Tourists watch elephants in bath at Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage, about
90km north of Colombo. Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage, established in 1975, is an orphanage, nursery and captive breeding ground for wild elephants, with a covering area of 10 hectares. It is the first elephant orphanage in the world. Currently there are a total of 93 elephants in the orphanage.