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Activities
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Dubare offers day visitors
a 3 hour experience with Elephants consisting
of the following activities:
Elephant Grooming: Visitors can
watch Elephants been given a scrub-bath in the
River and also watch how oil is applied on their
forehead, tusks and other aspects of Elephant
grooming.
Elephant feeding: Visitors can
watch the food being prepared for the Elephants
and how they are fed. They can even participate
by feeding the Elephants themselves - for this,
we can give them some sugarcane, coconuts or bananas.
Commands: The Mahouts will then
demonstrate the various commands the Elephants
can obey. This can be vividly portrayed by making
Elephants perform some mock logging operations.
Naturalist: While visitors are going through all
these activities, a Naturalist will explain to
them about all aspects of Elephant ecology, history,
conservation etc. The visitor’s interaction
with Elephants will be as participatory as possible.
Further, a leaflet giving interesting information
on the same will be given to visitors.
Elephant Ride: Finally, visitors
will be taken on a 45 min - 1 hour Elephant ride
into the Dubare Reserve Forest. Before, they get
on to the Elephant they can watch how the Howdahs
is actually tied etc.
Coracle Ride: Visitors have an
option of going on a coracle boat ride (native
boats, circular in shape made of bamboo and hide)
on the River Cauvery. This facility is provided
only between the months of November and May.
Refreshments: At an appropriate
time during the above activities, visitors are
brought to the Forest Rest House to have some
tea/coffee and refreshments.
Monsoon River Rafting: During
the months of July, Aug and September, JLR river
rafts on the River Cauvery along the stretch adjacent
to the Elephant Camp. Run by John Pollard and
his team, rafting on the Cauvery – a gorgeous
yet wild river during the rains, is an exhilarating
experience.
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