Chitwan National Park, Nepal

Our main reason for going to Chitwan National Park was to see the elephants, and see elephants we did. Baby elephants in the breeding centre (whom we fed elephant cookies to), adult elephants taking their daily baths as well as taking a ride on a huge elephant into the national park (actually a jungle!) to get up close to wildlife which would be impossible to see as we did, on foot.

Here is an elephant receiving a tip via his/her? trunk. Their skin is a rough as it looks and they feel a bit spongy too.







Here are the elyphants taking their daily bath. They were having loads of fun and draw a great crowd of spectators!

















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These following photos were taken in the elephant breeding centre. The babies were ultra cute and as to be expected, very mischievous.

Here is a shot of the elephant (with his handler0 that we rode through the jungle. He was the biggest our of any of the elephants we saw and allowed us to get up close and personal with the wildlife in the national park.

Sunset in the jungle.....

We saw deer, monkeys and rhinos up close and personal.




Being on elephant back allowed us get maybe even a bit too close, with views like these. Actually i don't think i ahve ever seen the backside of a rhino before, not the most beautiful sight but interesting none-the-less.