4 m) high wall used as main entrances. The section of the palace facing the Natha Devale is said to be the oldest. During the beginning of the British period, it was used by government agent Sir John D'Oyly, 1st Baronet, of Kandy. Successors of D'Oyly have continued to use it as their official residence. Today it is preserved as an archeological museum. Ulpen Ge and Queens Palace are the associated buildings of the palace. The audience hall or magul maduwa is where the Kandyan kings held their court. It was completed during the reign of Sri Vikrama Rajasinha. The carvings of the wooden pillars which support the wooden roof are an example of wood carving of the Kandyan period. Sri Rajadhi Rajasinha of Kandy built it in 1783. The hall was renovated for the reception of arrival of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales in 1872. Originally the hall was 58 by 35.6 feet (17.7 m × 10.9 m); after renovation, its length was extended by an additional 31.6 feet (9.6 m). Other nearby building to the halls believed to be demolished during the British rule. The audience hall was the venue where the Kandyan Convention was drawn up, it was where the convention was read out to the people and where the conference, about the convention was held on 2 March 1815. That space was later used to erect the Kandy Kachcheri and Kandy Supreme Court. Today it is used for state ceremonies and conserved under the department of archaeology. Mahamaluwa is public who came to see the annual Esala perahera. Today it contains a statue of Madduma Bandara. The memorial of which contains the skull of Keppetipola Disawe is another attraction. The statue of Princess Hemamali and Prince Dantha are also located here. The Sri Lankan elephant (Elephas maximus maximus) is one of three recognized subspecies of the Asian elephant, and native to Sri Lanka. Since 1986, Elephas maximus has been listed as endangered by IUCN as the population has declined by at least 50% over the last three generations, estimated to be 60–75 years. The species is pre-eminently threatened by habitat loss, degradation and fragmentation. Elephas maximus maximus is the type subspecies of the Asian elephant, first described by Carl Linnaeus under the binominal Elephas maximus in 1758. The Sri Lankan elephant population is now largely restricted to the dry zone in the north, east and southeast of Sri Lanka. Elephants are present in Udawalawe National Park, Yala National Park, Lunugamvehera National Park, Wilpattu National Park and Minneriya National Park but also live outside protected areas. It is estimated that Sri Lanka has the highest density of elephants in Asia. Human-elephant conflict is increasing due to conversion of elephant habitat to settlements and permanent cultivation. Characteristics A herd of elephants in Yala National Park Elephant calf in Udawalawe National Park Elephants bathing In general, Asian elephants are smaller than African elephants and have the highest body point on the head. The tip of their trunk has one finger-like process. Their back is convex or level. Females are usually smaller than males, and have short or no tusks. Sri Lankan elephants are the largest subspecies reaching a shoulder height of between 2 and 3.5 m (6.6 and 11.5 ft), weigh between 2,000 and 5,500 kg (4,400 and 12,100 lb), and have 19 pairs of ribs. Their skin color is darker than of indicus and of sumatranus with larger and more distinct patches of depigmentation on ears, face, trunk and belly. Only 7% of males bear tusks. According to the elephant census conducted in 2011 by the Wildlife Conservation Department of Sri Lanka, only 2% of the total population are tuskers.[citation needed] Sri Lankan elephants are somewhat diminutive when compared with historical accounts dating back to 200 BC and with photographs taken in the 19th century during the time of colonial British rule of the island. The smaller size could possibly be the end result of a long-continued process of removing the physically best specimens from the potential breeding-stock through hunting or domestication (see insular dwarfism).[citation needed] Distribution and habitat Elephants are restricted mostly to the lowlands in the dry zone where they are still fairly widespread in north, south, east, north-western, north-central and south-eastern Sri Lanka. A small remnant population exists in the Peak Wilderness Sanctuary. They are absent from the wet zone of the country. Apart from Wilpattu and Ruhuna National Parks, all other protected areas are less than 1,000 km2 (390 sq mi) in extent. Many areas are less than 50 km2 (19 sq mi), and hence not large enough to encompass the entire home ranges of elephants that use them. In the Mahaweli Development Area, protected areas such as Wasgomuwa National Park, Flood Plains National Park, Somawathiya National Park, and Trikonamadu Nature Reserve have been linked resulting in an overall area of 1,172 km2 (453 sq mi) of contiguous habitat for elephants. Nevertheless, about 65% of the elephants range extends outside protected areas. Former range In the historical past, elephants were widely distributed from sea level to the highest mountain ranges. They occurred in the dry zone, in the lowland wet zone as well as in the cold damp montane forests. During the colonial period from 1505 to 1948, the wet zone was converted to commercially used fields and became heavily settled. Until 1830, elephants were so plentiful that their destruction was encouraged by the government, and rewards were paid for any that was killed. In the first half of the 19th century, forests in the montane zone were cleared large-scale for the planting of coffee, and afterwards tea. The elephant population in the mountains was extirpated. During the British rule, many bull elephants were killed by trophy hunters. One of the army majors is credited with having shot over 1,500 elephants, and two others are reputed to have shot half that number each. Many other sportsmen have shot about 250-300 animals during this time. Between 1829 and 1855 alone, more than 6,000 elephants were captured and shot. By the turn of the 20th century, elephants were still distributed over much of the island. The area currently known as Ruhuna National Park was the Resident Sportsmen's Shooting Reserve, an area reserved for the sporting pleasure of British residents in the country. In the early 20th century, mega reservoirs were constructed in the dry zone for irrigated agriculture. Ancient irrigation systems were rehabilitated and people resettled. This development gathered momentum after the independence in 1948. As a result, elephant habitat in the dry zone was severely fragmented. Population trend The size of wild elephant populations in Sri Lanka was estimated at 12,000 to 14,000 in the early 19th century 10,000 in the early 20th century 7,000 to 8,000 in around 1920[citation needed] between 1,745 and 2,455 individuals in 1969 between 2,500 and 3,435 in 1987 1,967 in June 1993 that were fragmented in five regions between 3,150 and 4,400 in 2000 3,150 in 2006[citation needed] 2,900-3,000 in 2007[citation needed] 5,879 in 2011, on the basis of counting elephants at water holes in the dry season. Ecology and behaviour Elephants feeding on shrub in Maduru Oya National Park File:Elephant eating Yala Sri Lanka.ogvPlay media Elephant feeding on grass in Yala National Park (video) Elephants are classified as megaherbivores and consume up to 150 kg (330 lb) of plant matter per day. As generalists they feed on a wide variety of food plants. In Sri Lanka's northwestern region, feeding behaviour of elephants was observed during the period of January 1998 to December 1999. The elephants fed on a total of 116 plant species belonging to 35 families including 27 species of cultivated plants. More than half of the plants were non tree species, i.e. shrub, herb, grass, or climbers. More than 25% of the plant species belonged to the family Leguminosae, and 19% of the plant species belonged to the family of true grasses. The presence of cultivated plants in dung does not result solely due to raiding of crops as it was observed that elephants feed on leftover crop plants in fallow chenas. Juvenile elephants tend to feed predominantly on grass species. Food resources are abundant in regenerating forests, but at low density in mature forests. Traditional slash-and-burn agriculture creates optimum habitat for elephants through promoting successional vegetation. Threats During the armed conflict in Sri Lanka, elephants were maimed or killed by land mines. Between 1990 and 1994, a total of 261 wild elephants died either as a result of gunshot injuries, or were killed by poachers and land mines. Several elephants stepped on land mines and were crippled. Today, given the rarity of tuskers in Sri Lanka, poaching for ivory is not a major threat. Nevertheless, some trade in ivory still goes on. Kandy has been identified as the centre for such illegal trade. The greatest threat to elephants comes from an expanding human population and its demand for land. Loss of significant extents of elephant range to development continues currently, with a number of irrigation and development projects leading to the conversion of more elephant ranges to irrigated agriculture and settlements. Between 1999 to the end of 2006 every year nearly 100 wild elephants were killed. Elephants are killed to protect crops and houses. Other threats are poaching, deforestation, drought and starvation. 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