Padam does not remember when he began keeping elephants at his hotel. But he says that guests used to pay well for elephant rides in the community forests outside Nepal’s famous Chitwan National Park.

But he says that guests used to pay well for elephant rides in the community forests outside Nepal’s famous Chitwan National Park. Padam’s two elephants were kept busy from dawn to dusk until ...

Chitwan National Park is known for the elephant and rhino populations that visitors can see on safari. The park also offers elephant rides and other interactions with mahouts but these kinds of ...

Trained elephants have a long standing history of saving one horned rhinos, Bengal tigers and Gharial crocodiles in Chitwan National Park. The events also aim to promote elephant based Safari and ...

Known as the “sport of kings", polo also becomes the sport of giants during the World Elephant Polo Tournament, held every November in Nepal’s Chitwan National Park.

Domesticated elephants kept in or near human settlements are a magnet for wild male elephants from Nepal’s Chitwan National Park. The males, looking to mate, often cause injury or property ...

A wild elephant in Chitwan National Park succumbed to a bullet wound on Feb. 5, 2025, after allegedly charging at a patrol team and throwing a ranger off his mount.

The 3rd annual International Elephant race was organized in the tourist village of Sauraha from 26 – 28 December. This year’s event saw 24 elephants take part in different events under the banners of ...